reminds me of an old 3par slide
Long before the days of flash, I think this was probably 2005 or 2006 time frame
http://elreg.nateamsden.com/3par-netapp.jpg
The comparison was for 208TB usable with 86,000 IOPS at 20ms latency. The claim was 13 clustered NetApps in 21 cabinets vs 1 3PAR in 4 cabinets.