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  • "Its price is fair. IBM is quite fair in price when you compare it with others. We also use Hitachi internally, and Hitachi is always a little bit more expensive. NetApp is also a bit more expensive. So, IBM has good positioning in terms of price."
  • "This product is priced well. The ratio between cost and productivity is very high and we're happy with it."
  • "It is a competitively priced solution. The cost can vary depending on whether it is purchased from the hardware or the software departments."
  • "Compared to other vendors, I think it's expensive."
  • "It's an expensive solution."
  • "The basic functionalities of the product are provided within the normal license, but users can opt for some optional features from IBM's licensing model."

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    Top Answer:The solution offers an excellent price-performance ratio, including SSDs and compression capabilities. This results in faster performance and potential space savings due to compression.
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    6th
    out of 23 in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
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    6
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    302
    Rating
    8.7
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    System Storage DS5000 series
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    Overview

    DS5000 storage systems are equally adept at supporting transactional applications such as databases and online transaction processing (OLTP), throughput-intensive applications such as high-performance computing (HPC) and rich media, and concurrent workloads for consolidation and virtualization. DS5000 series storage systems can support service level agreements (SLAs) for the most common operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux and Apple Macintosh. 
    With drive-level encryption, DS5000 series storage systems support affordable data security with no performance penalty. The DS5000 storage system’s multiple replication options, drive-level encryption, and persistent cache backup can help ensure that any data in cache is captured and safe in the event of a power outage.

    SGI InfiniteStorage 5000 (IS5000) is a RAID storage system that combines leading edge hardware with a choice of host interfaces and drive technologies in an affordable external storage platform. IS5000 provides a cost effective path to consolidated storage with 6 Gb/s SAS back-end technology and ultra-low power consumption. IS5000 delivers performance, flexibility and scalability without sacrificing simplicity and availability. IS5000 complements SGI UV server and Rackable rackmount server environments.

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    IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is ranked 6th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 13 reviews while SGI IS5000 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is rated 8.6, while SGI IS5000 [EOL] is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of IBM System Storage DS5000 Series writes "Very reliable, easy to install, and offers good value for money". On the other hand, IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is most compared with , whereas SGI IS5000 [EOL] is most compared with .

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