There are a lot of new boxes entering this "low end SAN / high end NAS" space. EMC has been doing the AX-150 and NetApp has been doing the StoreVault. It's good to see Hitachi getting into the game too and also nice to see that they are including the most important feature, dual controllers, into this product.
The NetApp StoreVault is not offered with dual controllers, but it is currently vastly more capable and solid compared to EMC's AX-150, which aside from having increased redundancy is a complete heap of crap and waste of space. I feel qualified to say this as I own and use both units and am really not 100% happy with either of them. It's very obvious to me that neither company understands the real needs of the market they are targeting. Hopefully Hitachi will not be so dumb.
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There are a lot of new boxes entering this "low end SAN / high end NAS" space. EMC has been doing the AX-150 and NetApp has been doing the StoreVault. It's good to see Hitachi getting into the game too and also nice to see that they are including the most important feature, dual controllers, into this product.
The NetApp StoreVault is not offered with dual controllers, but it is currently vastly more capable and solid compared to EMC's AX-150, which aside from having increased redundancy is a complete heap of crap and waste of space. I feel qualified to say this as I own and use both units and am really not 100% happy with either of them. It's very obvious to me that neither company understands the real needs of the market they are targeting. Hopefully Hitachi will not be so dumb.