Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL] vs Cisco MDS Series comparison

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    MDS 9500 Series
    Cisco MDS 9100, Cisco MDS 9222i, Cisco MDS 9700
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    Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches have met and often exceeded the demanding requirements for storage area networks for more than a decade. They offer a combination of performance, non-stop operations, and multiprotocol flexibility.

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    Small Business50%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise62%

    Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Enterprise SAN while Cisco MDS Series is ranked 1st in Enterprise SAN with 8 reviews. Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL] is rated 0.0, while Cisco MDS Series is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco MDS Series writes "Simple deployment, reliable, and scales well". Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Cisco MDS Series is most compared with Dell Connectrix, HPE SN6000, IBM SAN384B, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerVault.

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