Enterprise storage systems
Asked as “enterprise storage array”, and as “primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
16%
Contested · Pure Storage FlashArray 12%
16Dell PowerStore12Pure Storage FlashArray09NetApp AFF62others
16% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
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Pure Storage FlashArray12%3%38accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 12% now.
Pure Storage FlashArray12%3%38accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 12% now.Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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08Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Dell PowerStore16%
Dell PowerStore16%02Pure Storage FlashArray12%
Pure Storage FlashArray12%03NetApp AFF9%
NetApp AFF9%04Dell Technologies5%
Dell Technologies5%05HPE0%
HPE0%06Infinidat InfiniBox0%
Infinidat InfiniBox0%07Hitachi Vantara0%
Hitachi Vantara0%08IBM0%
IBM0%What they warned about
Zero of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
IBM24%
4 of 17 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“fell from leader status due to gaps in features like ransomware protection or multicloud integration” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
HPE 3PAR
67%
2 of 3 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Being phased out | Replaced by HPE Alletra; limited future development” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Ceph
50%
2 of 4 labels negative · 2 of 14 models
“Solutions like Ceph, Gluster, or open-source options on generic hardware can be unreliable without deep expertise” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Dell PowerStore8%
2 of 24 labels negative · 2 of 14 models
“However, GigaOm has recently demoted Dell to the "Challenger" ring in the midsize market.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1087 links across 273 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Dell45 answers · 75 citations · 13 models
38 answers · 100 citations · 10 models
38 answers · 57 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HPE24 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 34 citations · 8 models
19 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · NetApp15 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Hitachi Vantara14 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 15 citations · 10 models
13 answers · 24 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Pure Storage13 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
25 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best enterprise storage array”, “enterprise storage array”, “enterprise storage systems”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell PowerStore dell.com Dell PowerStore 16%, Dell Technologies 5%, Dell PowerVault ME5 Series 5%, Dell EMC PowerStore 2% and 3 more | 34% | 64 | 22,200 | 278 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 7 |
| Pure Storage FlashArray purestorage.com Pure Storage FlashArray 12%, Pure Storage FlashArray//C 2% | 14% | 90 | 320 | 18 | 4,251 | 0 | ||
| NetApp AFF netapp.com | 9% | 100 | 110 | 94 | 137,356 | $1 | 79 | |
| HPE parent site HPE MSA Storage 4%, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 2%, HPE MSA 2060 2%, HPE MSA Gen6 2% | 9% | 8 | 27,100 | 5,522 | ||||
| IBM parent site IBM FlashSystem 2% | 2% | 17 | 201,000 | 34,098 | ||||
| TrueNAS truenas.com | 2% | 17 | 22,200 | 2,095 | 62,040 | 21 | ||
| NetApp ONTAP-based systems | 2% | |||||||
| Weka WEKApod | 2% | |||||||
| NetApp AFF/AFF A-Series | 2% | |||||||
| DataCore SANsymphony | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (dell.com, enterprisestorageforum.com, storagereview.com). The first result for “best enterprise storage array” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best enterprise storage array for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise storage systems and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best enterprise storage array for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an enterprise storage array. What should we look at?”Negative“Which enterprise storage systems should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceNetApp ONTAPChangedEverpureno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Dell EMC PowerScale, Dell EMC PowerStore, Dell EMC PowerVault, HPE ProLiant, NetApp Cloud VolumesGPT-5.4 miniDell PowerStore, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000NetApp ONTAP-based systems, Pure Storage FlashArrayChangedno first choiceNetApp AFF, TrueNASno first choiceagainst: HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7000/7000c, HPE Alletra MP B10000, HPE Alletra Storage Server 4120, HPE ProLiant
Three alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, Microsoft Azure Stack HCIGemini 3.5 FlashDell Technologies, Pure Storage FlashArrayPure Storage FlashArrayChangedEverpureDell PowerVault ME5 SeriesPure Storage FlashArrayagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Ceph, GlusterFS, Google Cloud Storage, Synology NAS, VMware vSAN
Two alternatives
HPE, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra Storage MP, NetApp AFFFive alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
