SDS and HCI comparison & reviews

Summary
Rank
2nd 8th 1st
Score
10.7%
8.2%
11.3%
User Reviews
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Analysis expand by Herman Rutten by Herman Rutten by Herman Rutten
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General expand
  • Fully Supported
  • Limitation
  • Not Supported
  • Information Only
Pros
  • + Extensive platform support
  • + Extensive data protection capabilities
  • + Flexible deployment options
  • + Flexible architecture
  • + Satisfactory platform support
  • + Several Microsoft integration points
  • + Extensive platform support
  • + Native file and object services
  • + Manageability
Cons
  • - No native data integrity verification
  • - Dedup/compr not performance optimized
  • - Disk/node failure protection not capacity optimized
  • - Minimal data protection capabilities
  • - No native dedup capabilities
  • - No native encryption capabilities
  • - Complex solution design
  • - No QoS
  • - Complex dedup/compr architecture
  Content  
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Content Creator
  Assessment  
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Overview
Name: SANsymphony
Type: Software-only (SDS)
Development Start: 1998
First Product Release: 1999
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Name: HyperConverged Appliance (HCA)
Type: Hardware+Software (HCI)
Development Start: 2014
First Product Release: 2016
Name: Enterprise Cloud Platform (ECP)
Type: Hardware+Software (HCI)
Development Start: 2009
First Product Release: 2011
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Maturity
GA Release Dates:
SSY 10.0 PSP12: jan 2021
SSY 10.0 PSP11: aug 2020
SSY 10.0 PSP10: dec 2019
SSY 10.0 PSP9: jul 2019
SSY 10.0 PSP8: sep 2018
SSY 10.0 PSP7: dec 2017
SSY 10.0 PSP6 U5: aug 2017
.
SSY 10.0: jun 2014
SSY 9.0: jul 2012
SSY 8.1: aug 2011
SSY 8.0: dec 2010
SSY 7.0: apr 2009
.
SSY 3.0: 1999
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Release Dates:
HCA build 13279: oct 2019
HCA build 13182: aug 2019
HCA build 12767: feb 2019
HCA build 12658: nov 2018
HCA build 12393: aug 2018
HCA build 12166: may 2018
HCA build 12146: apr 2018
HCA build 11818: dec 2017
HCA build 11456: aug 2017
HCA build 11404: jul 2017
HCA build 11156: may 2017
HCA build 10833: apr 2017
HCA build 10799: mar 2017
HCA build 10695: feb 2017
HCA build 10547: jan 2017
HCA build 9996: aug 2016
HCA build 9781: jun 2016
HCA build 9052: may 2016
HCA build 8730: nov 2015
GA Release Dates:
AOS 5.19: dec 2020
AOS 5.18: aug 2020
AOS 5.17: may 2020
AOS 5.16: jan 2020
AOS 5.11: aug 2019
AOS 5.10: nov 2018
AOS 5.9: oct 2018
AOS 5.8: jul 2018
AOS 5.6.1: jun 2018
AOS 5.6: apr 2018
AOS 5.5: dec 2017
AOS 5.1.2 / 5.2*: sep 2017
AOS 5.1.1.1: jul 2017
AOS 5.1: may 2017
AOS 5.0: dec 2016
AOS 4.7: jun 2016
AOS 4.6: feb 2016
AOS 4.5: oct 2015
NOS 4.1: jan 2015
NOS 4.0: apr 2014
NOS 3.5: aug 2013
NOS 3.0: dec 2012
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  Pricing  
  •  
Hardware Pricing Model
N/A
Per Node
  •  
Software Pricing Model
Capacity based (per TB)
NEW
Per Node (all-inclusive)
Per Core + Flash TiB (AOS)
Per Node (AOS, Prism Pro/Ultimate)
Per Concurrent User (VDI)
Per VM (ROBO)
Per TB (Files)
Per VM (Calm)
Per VM (Xi Leap)
  •  
Support Pricing Model
Capacity based (per TB)
Per Node (included)
Per Node
Design & Deploy expand
75.0%
83.3%
75.0%
  Design  
  •  
Consolidation Scope
Storage
Data Protection
Management
Automation&Orchestration
Hypervisor
Compute
Storage
Data Protection (limited)
Management
Automation&Orchestration
  •  
Network Topology
1, 10, 25, 40, 100 GbE (iSCSI)
8, 16, 32, 64 Gbps (FC)
1, 10, 25, 40, 100 GbE
1, 10, 25, 40 GbE
  •  
