Is Scale-out NAS expensive?
No. In fact it can be very cost effective, particularly over the total life of the system. Typical reductions in storage management and complexity can approach 97% (independently verified by Forrester, see document links in the NAV to the left) Users can achieve up to 27% increase in storage utilisation over traditional systems (Forrester again) The outright capital purchase cost for Isilon IQ is on a par with systems from Network Appliance and EMC, HP etc. It is an enterprise class storage system with all the features and functions you would expect and some that may surprise you.
