Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Kaminario K2 (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell PowerMax NVMe
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Dell PowerMax NVME is presented as a end-to-end NVMe, storage class memory (SCM) for persistent storage, real-time machine learning and up to 350GB per second to power critical workloads.N/A
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Kaminario K2 was an on-premise flash array storage. Silk updated its brand and focus to reflect the move of customers to the cloud. The former Kaminario K2 product is no longer available.N/A
Pricing
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerMax NVMe
9.6
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Flash Array Performance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Flash Array Integration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Compression10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Simplicity8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Power Savings9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Small Businesses

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DBeaver
DBeaver
Score 8.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
DBeaver
DBeaver
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
DBeaver
DBeaver
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerMax NVMeKaminario K2 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
PowerMax is suited for a mid-tier to enterprise company. It can easily take on and manage what it may take with various storage arrays. This can work in any vertical, healthcare, manufacturing, financial, insurance, etc. It can easily manage massive workloads and deliver very high-end performance. Is not feasible for small companies, this can and would be very expensive to maintain and operate, and it truly doesn't make sense when a much smaller array can be used.
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Silk
K2 works well in our mixed-use virtual environment. I would not hesitate to place any workload on K2, it has always performed well. We use fiber-channel connectivity as it replaced our large legacy storage array, replacing one rack of spinning disks with 4U of flash.
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Pros
Dell Technologies
  • Fastest storage array in the world.
  • this system provide the performance density up to 7.5 million IOPS5 per rack
  • Its support maximum system
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Silk
  • Great performance
  • Great support
  • Super-simple to use
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • Can be complex if someone is not versed on the product.
  • Expensive.
  • High cost of maintenance.
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Silk
  • Not well known, so third-party support is lacking
  • Data reduction is good, but not as good as expected (actual 2.7:1)
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
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Silk
We performed a bake-off with K2 and one other vendor and they performed identically. K2 pricing was aggressive, performance was great, and it offered the features that we needed at a price that we could afford
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • Cost
  • Opex vs Capex
  • Maintenance Costs.
  • Learning curve on software to maintain the array.
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Silk
  • Installing K2 reduced runtime of one of our batch processes, freeing up one employee for other tasks.
  • Less time managing storage.
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