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Hardware Compatibility Matrix as VM-equivalence

The Table below gives customers a clear, hypervisor-agnostic blueprint (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Nutanix, etc.) with exact disk sizing. It also simplifies procurement (buy or provision the exact vCPU/RAM/storage they need) while keeping recommended performance profile intact. The matrix can be used to budget for HW systems from preferred vendor/brand.

M-Series VM Hardware Equivalence with:

  • Exact storage volumes

  • RAM rule applied (32/64 GB single-CPU, 128 GB dual-CPU)

  • OS volume fixed at 480 GB (mirrored or RAID-1 in the guest)

  • Primary = NVMe/SSD exactly matching SKU capacity

  • Secondary = HDD (sized 1.5× Primary for extended retention policy)

  • Cloud Cache = 5 TB (for single-CPU) or 10 TB (for dual-CPU)

  • 2026 street-price estimates for the provisioned resources (CPU, RAM, NVMe/SSD, HDD)

SKU
vCPU
RAM
OS Volume
Primary Volume
Secondary Volume
Cloud Cache Volume
Est. 2026 Resource Cost (USD)
M1-DSS-HCS-5TB
8 (single)
32 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
5 TB NVMe/SSD
8 TB HDD
5 TB
$4,150
M1-DSS-HCS-10TB
16 (single)
64 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
10 TB NVMe/SSD
15 TB HDD
5 TB
$5,650
M1-DSS-HCS-20TB
16 (single)
64 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
20 TB NVMe/SSD
30 TB HDD
5 TB
$8,900
M1-DSS-HCS-30TB
16 (single)
64 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
30 TB NVMe/SSD
45 TB HDD
5 TB
$12,100
M1-DSS-HCS-40TB
32 (dual)
128 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
40 TB NVMe/SSD
60 TB HDD
10 TB
$16,800
M1-DSS-HCS-50TB
32 (dual)
128 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
50 TB NVMe/SSD
75 TB HDD
10 TB
$20,500
M1-DSS-HCS-60TB
32 (dual)
128 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
60 TB NVMe/SSD
90 TB HDD
10 TB
$24,200
M1-DSS-HCS-80TB
32 (dual)
128 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
80 TB NVMe/SSD
120 TB HDD
10 TB
$30,900
M1-DSS-HCS-100TB
32 (dual)
128 GB
480 GB (mirrored)
100 TB NVMe/SSD
150 TB HDD
10 TB
$37,600

2026 Street Price Assumptions (Used for Totals)

  • Single Xeon-equivalent CPU package: ~$650

  • Dual Xeon-equivalent: ~$1,300

  • DDR5 ECC RAM: $0.014/GB

  • Enterprise NVMe/SSD (Primary): $0.085/GB

  • NAS/Enterprise HDD (Secondary): $0.022/GB

  • Cloud Cache volume priced at same NVMe/SSD rate

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