Whit Walters

GigaOm Radar for Primary Storagev5.0

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Market Categories and Deployment Types
  3. Decision Criteria Comparison
  4. GigaOm Radar
  5. Solution Insights
  6. Analyst’s Outlook

1. Executive Summary

Primary storage remains a cornerstone of enterprise IT infrastructure, providing the foundation for mission-critical applications, databases, and a growing range of workloads, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. As organizations navigate digital transformation and evolving technological landscapes, the demands on primary storage systems have expanded beyond traditional performance and capacity metrics to include broader strategic objectives.

This report examines primary storage solutions that deliver high performance, reliability, and advanced data services. These capabilities are critical for organizations of all sizes seeking to maintain competitive advantages through optimized data management and infrastructure efficiency. The primary storage market has reached a new level of maturity, with vendors offering sophisticated features such as AI-driven analytics, ransomware protection, and seamless cloud integration alongside traditional storage functionalities.

This year’s evaluation focuses on solutions that provide enterprise-grade primary storage requirements, including both traditional storage arrays and software-defined storage options. Our assessment offers an analysis of comprehensive primary storage platforms and their associated data services, emphasizing their role as the backbone for mission-critical enterprise workloads.

This is our fifth year evaluating the primary storage space in the context of our Key Criteria and Radar reports. This report builds on our previous analysis of large enterprise and mid-size solutions and considers how the market has evolved over the last year.

This GigaOm Radar report examines 21 of the top primary storage solutions and compares offerings against the capabilities (table stakes, key features, and emerging features) and nonfunctional requirements (business criteria) outlined in the companion Key Criteria report. Together, these reports provide an overview of the market, identify leading primary storage offerings, and help decision-makers evaluate these solutions so they can make a more informed investment decision.

GIGAOM KEY CRITERIA AND RADAR REPORTS

The GigaOm Key Criteria report provides a detailed decision framework for IT and executive leadership assessing enterprise technologies. Each report defines relevant functional and nonfunctional aspects of solutions in a sector. The Key Criteria report informs the GigaOm Radar report, which provides a forward-looking assessment of vendor solutions in the sector.