Gartner (GG) SSA Market analysis & MQ includes IBM V840 and V9000! Why !? And HP 7200 !Why?
Its me again :)
No upgrade AFA with HDD - MQ inclusion rule:
I dont understand the addl GG rule that the AFA cannot have ability to upgrade to HDD in the field. Makes no sense. ! Of course at that time it is really not an AFA but it was for awhile and customer decided they
want to archive flash data or migrate in from HDD to flash - then operates as AFA from that pt on.
However , If GG stuck do this rule then they should not be including the IBM V840 and V9000 because those product's ibm doc clearly state they can be upgraded to add disk .!! Those IBM products revenue /capacity numbers, at minimum, should be removed from GG market share analysis to be fair!!!! and include only the FS820/840/900.
Regarding GGs MQ chart:- for GG's purpose of this MQ it makes no sense to eliminate HFA vendor products which are configured as AFA, in fact ignoring those vendors could lower the value of the MQ altogether . Eg Those vendor products may have features which in ssa market could be leaders and visionaries (like HDS or others) . The quadrant chart seems useless especially since HP is positioned so much lower than EMC IBM relattive to SSA! ? no sense at all!. However i think the detail on vendors strengths and cautions are reasonble and worth reading..
PS - also the GG report on SSA Market share clearly states that it includes 7200 series - "introduction of a cost-effective, entry-level solution: the 3PAR StoreServ 7200c All-Flash Array. and on HP site they clearly state that HDDs can be added to 7200/7200c . Hmmm ; I guess Chris was right - corrective lenses strongly needed for the old guys in GG!!!!