Overall Design Complexity
Medium
Medium
High
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External Performance Validation
SPC (Jun 2016)
ESG Lab (Jan 2016)
StorageReview (oct 2019)
Login VSI (may 2017)
ESG Lab (feb 2017; sep 2020)
SAP (nov 2016)
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Evaluation Methods
Free Trial (30-days)
Proof-of-Concept (PoC; up to 12 months)
Community Edition (forever)
Trial (up to 30 days)
Proof-of-Concept
Community Edition (forever)
Hyperconverged Test Drive in GCP
Proof-of-Concept (POC)
Partner Driven Demo Environment
Xi Services Free Trial (60-days)
  Deploy  
  •  
Deployment Architecture
Single-Layer
Dual-Layer
Single-Layer
Dual-Layer (secondary)
Single-Layer (primary)
Dual-Layer (secondary)
  •  
Deployment Method
BYOS (some automation)
Turnkey (very fast; highly automated)
Turnkey (very fast; highly automated)
Workload Support expand
92.3%
84.6%
96.2%
  Virtualization  
  •  
Hypervisor Deployment
Virtual Storage Controller
Kernel (Optional for Hyper-V)
Virtual Storage Controller (vSphere)
User-Space (Hyper-V)
Virtual Storage Controller
  •  
Hypervisor Compatibility
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5-7.0U1
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2/2016/2019
Linux KVM
Citrix Hypervisor 7.1.2/7.6/8.0 (XenServer)
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5U3-6.7
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012-2019
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0U1A-7.0U1
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2/2016/2019*
Microsoft CPS Standard
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
Citrix XenServer 7.0.0-7.1.0CU2**
NEW
  •  
Hypervisor Interconnect
iSCSI
FC
iSCSI
NFS
SMB3
NFS
SMB3
iSCSI
  Bare Metal  
  •  
Bare Metal Compatibility
Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5/6.6/7.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.0SP3+4/12.0SP1
Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS
CentOS 6.5/6.6/7.3
Oracle Solaris 10.0/11.1/11.2/11.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012R2/2016/2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2/2012R2/2016/2019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7/6.8/7.2
SLES 11/12
Oracle Linux 6.7/7.2
AIX 7.1/7.2 on POWER
Oracle Solaris 11.3 on SPARC
ESXi 5.5/6 with VMFS (very specific use-cases)
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Bare Metal Interconnect
iSCSI
  Containers  
  •  
Container Integration Type
Built-in (native)
N/A
Built-in (native)
  •  
Container Platform Compatibility
Docker CE/EE 18.03+
Docker CE 17.06.1+ for Linux on ESXi 6.0+
Docker EE/Docker for Windows 17.06+ on ESXi 6.0+
Docker EE 1.13+
Node OS CentOS 7.5
Kubernetes 1.11-1.14
  •  
Container Platform Interconnect
Docker Volume plugin (certified)
Docker Volume Plugin (certified) + VMware VIB
Docker Volume plugin (certified)
  •  
Container Host Compatibility
Virtualized container hosts on all supported hypervisors
Bare Metal container hosts
Virtualized container hosts on VMware vSphere hypervisor
Virtualized container hosts on all supported hypervisors
Bare Metal container hosts
  •  
Container Host OS Compatbility
Linux
Linux
Windows 10 or 2016
CentOS 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3
Ubuntu Linux 16.04.2
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Container Orch. Compatibility
Kubernetes 1.6.5+ on ESXi 6.0+
Kubernetes
  •  
Container Orch. Interconnect
Kubernetes CSI plugin
Kubernetes Volume Plugin
Kubernetes Volume plugin
  VDI  
  •  
VDI Compatibility
VMware Horizon
Citrix XenDesktop
VMware Horizon
Citrix XenDesktop
VMware Horizon
Citrix XenDesktop (certified)
Citrix Cloud (certified)
Parallels RAS
