Enterprise storage systems for enterprise buyers
Asked as “enterprise storage array”, and as “primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 43 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
42%
Clear leader
42Pure Storage FlashArray21NetApp AFF12NetApp ONTAP26others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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.
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
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Pure Storage FlashArray42%
Pure Storage FlashArray42%02NetApp AFF21%
NetApp AFF21%03Dell PowerStore7%
Dell PowerStore7%04Infinidat InfiniBox5%
Infinidat InfiniBox5%05HPE0%
HPE0%06Dell Technologies0%
Dell Technologies0%07IBM0%
IBM0%08HPE Alletra0%
09IBM FlashSystem0%
What they warned about
One 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, 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.
NetApp AFF10%
5 of 49 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“its pricing model historically has more **variable costs** (licensing tiers, capacity licensing) and higher support percentages, making TCO forecasting slightly less predictable” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Dell EqualLogic PS Series100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“EOL February 2019; End of Security Support February 2024 - No more security updates available” Kimi K2, negative prompt
EMC VMAX
100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“EMC VMAX and VPLEX: Hit EOL 2026-2027 with spares availability slashed by 60%” Kimi K2, negative prompt
DDN
67%
2 of 3 labels negative · 2 of 14 models
“Niche players like DDN for workloads outside HPC/AI where broader enterprise data services, support footprint and ecosystem integration are required” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative 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
76 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. 1223 links across 318 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 · Dell37 answers · 56 citations · 12 models
35 answers · 93 citations · 9 models
vendor site · NetApp32 answers · 56 citations · 13 models
30 answers · 46 citations · 11 models
27 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HPE24 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Pure Storage22 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Infinidat19 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cloudian17 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 22 citations · 10 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 · 8 models
24 answers · 8 models
23 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 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 |
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| Pure Storage FlashArray purestorage.com Pure Storage FlashArray 42%, Pure Storage with Evergreen//One 2% | 44% | 90 | 320 | 18 | 4,251 | 0 | ||
| NetApp AFF netapp.com NetApp AFF 21%, NetApp ONTAP 12% | 33% | 100 | 590 | 60 | 137,356 | $1 | 79 | |
| Dell PowerMax dell.com Dell PowerStore 7%, Dell PowerMax 2%, Dell Technologies 0%, Dell EMC PowerMax 0% and 2 more | 9% | 64 | 22,200 | 278 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 7 |
| Infinidat InfiniBox infinidat.com | 5% | 27 | 20 | 0 | 1,623 | |||
| Everpure everpuredata.com | 2% | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Weka WEKApod | 2% | |||||||
| HPE parent site HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 2%, HPE Alletra 0%, HPE Alletra Storage MP 0% | 2% | 23 | 27,100 | 5,522 | ||||
| NetApp ONTAP under Keystone STaaS | 2% | |||||||
| HPE hpe.com | 0% | 66 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 1,000,636 | $3,018 | 74 | 4 |
| IBM ibm.com | 0% | 145 | 201,000 | 34,098 | 31,137,701 | $2,518 | 118 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudian.com, dell.com, enterprisestorageforum.com, everpuredata.com, gartner.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade enterprise storage systems and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best enterprise storage array for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating an enterprise storage array. What should we look at?”Negative“Which enterprise storage systems should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceNetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayChangedEverpureNetApp AFFno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Dell EMC PowerVault/Unity, HPE NimbleFive alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Dell ObjectScale, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Scality RINGTwo alternatives
HPE Alletra, Pure Storage with Evergreen SubscriptionGPT-5.4 miniDell PowerMax, Pure Storage FlashArrayDell PowerStore, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000Changedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
HPE Alletra, NetApp AFFOne alternative
HPE Alletra 5000/6000Two alternatives
Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFFGemini 3.5 FlashEverpureNetApp AFFChangedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Dell Technologies — PowerStore & PowerMax, HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) — Alletra Storage MP, IBM — FlashSystem & Storage Scale, NetApp — AFF (All-Flash FAS) & ASAThree alternatives
Dell Technologies, Everpure, formerly Pure Storage, HPEThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra MP, NetApp AFFPerplexity SonarNetApp AFFNetApp ONTAPChangedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Dell PowerMax, Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
DS8000, Dell Technologies, IBM FlashSystemGrok 4.1 FastPure Storage FlashArrayNetApp AFFChangedPure Storage FlashArrayPure Storage FlashArrayagainst: Dell Unity, older HPE 3PARno first choiceagainst: Cloudian, DDN, Hitachi, Huawei OceanStor, Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFF, Nutanix, QNAP, Quantum, Seagate Barracuda, Synology NAS, VMware vSAN, WD Green/HGST
Three alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, Pure Storage FlashArrayFour alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, IBM, NetApp AFFFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore/PowerMax, HPE Alletra Storage MP, Infinidat InfiniBox/SSA, NetApp AFF C-SeriesMistral SmallInfinidat InfiniBox, Weka WEKApodNetApp ONTAPChangedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayno first choiceagainst: Broadcom, Cisco, Dell EMC, Dell PowerScale, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo
One alternative
Dell PowerStoreThree alternatives
Dell EMC PowerScale, Dell EMC PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArrayTwo alternatives
Dell EMC PowerMax, Infinidat InfiniBoxDeepSeek V4 FlashDell PowerStoreNetApp AFFChangedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayagainst: Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFFno first choiceagainst: Dell Atmos & Centera, Dell Compellent / Storage Center, Dell Data Computing Appliance, Dell EqualLogic PS Series, Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble, Oracle Exadata
Four alternatives
HPE Alletra Storage MP, Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, Pure Storage FlashArraySix alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayOne alternative
Dell TechnologiesLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceNetApp AFFChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
One alternative
