Kaminario K2 (discontinued)

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What is Kaminario K2 (discontinued)?

Kaminario K2 was an on-premise flash array storage. Silk updated its brand and focus to reflect the move of customers to the cloud. The former Kaminario K2 product is no longer available.

Categories & Use Cases

Cloud Management
Database Management

Eric Ellerman View profile

Infrastructure Architect in Information Technology at Dot Foods (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

Great performance
Great support
Super-simple to use

Cons

Not well known, so third-party support is lacking
Data reduction is good, but not as good as expected (actual 2.7:1)

Return on Investment

Installing K2 reduced runtime of one of our batch processes, freeing up one employee for other tasks.
Less time managing storage.

Alternatives Considered

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage, Pure Storage FlashArray and EMC Clariion CX4 Series

Other Software Used

Zerto, Turbonomic (formerly VMTurbo), VMware ESXi

Pure Storage FlashArray

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP