Successful companies use data-driven decisions to increase revenue, enrich customer experiences, and improve operational efficiency. To get the insights you need, they perform high-speed analytics on large volumes of data.
At the same time, they must reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and achieve sustainability goals. A cost- and energy-efficient storage solution is one way to solve many of these challenges. To explore the options available, Prowess Consulting compared two storage platforms. In a study commissioned by Dell Technologies, we tested storage solutions from two vendors: the Dell™ PowerStore™ 1200T solution and a product from a competitor we’ll call Vendor A. Dell Technologies promises a data reduction ratio (DRR) of 5:1 for reducible data with the PowerStore 1200T solution, while Vendor A promises a DRR of 4:1.1,2 We tested both platforms with a simulated data volume and found that the PowerStore 1200T solution delivered a significantly higher DRR of 5.4:1, compared to the DRR of 2.5:1 for Vendor A’s solution.
This greater data efficiency allows businesses to achieve the same storage capacity with fewer drives. Fewer drives mean smaller infrastructure, lower hardware costs, and lower power consumption for storage and cooling. Download the brochure to find out more.
Windows Server 2025: modernizing and preparing for the future.