HPEQwen 3.7 FlashPure Storage FlashArrayNetApp AFFChangedPure Storage FlashArrayPure Storage FlashArrayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, NetApp AFFTwo alternatives
Dell Technologies, Pure Storage FlashArrayFour alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE Aruba, IBM, NetApp AFFTwo alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble/AlletraKimi K2Pure Storage FlashArrayPure Storage FlashArrayHeldagainst: Dell Technologiesno first choicePure Storage with Evergreen//Oneno first choiceagainst: Dell Compellent, Dell EqualLogic PS Series, EMC Atmos, EMC Centera, EMC VMAX, EMC VNX series, EMC VPLEX, HPE Storage, NetApp AFF, Seagate Enterprise SAN Systems, Western Digital Enterprise Storage
Three alternatives
Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp AFFTwo alternatives
HPE GreenLake, NetApp ONTAPTwo alternatives
Dell PowerStore with APEX Subscriptions, NetApp Keystone STaaSGLM 4.7 FlashXPure Storage FlashArrayNetApp ONTAPChangedno first choicePure Storage FlashArrayno first choiceagainst: IBM XIV
Four alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra MP B10000, Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell Technologies PowerScale, HPE GreenLake for Block Storage, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
Dell PowerMax, NetApp AFF (All-Flash FAS) with Keystone STaaS, TrueNASMiniMax M2.5Infinidat InfiniBox, Pure Storage FlashArrayNetApp ONTAPChangedDell EMC PowerMax, Infinidat InfiniBoxPure Storage FlashArrayno first choiceagainst: Dell EMC XtremIO, EMC VMAX, HPE Alletra, HPE EVA 6000/8000, Hitachi VSP, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp FAS3000 series, Nutanix, QNAP TS‑xxxx series, Synology “DS3617xs”, VMware vSAN
Three alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE, NetApp AFFFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Weka WEKApodTwo alternatives
Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFFGPT-6 LunaDell PowerStoreNetApp AFFChangedno first choiceNetApp ONTAP under Keystone STaaSno first choiceagainst: D-Link, NetApp AFF
Two alternatives
Everpure FlashArray, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra Storage MP, Pure FlashArrayOne alternative
Pure Storage Evergreen//OneMuse Glimmer 30Bno first choiceNetApp ONTAPChangedEverpurePure Storage FlashArrayno first choiceagainst: Centera, DAS, DCA, DDN, Dell Atmos, Dell EMC, Dell PowerScale, FluidFS 8600, PS arrays, SC arrays
Two alternatives
Dell EMC PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArrayBold 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 |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:56 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 7 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 21 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:29 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:51 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 18 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 23 | 55 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 3 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:44 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 16 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 21 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:22 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 5 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 4 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:38 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:55 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:03 | yes | 25 | 111 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 19 | 80 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 6 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:38 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:38 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:36 | yes | 23 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 23 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:41 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 9 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 21 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:25 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:50 | yes | 27 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:35 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 25 | 85 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:09 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:10 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 30 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:39 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 25 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 25 | 95 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 23 | 39 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
Dell (PowerStore/PowerMax) read as Dell Technologies
HPE Alletra Storage read as HPE Alletra
Huawei read as Huawei OceanStor
Infinidat read as Infinidat InfiniBox
Infinidat InfiniBox SSA G4 read as Infinidat InfiniBox
NetApp read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF A-Series with ONTAP) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF Series) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF, ASA, Cloud Volumes) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF/A-Series) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (ONTAP/AFF systems) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF A-Series read as NetApp AFF
Pure Storage read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray // Purity) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray, FlashBlade) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray, now under Everpure branding in some reports) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray//XL or //X) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray//X read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Synology read as Synology NAS
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS FSx
Azure NetApp Files
CTERA
Centera
DAS
DCA
DS8000
DS8900F SSA
Dell APEX
Dell Atmos
Dell Atmos & Centera
Dell CloudIQ
Dell Compellent (SC Series)
Dell Compellent / Storage Center (SC)
Dell Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
Dell EMC PowerVault/Unity
Dell EMC XtremIO
Dell PowerStore with APEX Subscriptions
Dell Technologies PowerScale
Dell Technologies — PowerStore & PowerMax
Dell Technologies: PowerStore, PowerScale, PowerMax
EMC Atmos
EMC Centera
EMC VNX series
EMC VPLEX
Everpure, formerly Pure Storage
FlashBlade
FlashSystem SSA
FluidFS 8600
Fujitsu's high-end storage systems
HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) — Alletra Storage MP
HPE Alletra MP
HPE Alletra X10000
HPE EVA 6000/8000
HPE InfoSight
HPE Storage
Hammerspace
Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One VSP One
Huawei OceanStor Dorado 18000
IBM XIV
IBM — FlashSystem & Storage Scale
InfiniBox SSA by Infinidat
Lenovo
NetApp AFF (All-Flash FAS) with Keystone STaaS
NetApp FAS3000 series
NetApp Keystone
NetApp Keystone STaaS
NetApp ONTAP under Keystone STaaS
NetApp — AFF (All-Flash FAS) & ASA
PS arrays
Pure FlashArray
Pure FlashBlade
Pure Storage Evergreen
Pure Storage FlashBlade
Pure Storage with Evergreen Subscription
Pure Storage with Evergreen//One
Pure1
QNAP TS‑xxxx series
Quantum
SC arrays
Seagate Barracuda
Seagate Enterprise SAN Systems
Synology “DS3617xs”
Veeam platform offerings
WD Green/HGST
Western Digital Enterprise Storage
older HPE 3PAR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.