Need suggession on best Storage systems fro SAP.

Dear All
We are at starting stage of SAP core project implementation with EHp4, so we would like to take your suggestions and recommendations on storage systems.
The current storage we are using is Dell EMC CX700 (SAN).
Weu2019ve narrowed down to two vendorsu2019 i.e., Hitachiu2019s AMS 2500 and EMCu2019s CX4-480
Currently we have high speed servers in place and running only with MM, SD and FI (we will not be changing the servers).
Please see the server configurations.
Note: we have 3 servers
1. CI server (ECC 6.0)
2. DB server (SQL 2005)
3. Load balancing server (additional application server)
Host           Usage                    OS                     HW   model             CPU type                        CPU       Numof CPUs     RAM
Host1     DB     Win2K3 Ent 64-bit        HP DL 580 G5       Intel Xeon X7350     2.93     16     32 GB
Host2     CI     Win2K3 Ent 64-bit        HP DL 580 G5       Intel Xeon X7350     2.93     16     32 GB
Host3     AppWin2K3 Ent 64-bit        HP     DL 580 G5       Intel Xeon X7350     2.93     16     32 GB
We will be using the same servers for the core project kindly give us your views and recommendations or suggestions on the best storage.
Kindly note we have already gone through sizing and the current servers can effort the core implementation as per sizing.
We need suggestions on best storage as mentioned above.
Appreciate your best views on this.
Thanking you
Ravi
SAP basis Admin

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