IBM XIV vs Nexsan BEAST comparison

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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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    Also Known As
    XIV
    BEAST, Nexsan SASBeast, SASBeast, Nexsan DATABeast, Nexsan SATABeast, Nexsan SATABeast Xi, SATABeast Xi
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    Overview

    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.

    Nexsan SASBeast is a high-capacity, high-performance, enterprise-class storage array system ideal for transactional applications that demand high I/O per second. With its storage density of 25.2TB offered in a 4U configuration, SASBeast has the ability to scale to hundreds of terabytes of capacity in a single rack. With 42 high-speed SAS drives, it's optimized for customers whose infrastructures support Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, SQL and other databases, as well as those that involve large file servers, virtual server environments or large amounts of small files. Equally important, SASBeast includes FC and iSCSI connectivity and allows customers to combine SAS, SSD and SATA drives within the same system to address different application requirements.

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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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    IBM XIV is ranked 10th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 6 reviews while Nexsan BEAST is ranked 12th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM XIV is rated 7.6, while Nexsan BEAST is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of IBM XIV writes "Using it behind the SAN volume controller, latency is predictable and it is reliable". On the other hand, IBM XIV is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, whereas Nexsan BEAST is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ.

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