Benchmarks

• MinIO ExaPOD: Credible Architecture, Questions on Methodology

  MinIO's exabyte-scale reference architecture makes defensible claims backed by historical benchmarks. We examine what's verifiable, what needs more transparency, and how the commodity approach compares to appliance vendors.

• Pure Storage FlashBlade//EXA: Verified Benchmarks vs. Marketing Claims

  Pure Storage submits to STAC-M3 auditing—a credible approach. But claims of '30% better than competitors' and '10 TB/s from early testing' deserve the same scrutiny applied to any vendor.

• VAST DataBase Benchmarks: The Numbers We Can't Verify

  VAST Data claims 25% faster than Iceberg, 60x faster updates, and 500M messages per second. The numbers are impressive—but without published methodology or independent verification, they remain marketing claims, not engineering data.

• Weka's SPECstorage Records: How Benchmark Transparency Should Work

  Weka set #1 rankings across all five SPECstorage 2020 workloads in January 2025. More importantly, the results are independently audited and publicly verifiable—the standard every vendor should meet.