Qtier Benefits
| Â |
NAS Configuration |
Cost |
Storage Capacity |
Read/Write Performance |
Management Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
All HDDs |
Low |
High |
Low |
Low |
 |
All SSDs |
Very high |
Low |
High |
Low |
 |
SSDs and HDDs manually separated into two or more storage pools |
Moderate |
Medium |
High for SSD pool, low for HDD pool |
High (admin must manually move data between pools) |
|
Qtier with SSDs and HDDs in one Qtier-enabled storage pool |
Moderate |
Medium |
High for frequently accessed data |
Low (QTS automatically moves data between disks) |