Free Report Provides Guidance to Midsized Organizations
on the Best SDS File Backup Targets for Deployment
OMAHA, Neb., (December 16th, 2024) – DCIG is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Targets Report. This report provides midsized organizations with guidance on the best software-defined storage (SDS) file backup targets for deployment in today’s production backup environments. The report is available for free download.
Twenty years ago, organizations started adopting disk in lieu of tape as their primary backup target. Now organizations have started to make another change in how they want to deploy their backup targets. Organizations still want backup targets to use disk as the underlying storage media. However, they want storage providers to deliver their backup targets as software-defined storage (SDS) with a file interface.
In preparing this report, DCIG formally evaluated over 20 different SDS file-based backup targets of which 15 met DCIG’s criteria for a midmarket SDS file backup target. The general categories under which the features of these SDS file backup targets fell included:
- API/Network Protocol Support.
- Cyber Security and Data Protection.
Management.- Software Architecture.
- Technical Support.
Management.Based on these criteria, DCIG awarded the following midmarket SDS file backup targets a DCIG TOP 5 ranking:
- Nutanix Unified Storage
- Quest QoreStor
- Qumulo Scale Anywhere™
- StoneFly™ StoneFusion™ NAS Storage
- Veritas Netbackup Access Appliance
The full DCIG TOP 5 report is available for immediate download. The full report contains additional details such as:
- A list of the 15 midmarket SDS file backup targets evaluated.
- Available cyber security features on SDS file backup targets.
- Common features across all midmarket SDS file backup targets.
- Six distinguishing features of the DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Targets.
- Differences between the DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Targets.
- A profile of each DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Target that lists at least three (3) ways each one distinguishes itself from the other solutions.
Individuals may access the full report at no cost by following the link below.
2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Targets
Other than excerpts published in this press release and the DCIG article announcing the reports availability, found here, the contents of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Midmarket SDS File Backup Targets Report are copyrighted and may not be republished without permission.
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If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Todd Dorsey at 844.324.4552 x 904 or email todd.dorsey@dcig.com.