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    DDN A³I

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADataDirect Networks (DDN) offers their SFA line of high density block storage solutions, including the SFA14KX and the SFA18K.N/A

    IBM LinuxONE

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM LinuxONE is the company's high performance scalable mainframe servers, available in the Rockhopper and Emperor editions.N/A
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    DDN A³IIBM LinuxONE
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    DDN A³IIBM LinuxONE
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    DDN A³IIBM LinuxONE
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    Dell PowerEdge
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    IBM Power
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DDN A³IIBM LinuxONE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    DDN A³IIBM LinuxONE
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    Well suited for large data repositories, like video storage, data lake, etc. Wide and deep and does not take up multiple racks. Easily grows with your needs as one can drop in more disks when needed, as you grow.
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    IBM
    IBM LinuxONE dashboard is clean and friendly to welcome new users and the capabilities of the feature are excellent and easy to pull multiple data from other third parties platforms through the IBM LinuxONE integration functions and the data merging tools are very excellent. Multiple data processing operations are easily managed and monitored through this software and the reports are effective.
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    Pros
    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • Large storage array
    • Fibre channel storage using RAID arrays
    • Each SFA can grow with one master and up to 4 slaves
    • Up to PB or more of storage
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    IBM
    • Valuable insights from the reports
    • Scalable
    • Easy to manage different data centers
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    Cons
    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • The Disk array appliances load disks from the top
    • Cabler management is more than 4 feet long. Hard to find a rack it really fits in.
    • Interconnects between units need to be more seamless and easier to understand.
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    IBM
    • We had some milestones we did not meet due to technical issues, we had to get those escalated and finally got them resolved.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    IBM is close to the Platinum level but DDN comes in large and cheaper but with a bit less features.
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    IBM
    LinuxONE has better scalability and price/performance metrics.
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    Return on Investment
    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • ROI is that it seems very economical for massive video camera storage.
    • Dedicate a rack to it.
    • Best if all units are next to each other but do not have to be.
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    IBM
    • Pulling of multiple and big data from different channels.
    • Project workflow management is effective via the tool.
    • Project data processing and data management.
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