EMC / Assureon Comparison Chart
| Capability | EMC Centera |
Nexsan Assureon |
| CAS Storage Technology | Y |
Y |
| Single Instance Store (De-duplication) | Y |
Y |
| WORM Disk | Y |
Y |
| Encryption | No, Needs 3rd party |
Included |
| E-Discovery Tools | No, Needs 3rd party |
Included |
| Legal Hold Tools | No, Needs 3rd party |
Included |
| Audit Trail |
No, Needs 3rd party
|
Included
|
| Serialization | No, Needs 3rd party |
Included |
| Audit User Access | No, Needs 3rd party |
Included |
| Generate & Apply Retention Policies | Y |
Y |
| Integration with Optical | Not applicable |
Included |
| Replication | Additional Charge |
Included |
| Architecture | Locked - Servers & Storage are locked in certain ratios |
Flexible - Servers & Storage are independent and scale upon needs |
| Scalability | Limited |
Unlimited |
| Performance | Limited |
Excellent |