Xi Frame
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VDI Load Bearing
VMware: 110 virtual desktops/node
Citrix: 110 virtual desktops/node
VMware: up to 260 virtual desktops/node
Citrix: up to 220 virtual desktops/node
VMware: up to 170 virtual desktops/node
Citrix: up to 175 virtual desktops/node
Server Support expand
100.0%
73.1%
88.5%
  Server/Node  
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Hardware Vendor Choice
Many
Super Micro (StarWind branded)
Dell (StarWind branded)
Dell (OEM)
HPE (Select)
Super Micro (Nutanix branded)
Super Micro (source your own)
Dell EMC (OEM)
Lenovo (OEM)
Fujitsu (OEM)
HPE (OEM)
IBM (OEM)
Inspur (OEM)
Cisco UCS (Select)
Crystal (Rugged)
Klas Telecom (Rugged)
Many (CE only)
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Models
Many
6 Native Models (L-AF, XL-AF, L-H, XL-H, L, XL)
20 Native Submodels
5 Native Models (SX-1000, NX-1000, NX-3000, NX-5000, NX-8000)
15 Native Model sub-types
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Density
1, 2 or 4 nodes per chassis
1 node per chassis
Native:
1 (NX1000, NX3000, NX6000, NX8000)
2 (NX6000, NX8000)
4 (NX1000, NX3000)
3 or 4 (SX1000)
nodes per chassis
  •  
Mixing Allowed
Yes
No
Yes
  Components  
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CPU Config
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible: up to 10 options
  •  
Memory Config
Flexible
Flexible: up to 10 options
  •  
Storage Config
Flexible
Flexible: number of storage devices
Flexible: capacity (up to 7 options per disk type); number of disks (Dell, Cisco)
Fixed: Number of disks (hybrid, most all-flash)
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Network Config
Flexible
Fixed (Private network)
Flexible: up to 4 add-on options
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GPU Config
NVIDIA Tesla
AMD FirePro
Intel Iris Pro
NVIDIA Tesla/Quadro
NVIDIA Tesla (specific appliance models only)
  Scaling  
  •  
Scale-up
CPU
Memory
Storage
GPU
CPU
Memory
Storage
GPU
Memory
Storage
GPU
  •  
Scale-out
Storage+Compute
Compute-only
Storage-only
Compute+storage
Compute-only
Storage-only
Compute+storage
Compute-only (NFS; SMB3)
Storage-only
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Scalability
1-64 nodes in 1-node increments
2-64 nodes in 1-node increments
3-Unlimited nodes in 1-node increments
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Small-scale (ROBO)
2 Node minimum
2 Node minimum
3 Node minimum (data center)
1 or 2 Node minimum (ROBO)
1 Node minimum (backup)
Storage Support expand
95.8%
100.0%
91.7%
  General  
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Layout
Block Storage Pool
Block Storage Pool
Distributed File System (ADSF)
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Data Locality
Partial
Partial
Full
  •  
Storage Type(s)
Direct-attached (Raw)
Direct-attached (VoV)
SAN or NAS
Direct-attached (Raw)
SAN or NAS
Direct-attached (Raw)
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Composition
Magnetic-only
All-Flash
3D XPoint
Hybrid (3D Xpoint and/or Flash and/or Magnetic)
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Magnetic-only
Hybrid (Flash+Magnetic)
All-Flash
Hybrid (Flash+Magnetic)
All-Flash
  •  
Hypervisor OS Layer
SD, USB, DOM, SSD/HDD
SD, USB, DOM, SSD/HDD
SuperMicro (G3,G4,G5): DOM
SuperMicro (G6): M2 SSD
Dell: SD or SSD
Lenovo: DOM, SD or SSD
Cisco: SD or SSD
  Memory  
  •  
Memory Layer
DRAM
  •  
Memory Purpose
Read/Write Cache
Read/Write Cache
  •  
Memory Capacity
Up to 8 TB
Configurable
Configurable
  Flash  
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Flash Layer
SSD, PCIe, UltraDIMM, NVMe
SSD, NVMe
  •  
Flash Purpose
Persistent Storage
Read/Write Cache (hybrid)
