DCIG 2016-17 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide

DCIG announced the availability of its 2016-17 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide developed from the enterprise storage array body of research.

Overall rankings
Products listed alphabetically in each category

The guide weights, scores and ranks more than 100 features of 23 products from 8 different storage vendors.

Using ranking categories of Best-in-Class, Recommended and Excellent, this guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make an informed decision as to which high end storage array will suit their needs.

Each array included in the guide had to meet the following criteria:

• Must be available as an appliance that includes its own hardware and software
• Must support one or more block-based (SAN) storage protocols: FC, FCoE, or iSCSI
• Must support one or more file-based (NAS) storage protocols: CIFS/SMB or NFS protocols
• Must support scaling to at least two controllers Must be formally announced and/or available for purchase as of July 1, 2016

DCIG’s succinct analysis provides insight into the state of the midrange unified storage array marketplace. The guide identifies the specific benefits organizations can expect to achieve using a midrange unified storage array and key features organizations should be aware of as they evaluate products. It also provides brief observations about the distinctive features of each product. Ranking tables enable organizations to get an ‘at-a-glance’ overview of the products; while DCIG’s standardized one-page data sheets facilitate side-by-side comparisons assisting organizations to quickly create a short list of products that may meet their requirements.