Post by Chris Mellor (thank you) over at El Reg
The gnomic Gartnerites have promoted HDS and HP over NetApp in their 2014 general purpose array magic quadrant, with an explanation of the concept given here.
NetApp, with its FAS8000, was second to EMC’s VMAX in the year-ago MQ, but Gartner has leapfrogged HDS’ VSP G10000 past it in the updated MQ, with HP’s StoreServ 10000 close behind.
Read on here
Posted by rogerluethy on November 25, 2014
https://rogerluethy.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/hds-hp-leapfrog-netapp-in-the-land-of-the-magic-quadrant/
Good Post by Chris Mellor (thank you) over at El Reg
There is dissent in the flash array vendor ranks over Gartner gurus’ magic quadrant. The all-flash array ranking quadragon has reared its head and breathed fire from its nostrils all over us puny Reg hacks.
Thanks to a tipoff, we can now update our earlier list to add another vendor:
Read on here
Posted by rogerluethy on May 26, 2014
https://rogerluethy.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/has-a-strange-flash-array-beastie-emerged-in-gartners-magic-quadrant/
Post by Stanley Zaffos, Roger W.Cox and Valdis Filks (thank you)
Improvements in scalability, availability, performance and functionality of midrange storage systems have blurred the boundaries between network-attached, midrange and high-end storage systems. This Magic Quadrant will help IT leaders understand storage vendors’ strategies and market strengths.
See the Magic Quadrant here and get some good insights into the “new” Magic Quadrant here from David Vellante (thank you)
Posted by rogerluethy on March 26, 2013
https://rogerluethy.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/magic-quadrant-for-general-purpose-disk-arrays/
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