HPE MSA 2060 / 2062, Synology XS+/FS Series, TrueNASThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, NetApp AFF/ASAPerplexity SonarDell PowerStoreIBM FlashSystemChangedno first choiceNetApp FASno first choiceagainst: TrueNAS
Three alternatives
Dell Unity XT, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, NetApp AFFTwo alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Hitachi VSP One BlockThree alternatives
Dell hybrid storage / PowerStore-style configurations, Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp E-SeriesGrok 4.1 FastDell PowerStoreDell PowerStore, NetApp AFF/AFF A-SeriesChangedPure Storage FlashArrayHPE MSA Gen6against: Synology RackStationno first choiceagainst: Ceph, Dell EMC, Fujitsu, Gluster, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Seagate
Two alternatives
HPE Alletra Storage MP, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
Hitachi Vantara VSP One Block, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArrayFour alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE Aruba, IBM, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF A250 or FAS Series, Pure Storage FlashArray//CMistral SmallInfinidat InfiniBox SSA G4 F4416T, Weka WEKApodHPE Nimble Storage with Cloud VolumesChangedDell EMC, NetApp AFFDell PowerVault ME4 Series, HPE MSA Storageno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Dell EMC PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
Egnyte, Hitachi VantaraTwo alternatives
HPE, Pure Storage FlashArrayDeepSeek V4 FlashDell PowerStoreagainst: IBMNetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayChangedagainst: Dell PowerStoreno first choiceDell PowerVault ME5 Seriesno first choiceagainst: Dell EMC VMAX/VMAX3, Dell PowerVault ME series, Dell Technologies, HPE, HPE 3PAR, HPE MSA, IBM, NetApp AFF, NetApp's entry-level E-series, Nimble, SolidFire, Violin Memory
Two alternatives
NetApp AFF / FAS Series, Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
Hitachi Vantara VSP One Block, Infinidat InfiniBoxFive alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, IBM, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
HPE MSA 2060, NetApp FAS2700Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceDataCore SANsymphony, Komprise Intelligent Data Management, MinIO Object StorageChangedno first choiceTERRAMASTER D4-320UPure Storage FlashArray//X X90nothing named
Two alternatives
HP StoreServ 7000, NetApp FAS SeriesOne alternative
Pure Storage FlashArray//C C90Qwen 3.7 FlashDell PowerStoreNetApp AFF Series with Cloud ONTAPChangedPure Storage FlashArrayHPE MSA Seriesno first choiceagainst: Dell Technologies, HPE, HPE Nimble, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray
Three alternatives
HPE Alletra 9000, Hitachi Vantara VSP One, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Hitachi Vantara, Pure Storage FlashArray//CFive alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, NetApp AFFFive alternatives
Dell PowerVault ME4 Series, HPE Nimble, NetApp AFF A250, Refurbished Dell EMC Unity XT, Synology Enterprise NASKimi K2Dell PowerStorePure Storage FlashArray, Pure Storage FlashArray//CChangedagainst: Dell PowerStoreDell TechnologiesDell PowerVault ME5 Seriesno first choiceagainst: Azure GPv1 & Legacy Blob Storage, Dell EMC Unity, HPE 3PAR, IBM XIV Storage, Legacy NetApp 7-Mode
Three alternatives
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayOne alternative
NetApp AFFThree alternatives
HPE, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
HPE MSA, Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200, Synology RackStationGLM 4.7 FlashXDell EMC PowerStoreDell EMC PowerStore T seriesChangedno first choiceHPE MSA 2060against: QNAP TS-653A, Synology DS1527+no first choiceagainst: DDN Storage, ETERNUS AF and DX arrays, Google Cloud Storage, Legacy Dell EMC Products
Three alternatives
Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFF C-Series, Pure Storage FlashArrayOne alternative
Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
Dell PowerVault MD1200/MD1400, Infortrend EonStor GSe ProMiniMax M2.5no first choiceNetApp AFFChangedno first choiceDell PowerVault, HPE MSA StorageDell Technologies, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayagainst: Open Source Storage, Snowflake, Western Digital
Two alternatives
Infinidat InfiniBox, Pure Storage FlashArrayOne alternative
Dell PowerStoreGPT-6 LunaDell PowerStoreNetApp AFF C-Series running ONTAPChangedDell PowerStoreDell PowerVault ME5, HPE MSA Gen7no first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
FlashArray//X, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray//CTwo alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArrayFive alternatives
Dell PowerMax, Everpure FlashArray, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFFMuse Glimmer 30BDell TechnologiesNetApp AFFChangedagainst: Nutanix Unified StorageDell Technologies, EverpureDell PowerStoreno first choiceagainst: Atmos, Centera Systems, Dell PowerScale OneFS, Storage Center Dell Compellent
Three alternatives
HPE, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
Dell EMC PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArrayFour alternatives
