IBM POWER8 Servers vs Quantum StorNext

• Each CPU core is more powerful than x86, which lowers licensing costs.
• RAS features of the platform surpass any commodity server, even in the lowest models.
• The HMC allows easy management of LPARs, and even migration between machines.

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• Quantum StorNext just works and by that, I mean it just works flawlessly in the background, while your artists are doing their creative work on jobs with clients. Technical issues and hold-ups should never get in the way of the creative process.
• There is a lot of flexibility with StorNext and options available in software and hardware, to customize the best solution for your workflow.
• Great customer support and response times when things do need supporting, whether there is an issue with a piece of hardware (i.e. battery backup to a controller unit that needs replacing). Quantum along with our local support vendor are fast to respond.

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• The noise levels for the scale-out machines are too much for small offices.

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• Price. Obviously, when you are at the level of performance that is needed for our work, Quantum can only go so low as a company on cost, to give their customers a blockbuster deal. But any possible discount here and there helps, and Quantum does their best to lower it as low as possible with bundles and pricing deals. By no means is price a deterring factor, for if you are playing at this level (Ferrari vs Camaro), you know it's going to expensive, but it's a solid investment if you want the reliability and performance. And it's actually cheaper when you compare it to other competitors, along with upgrade paths down the road that will cost you less.

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• POWER8 Machines have allowed our customers to stay current on hardware and software, and to comply with the security standards required for communication.
• Newer and faster machines have solved bottlenecks in our customers' workflows, meeting their growing demands.
• POWER8 Introduces support for little endian Linux, which solves a problem some customers had when migrating to POWER8 Systems (the specific code that had endian-ness dependencies).

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• Quantum StorNext has allowed us to not only perform at a higher level, but greatly expand how many client systems are connected to the SAN. Prior to Quantum, our old SAN could barely handle the workload of half the client systems we have now. So for ROI, I'm not involved with the actual numbers, but I know our work with clients has expanded ten fold and there is no sign of it slowing down.
• Confidence and my time not wasted, working with the support vendors to solve a problem. My time is then spent on other areas and projects in the company, not on phone calls and emails.

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