Persistent storage (all-flash)
Read/Write Cache
Storage Tier
  •  
Flash Capacity
No limit, up to 1 PB per device
All-Flash: 4-20+ devices per node
Hybrid: 2 devices per node
Hybrid: 1-4 SSDs per node
All-Flash: 3-24 SSDs per node
NVMe-Hybrid: 2-4 NVMe + 4-8 SSDs per node
  Magnetic  
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Magnetic Layer
SAS or SATA
Hybrid: SATA
  •  
Magnetic Purpose
  •  
Magnetic Capacity
No limit, up to 1 PB (per device)
Hybrid: 4+ devices per node
Magnetic-only: 4-12+ devices per node
2-20 SATA HDDs per node
Data Availability expand
85.0%
50.0%
93.3%
  Reads/Writes  
  •  
Persistent Write Buffer
DRAM (mirrored)
DRAM (mirrored)
Flash Layer (SSD, NVMe)
Flash Layer (SSD; NVMe)
  •  
Disk Failure Protection
2-way and 3-way Mirroring (RAID-1) + opt. Hardware RAID
1-2 Replicas (2N-3N)
+ Hardware RAID (1, 5, 10)
1-2 Replicas (2N-3N) (primary)
Erasure Coding (N+1/N+2) (secondary)
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Node Failure Protection
2-way and 3-way Mirroring (RAID-1)
1-2 Replicas (2N-3N)
1-2 Replicas (2N-3N) (primary)
Erasure Coding (N+1/N+2) (secondary)
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Block Failure Protection
Not relevant (usually 1-node appliances)
Manual configuration (optional)
Not relevant (1-node chassis only)
Block Awareness (integrated)
  •  
Rack Failure Protection
Manual configuration
Rack Fault Tolerance
  •  
Protection Capacity Overhead
Mirroring (2N) (primary): 100%
Mirroring (3N) (primary): 200%
+ Hardware RAID5/6 overhead (optional)
Replica (2N) + RAID1/10: 200%
Replica (2N) + RAID5: 125-133%
Replica (3N) + RAID1/10: 300%
Replica (3N) + RAID5: 225-233%
RF2 (2N) (primary): 100%
RF3 (3N) (primary): 200%
EC-X (N+1) (secondary): 20-50%
EC-X (N+2) (secondary): 50%
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Data Corruption Detection
N/A (hardware dependent)
N/A (hardware dependent)
Read integrity checks
Disk scrubbing (software)
  Points-in-Time  
  •  
Snapshot Type
N/A
Built-in (native)
  •  
Snapshot Scope
Local + Remote
N/A
  •  
Snapshot Frequency
1 Minute
N/A
GUI: 1-15 minutes (nearsync replication); 1 hour (async replication)
  •  
Snapshot Granularity
Per VM (Vvols) or Volume
N/A
  •  
Backup Type
Built-in (native)
External
Built-in (native)
  •  
Backup Scope
Local or Remote
N/A
To local single-node
To local and remote clusters
To remote cloud object stores (Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure)
  •  
Backup Frequency
Continuously
N/A
NearSync to remote clusters: 1-15 minutes*
Async to remote clusters: 1 hour
AWS/Azure Cloud: 1 hour
  •  
Backup Consistency
Crash Consistent
File System Consistent (Windows)
Application Consistent (MS Apps on Windows)
N/A
File System Consistent (Windows)
Application Consistent (MS Apps on Windows)
  •  
Restore Granularity
Entire VM or Volume
N/A
Entire VM or Single File (local snapshots)
  •  
Restore Ease-of-use
Entire VM or Volume: GUI
Single File: Multi-step
N/A
Entire VM: GUI
Single File: GUI, nCLI
  Disaster Recovery  
  •  
Remote Replication Type
Built-in (native)
Built-in (native; stretched clusters only)
External
Built-in (native)
  •  
Remote Replication Scope
To remote sites
To MS Azure Cloud
VR: To remote sites, To VMware clouds
HR: To remote sites, to Microsoft Azure (not part of Windows Server 2019)
To remote sites
To AWS and MS Azure Cloud
To Xi Cloud (US and UK only)
  •  
Remote Replication Cloud Function
Data repository
VR: DR-site (VMware Clouds)
HR: DR-site (Azure)
Data repository (AWS/Azure)
DR-site (Xi Cloud)
  •  
Remote Replication Topologies
Single-site and multi-site
VR: Single-site and multi-site
HR: Single-site and chained
Single-site and multi-site