HPE, Huawei OceanStor, IBM, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerVault, HPE Alletra, Nimble StorageBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:51 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 11 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 25 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 16 | 73 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 22 | 68 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:16 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:48 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 21 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:03 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 17 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 16 | 71 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 02:00 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:53 | yes | 12 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:43 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:55 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:37 | yes | 20 | 59 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 6 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:40 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:28 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 10 | 56 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 8 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:34 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 25 | 100 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:38 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:24 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:26 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:24 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 23 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:40 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 25 | 85 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:50 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 18 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 10 | 58 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:21 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:53 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 27 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 29 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 25 | 73 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 24 | 80 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 2 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Dell read as Dell Technologies
Huawei read as Huawei OceanStor
Infinidat read as Infinidat InfiniBox
Infinidat (F2000/F4000 series) read as Infinidat InfiniBox
Infinidat InfiniBox SSA G4 read as Infinidat InfiniBox
NetApp read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF series, FAS series) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF/ASA Series running ONTAP) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF/FAS) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF/ONTAP) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF A-Series read as NetApp AFF
Pure Storage read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray//C or //X) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray//X or //C) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray//X) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (rebranded as Everpure) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray //X read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray//X read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Synology read as Synology NAS
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS EBS
Atmos
Azure GPv1 & Legacy Blob Storage
Broadberry
Centera Systems
DataON
Dell EMC PowerStore T series
Dell EMC PowerVault
Dell EMC VMAX/VMAX3
Dell ME4
Dell PowerScale OneFS
Dell PowerVault MD1200/MD1400
Dell PowerVault ME series
Dell hybrid storage / PowerStore-style configurations
ETERNUS AF and DX arrays
FlashArray//X
HP StoreServ 7000
HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7000/7000c
HPE Alletra MP X10000
HPE Alletra Storage Server 4120
HPE MSA Gen7
HPE MSA Series (MSA 3060 / 3070)
HPE Nimble Storage with Cloud Volumes
Hitachi Vantara VSP E Series
Hitachi Vantara VSP One
Hitachi Vantara's Virtual Storage Platform One
HyperStore
IBM XIV Storage
IDrive BMR Pro
Infinidat InfiniBox SSA G4 F4416T
Legacy Dell EMC Products
Legacy NetApp 7-Mode
Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200
Lenovo/Hitachi Vantara
MSA
NetApp AFF A250 or FAS Series
NetApp AFF C-Series running ONTAP
NetApp AFF Series with Cloud ONTAP
NetApp Cloud Volumes
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
NetApp E-Series
NetApp FAS Series
NetApp FAS2700
NetApp's entry-level E-series (E2800/E5700)
Nimble Storage
ObjectScale
Open Source Storage
PowerVault ME5
QNAP TS-653A
Red Hat Ceph
Refurbished Dell EMC Unity XT
Refurbished Dell EqualLogic PS6110
Seagate
SolidFire
Storage Center Dell Compellent (SC, Storage Center)
StorageGRID
Synology DS1527+
Synology Enterprise NAS (e.g., FS series)
Synology XS+/FS Series
Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS (16-bay)
VSP platform by Hitachi Vantara
Violin Memory
Zadara's zStorage
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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