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VSP One Block High End Dell PowerMax Comparison: Competitive Snapshot

Data in table is based on publicly available information.
  • Capability (published specs)
  • System Availability (9’s)
  • System Bandwidth
  • Availability Guarantee
  • Maximum System Performance (100% RRH)
  • IOPS Per Rack Unit
  • IBM Mainframe Support
  • IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security Support
  • Storage Efficiency Guarantee
  • Common OS across High End to Midrange Storage
  • Maximum Drive Capacity
  • Virtualized External Storage Support
  • Max Capacity Data Reduction Normalized to 4:1
  • Storage Scale-Out & Multi-Array Federation
  • Support for Mainframe
  • Hitachi VSP One Block High End
  • 8 9’s (.315 seconds)
  • 968 GB/s - provides more than 2x Dell’s cited published bandwidth.
  • 100%
  • 54.5 Millions IOPs
  • >1 Million IOPS/RU
  • 4:1 Data reduction guaranteed. Confidence included.
  • 60 TB
  • 18.6 PBe
  • Hitachi VSSO (Virtual Storage Scale Out)
  • Yes
  • Dell PowerMax 8500
  • 6 9’s (31.56 seconds)
  • 480 GB/s
  • Not published
  • Not published
  • 5:1 w/ data restrictions
  • 30.72 TB
  • 16 PBe
  • No equivalent PowerMax capability documented.
  • No
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