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We performed a comparison between Celerra NS series [EOL] and IBM XIV based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "If you are going to use the product behind an SVC, IBM will price the units lower, since you are likely not to use any of the advanced copy services."
  • "No-license-required policy, unlike others where you need a license for everything. Just pay once and forget about licenses."
  • "Licensing is straightforward."
  • "We have a five-year total cost of ownership where we pay an initial amount and then annually for maintenance."
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    Top Answer:IBM XIV's most valuable features are NVME, especially when it comes to de-duplication, compression, and responsiveness.
    Top Answer:We have a five-year total cost of ownership where we pay an initial amount and then annually for maintenance.
    Top Answer:IBM XIV is attractive because it gives value for money in terms of features. I would give IBM XIV a rating of seven out of ten.
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    Celerra NS series
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    Overview
    Celerra NS series is a unified storage solutions with high-end features across the product family: NX4, NS120, NS480, NS960.

    IBM XIV is a high-end, grid-scale storage system that excels in tuning-free consistent performance, ease of use and exceptional data economics, including inline, and IBM Real-time Compression. IBM XIV is ideal for hybrid cloud, offering predictable service levels for dynamic workloads, simplified scale management, including in multi-tenant environments, flexible consumption models — and robust cloud automation and orchestration through OpenStack, RESTful API and VMware. It offers security and data protection through hot encryption, advanced mirroring and self-healing and investment protection with perpetual licensing.

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    Celero, NaviSite, Technische Universit_t Mªnchen, Netflix Inc., Muhr und Bender KG, Pelephone Communications
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Celerra NS series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while IBM XIV is ranked 10th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 6 reviews. Celerra NS series [EOL] is rated 0.0, while IBM XIV is rated 7.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM XIV writes "Using it behind the SAN volume controller, latency is predictable and it is reliable". Celerra NS series [EOL] is most compared with , whereas IBM XIV is most compared with IBM FlashSystem.

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