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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in primary storage arrays category. Our data sources in primary storage arrays category include;
Primary storage arrays are high-performance storage solutions for organizational data that is actively used and mission-critical. Types of primary storage products include:
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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in primary storage arrays category. Our data sources in primary storage arrays category include;
review websites
social media websites
search engine data for branded queries
According to the weighted combination of 7 data sources
IBM FlashSystem A9000 Series
Nimble Storage
FAS Series
InfiniBox
ZFS Storage Appliance
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current primary storage arrays market leaders. Market leaders are not the overall leaders since market leadership doesn’t take into account growth rate.
IBM FlashSystem A9000 Series
Nimble Storage
FAS Series
ZFS Storage Appliance
IntelliFlash
These are the number of queries on search engines which include the brand name of the solution. Compared to other IT / Tech categories, Primary Storage Arrays is more concentrated in terms of top 3 companies’ share of search queries. Top 3 companies receive 99%, 18% more than the average of search queries in this area.
3,245 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 3,224 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 11 companies with >10 employees are offering primary storage arrays. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 300k employees. The largest company building primary storage arrays is IBM with more than 300,000 employees.
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the fastest growing solutions:
IBM FlashSystem A9000 Series
InfiniBox
Nimble Storage
FAS Series
ZFS Storage Appliance
We have analyzed reviews published in the last months. These were published in 4 review platforms as well as vendor websites where the vendor had provided a testimonial from a client whom we could connect to a real person.
These solutions have the best combination of high ratings from reviews and number of reviews when we take into account all their recent reviews.
This data is collected from customer reviews for all Primary Storage Arrays companies. The most positive word describing Primary Storage Arrays is “Easy to use” that is used in 6% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Expensive” with which is used in 5.00% of all the Primary Storage Arrays reviews.
According to customer reviews, most common company size for primary storage arrays customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 55% of primary storage arrays customers. For an average IT / Tech solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 15% of total customers.
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all Primary Storage Arrays. Primary Storage Arrays is most positively evaluated in terms of "Value For Money" but falls behind in "Ease of Use".