Comments on: If EMC buys XtremIO, the flash war is on

By: Tim Stevens

Tim Stevens — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:06 +0000

Shocking that Whiptail didn’t make this list. By far the best player in the market.

By: Nazareno

Nazareno — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:52:02 +0000

What about TMS (Texas Memory Systems)
http://www.ramsan.com/products/rackmount-flash-storage/ramsan-630
The best Storage in Performance, and has experience in Solid State Storage since 1978…

By: Starr Million Baker

Starr Million Baker — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:36:59 +0000

Derrick – big miss not including WhipTail on the list. Company commercialized the first all-flash storage array, has more customers than any of the ones you mentioned and is about to introduce its next gen product that will blow these guys away. Will send you email with details.

Thanks,
Starr

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:03:43 +0000

Derrick, I noticed that OCZ was left off the list. They may be servicing small to medium business right now but do their feature sets and the ability to create a large array bring them in for possible acquistion.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:13:48 +0000

Derrick, I’m surprised you haven’t included WhipTail on the list. I believe they’ve been around longer than some of the others you mention.

By: Chris McCall

Chris McCall — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:00:34 +0000

Jeff has a great point. We’re in a phase where everyone is developing new system architectures that can take advantage of flash performance. As soon as that happens, the focus will shift to who manages that resource best. Features like storage Quality of Service and performance Service Levels will provide better efficiency which begets better consolidation and opex savings.

By: someone

someone — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:17:55 +0000

Wasn’t EMC the one who invested in XtremIO to begin with?

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:01:23 +0000

A fair point, and definitely something you see from the smaller guys like Tintri. Who do you like if you we’re HP or Dell looking for a company to purchase?

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:59:37 +0000

I agree, but that’s also why I don’t think it’s a storage acquisition. Nutanix is trying to be something more than storage, which I think will mean a different type of buyer.

By: rickwestrate

rickwestrate — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:47:47 +0000

Nutanix brings it altogether nicely flash/storage/compute all in one