# DDN: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ddn

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Enterprise storage systems](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/enterprise-storage-systems/index.md) | 0% | 37 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for AI/HPC file performance: VAST, WEKA, DDN, IBM Storage Scale, or Dell PowerScale." (Perplexity Sonar, Enterprise storage)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DDN, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- techtarget.com: 3
- dell.com: 2
- blocksandfiles.com: 1
- c4cgroup.co.uk: 1
- cert-in.org.in: 1
- ciopages.com: 1
- cloudian.com: 1
- cloudsyntrix.com: 1
- cloudzero.com: 1
- core6.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-au/000208328/end-of-life-security-support-policy-for-converged-infrastructure-midrange-and-enterprise-storage-and-storage-networking-products: 2
- https://blocksandfiles.com/ai-ml/2025/03/04/storage-challengers-threaten-incumbents-as-acquisition-pressure-mounts/1607243: 1
- https://c4cgroup.co.uk/guides/dell-emc-storage-end-of-life-dates: 1
- https://cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet: 1
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/enterprise-storage: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/ai-infrastructure/best-enterprise-storage-for-ai-training-and-inference-data-top-5: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/data-backup/best-enterprise-storage-solutions-top-5-in-2026: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/data-backup/best-enterprise-storage-systems-top-5-options-in-2026: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.