  •  
Remote Replication Frequency
Continuous (near-synchronous)
VR: 5 minutes (Asynchronous)
HR: 30 seconds (Asynchronous)
SW: Continuous (Stretched Cluster)
Synchronous to remote cluster: continuous
NearSync to remote clusters: 20 seconds*
Async to remote clusters: 1 hour
AWS/Azure Cloud: 1 hour
Xi Cloud: 1 hour
  •  
Remote Replication Granularity
VM or Volume
VR: VM
HR: VM
VM
iSCSI LUN
  •  
Consistency Groups
Yes
Yes
  •  
DR Orchestration
VMware SRM (certified)
N/A
VMware SRM (certified)
Xi Leap (native; ESXi/AHV; US/UK/EU/JP)
NEW
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Stretched Cluster (SC)
VMware vSphere: Yes (certified)
vSphere: Yes
Hyper-V: Yes
vSphere: Yes
Hyper-V: Yes
AHV: No
  •  
SC Configuration
2+sites = two or more active sites, 0/1 or more tie-breakers
vSphere: 2+ sites = minimum of two active sites + optional tie-breaker in 3rd site
Hyper-V: 2+ sites = minimum of two active sites + optional tie-breaker in 3rd site
vSphere: 3-sites = two active sites + tie-breaker in 3rd site
Hyper-V: 3-sites = two active sites + tie-breaker in 3rd site
  •  
SC Distance
<=5ms RTT (targeted, not required)
<=5ms RTT / <400 KMs
  •  
SC Scaling
<=32 hosts at each active site (per cluster)
No set maximum number of nodes
No set max. # Nodes; Mixing hardware models allowed
  •  
SC Data Redundancy
Replicas: 1N-2N at each active site
Replicas: 0-3 Replicas at each active site
Replicas: 1N at each active site
Erasure Coding (optional): Nutanix EC-X at each active site
Data Services expand
74.1%
50.0%
81.0%
  Efficiency  
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Engine
Software (integration)
NEW
Software (integration; limited)
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Function
Efficiency (space savings)
Efficiency (space savings)
Efficiency (full) and Performance (limited)
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Process
Deduplication: Inline (post-ack)
Compression: Inline (post-ack)
Deduplication/Compression: Post-Processing (post process)
NEW
Post-Processing
Perf. Tier: Inline (dedup post-ack / compr pre-ack)
Cap. Tier: Post-process
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Type
Optional
NEW
Optional
Dedup Inline: Optional
Dedup Post-Process: Optional
Compr. Inline: Optional
Compr. Post-Process: Optional
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Scope
Persistent data layer
Persistent data layer
Dedup Inline: memory and flash layers
Dedup Post-process: persistent data layer (adaptive)
Compr. Inline: flash and persistent data layers
Compr. Post-process: persistent data layer (adaptive)
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Radius
Pool (post-processing deduplication domain)
Node (inline deduplication domain)
NEW
Volume
Storage Container
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Granularity
4-128 KB variable block size (inline)
32-128 KB variable block size (post-processing)
NEW
32-128 KB variable block size
16 KB fixed block size
  •  
Dedup/Compr. Guarantee
N/A
  •  
Data Rebalancing
Full (optional)
Full (optional)
Full
  •  
Data Tiering
Yes
Partial (integration; optional)
N/A
  Performance  
  •  
Task Offloading
vSphere: VMware VAAI-Block (full)
Hyper-V: Microsoft ODX; Space Reclamation (T10 SCSI UNMAP)
vSphere: VMware VAAI-Block (full)
Hyper-V: Microsoft ODX; UNMAP/TRIM
vSphere: VMware VAAI-NAS (full), RDMA
Hyper-V: SMB3 ODX; UNMAP/TRIM
AVH: Integrated
  •  
QoS Type
IOPs and/or MBps Limits
N/A
IOPs Limits (maximums)
  •  
QoS Granularity
Virtual Disk Groups and/or Host Groups
N/A
Per VM
  •  
Flash Pinning
Per VM/Virtual Disk/Volume
VM Flash Mode: Per VM/Virtual Disk/iSCSI LUN
  Security  
  •  
Data Encryption Type
Built-in (native)
N/A
