Storage Brand Leaders – 2020

Ageless Storage: Storage that is bought or leased (not Storage as a Service) with upgrades built into the purchase price or leasing terms. Ageless Storage has a new leader as IT Pros vote Dell EMC the Market leader, dethroning former two-time Market leader, Pure...

Distributed Database Backup & Recovery: Enterprise-class distributed backup and recovery for distributed database clusters. IT Pros acknowledge Veritas as the top leader for Distributed Database Backup & Recovery, making this their second successive clean...

Enterprise Archive: Long term storage of email and other data that is infrequently accessed, and often must adhere to compliance regulations such as GxP Data (Pharma), SEC17a4 (Banking), HIPAA, patient record (Healthcare), and product liability (Automotive). Microsoft...

Enterprise Backup Software & Appliances: Backup products which provide some or all of the following in an integrated appliance: backup to tape, backup to random-access media (disk, flash, etc.), emulate the previous backup targets (e.g., VTL [VTL]), data reduction...

Enterprise File Synchronization & Sharing: EFSS refers to a range of on-premises or cloud-based capabilities that enable individuals to synchronize and share documents, photos, videos and files across multiple devices, such as smartphones, tablets and PCs. IT Pros...

Enterprise HDDs: Also known as a disk drive. Enterprise HDDs are disk drives with higher performance, capacity and reliability than HDDs for PCs. Voting was close for the Enterprise HDDs category, but Western Digital came out on top and dethroned former seven-time...

Hybrid NAS Array: Ethernet-based hybrid (disk and SSD) arrays which provide access to files using network file sharing protocols such as NFS, SMB/CIFS, or AFP. Dell EMC controls the board for Hybrid (HDD & SSD) NAS Arrays as IT Pros named them Market leader for...

Hybrid SAN Array: Fibre Channel and iSCSI-based hybrid (disk and SSD) arrays which provide access to files using network file sharing protocols such as NFS, SMB/CIFS, or AFP. Dell EMC continues to be the front-runner for Hybrid (HDD & SSD) SAN Arrays as IT Pros...

On-Premises Enterprise Storage as a Service: Storage which is deployed on-premise, but is purchased based on consumption. On-Premises Enterprise Storage as a Service sees a new leader this year as IT Pros vote Dell Technologies the Market, Price and Performance...

Scale Out File & Object Storage Appliances: Hardware/software appliances which serve as self-contained repositories for scale-out file and object storage. IT Pros repeat last year’s votes as they chose Dell EMC the leader across the board for Scale Out File &...

Scale-out File & Object Storage Software: Software which runs on standard servers and for scale-out file and object storage. In the second installment of this survey category, VMware proves to be the clear front-runner for Scale out File & Object Storage...

Servers for Software Defined Storage: Servers designed for deployment as storage nodes in a software defined storage cluster. Servers for software defined storage nodes are characterized by their enclosures which house dozens of HDDs or SSDs. Dell EMC dominated the...

Storage Performance Validation Software & Appliances: Storage load generation and I/O measurement systems that gather data and then create a production workload model using the data. The appliances can then run the emulated workload against storage systems to...

Unified SAN/NAS Disk Array: A disk array which can be partitioned into a block-based SAN array and a file-based NAS array. Dell EMC holds onto all six leadership titles for Unified (SAN/NAS) Disk Arrays for the second year in a row as IT Pros once again recognize them...