5 Storage Solutions In 2025 Targeted To The Midmarket

Midsized organizations often have enterprise-level storage needs.

Whether cloud-based or on-premises, storage is something that IT departments can typically use more of.

The global data storage market is projected to grow from $255.29 billion in 2025 to $774.00 billion by 2032, according to a report from Fortune Business Insights.

Midmarket organizations often have storage requirements that mirror those of large enterprises, but without the budget of a large business.

These storage vendors offer solutions that are in the price range of midmarket IT budgets and other features that make them attractive to the midmarket segment.

5 Storage Solutions For The Midmarket:

Dell PowerStore

PowerStore is Dell’s lineup of all-flash storage appliances. Built with NVMe (non-volatile memory express) architecture, PowerStore is a scalable and cost-effective storage solution.

The appliances are also designed with security features including Hardware Root of Trust, multi-factor authentication, and secure snapshots.

It’s advanced data reduction technology, according to Dell, includes a 5:1 guarantee on reducible data. PowerStore can support workloads of up to 23 petabytes effective (PBe) per cluster and the latest version, 4.0 release 5, supports 30 percent more IOPs.

Object First Ootbi (Out-of-the-Box-Immutability)

Ootbi’s solution is all about immutable storage, described as “a digital vault that protects data by rendering it untouchable and perpetual, regardless of the timeframe,” on Ootbi’s website.

The product is designed for Veeam backup and recovery. Key features include baked-in zero trust and data security.

For midsized organizations, Ootbi offers appliances that support 20-40TB of storage and its largest SKU supports 432TB and can scale up to 1.7PB in a four-node cluster.

The appliances are offered with a “consumption-based subscription mode,” according to Ootbi, which gives organizations predictable monthly fees, and a scalable backup solution that supports 17TB to 7PB.

Open-E JovianDSS NFS Data Storage Integration with Proxmox VE

Built for virtualized environments, Open-E JovianDSS is a data storage solution that supports storing and backing up virtual machines via the NFS protocol.

With this solution, IT administrators can create a backup of individual files, complete virtual machines, and a virtualized environment.

“The integration was rigorously tested to ensure seamless data access and operational continuity. Offering a reliable protection layer for virtual machines through Open-E JovianDSS On- & Off-Site Data Protection, it enables comprehensive backup of your data, along with its safe restoration,” according to Open-E.

Synology PAS7700

Synology is a long-time leader in the NAS and storage space. The company recently announced its PAS7700 appliance, a “high-performance NVMe all-flash storage solution engineered for mission-critical workloads,” the company said in a news release.

The PAS7700 has dual controllers with 48 NVM2 SSD bays housed in a 4U chassis. It can support up to 1.65PB of raw data and has an additional seven expansion units. Additional features include support for file and block protocols including NVME-oF, redundant memory upgradable to 2,048 GB across both controllers, and 100GbE network connectivity.

VDURA All-Flash NVMe V5000

VDURA, formerly known as Panasas, and provider of high-performance data storage solutions, recently announced the launch of its V5000 All-Flash Appliance, designed to address growing demands for complex AI applications and environments.

The appliance is built on the VDURA V11 data platform, encompassing VDURA V11 software, and is available on “the new 'F Node,' a modular 1U platform with Intelligent Client-Side Erasure Coding—delivering over 1.5PB per rack unit,” the company said in a news release

The system “delivers GPU-saturating throughput while ensuring the durability and availability of data for 24x7x365 operation conditions,” according to the news release.

The platform is built with parallel file system (PFS) architecture and supports virtually limitless GPU clustering, providing high-performance computing (HPC), storage expansion, and fault tolerance.