  •  
Data Encryption Options
Hardware: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
Software: SANsymphony Encryption
Hardware: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
Software: Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption; VMware Virtual machine Encryption
Hardware: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
Software: AOS encryption; Vormetric VTE (validated), Gemalto (verified)
  •  
Data Encryption Scope
Hardware: Data-at-rest
Software: Data-at-rest
Hardware: Data-at-rest
Software: Data-at-rest
Hardware: Data-at-rest
Software AOS: Data-at-rest
Software VTE/Gemalto: Data-at-rest + Data-in-transit
  •  
Data Encryption Compliance
Hardware: FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (SEDs)
Software: FIPS 140-2 Level 1 (SANsymphony)
Hardware: FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (SEDs)
Software: FIPS 140-2 Level 1 (BitLocker; VMware Virtual Machine Encryption)
Hardware: FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (SEDs)
Software: FIPS 140-2 Level 1 (AOS, VTE)
  •  
Data Encryption Efficiency Impact
Hardware: No
Software: No
Hardware: No
Software: No (Bitlocker); No (VMware Virtual Machine Encryption)
Hardware: No
Software AOS: No
Software VTE/Gemalto: Yes
  Test/Dev  
  •  
Fast VM Cloning
Yes
No
  Portability  
  •  
Hypervisor Migration
Hyper-V to ESXi (external)
ESXi to Hyper-V (external)
Hyper-V to ESXi (external)
ESXi to Hyper-V (external)
ESXi to AHV (integrated)
AHV to ESXi (integrated)
Hyper-V to AHV (external)
  File Services  
  •  
Fileserver Type
Built-in (native)
Built-in (native)
Built-in (native)
NEW
  •  
Fileserver Compatibility
Windows clients
Linux clients
Windows clients
Linux clients
Windows clients
Apple Mac clients
Linux clients
NEW
  •  
Fileserver Interconnect
SMB
NFS
SMB
NFS
SMB
NFS
NEW
  •  
Fileserver Quotas
Share Quotas, User Quotas
Share Quotas, User Quotas
Share Quotas, User Quotas
  •  
Fileserver Analytics
Partial
Partial
Yes
  Object Services  
  •  
Object Storage Type
N/A
N/A
S3-compatible
NEW
  •  
Object Storage Protection
N/A
N/A
Versioning
  •  
Object Storage LT Retention
N/A
N/A
WORM
Management expand
78.6%
60.7%
92.9%
  Interfaces  
  •  
GUI Functionality
Centralized
Centralized
Centralized
  •  
GUI Scope
Single-site and Multi-site
Single-site and Multi-site
Prism: Single-site
Prism Central: Multi-site
  •  
GUI Perf. Monitoring
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
  •  
GUI Integration
VMware vSphere Web Client (plugin)
VMware vCenter plug-in for SANsymphony
SCVMM DataCore Storage Management Provider
Microsoft System Center Monitoring Pack
vSphere: Web Client (plugin)
Hyper-V: SCVMM 2016 (add-in)
VMware: Prism (subset)
Microsoft: SCCM (SCOM and SCVMM)
AHV: Prism
Nutanix Files: Prism
Xi Frame: Prism Central
  Programmability  
  •  
Policies
Full
Partial (Protection)
Partial (Protection)
  •  
API/Scripting
REST-APIs
PowerShell
REST-APIs (through Swordfish)
PowerShell
REST-APIs
PowerShell
nCLI
  •  
Integration
OpenStack
OpenStack
VMware vRealize Automation (vRA)
Nutanix Calm
  •  
Self Service
Full
AHV only
  Maintenance  
  •  
SW Composition
Unified
Partially Distributed
Unified
  •  
SW Upgrade Execution
Rolling Upgrade (1-by-1)
Manual Upgrade (1-by-1)
Rolling Upgrade (1-by-1)
  •  
FW Upgrade Execution
Hardware dependent
Manual Upgrade (1-by-1 )
1-Click
  Support  
  •  
Single HW/SW Support
No
Yes
Yes (Nutanix; Dell; Lenovo; IBM)
  •  
Call-Home Function
Partial (HW dependent)
Yes
Full
  •  
Predictive Analytics
Partial
Partial
Full

Matrix Score

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  • DataCore
  • StarWind
  • Nutanix
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