We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and IBM FlashSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use."
"It's incredibly easy to use and greatly simplified our ability to both deploy and manage our storage subsystems."
"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"Very good IOPS performance"
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"The solution is scalable and has varying degrees of scalability."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"IBM's technical support do excellent work."
"The valuable features are high availability, compression, and a failover mechanism. It's a very highly available storage solution."
"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."
"The GUI is very easy and performance is also good."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression, which together, enable you to have more space."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"We need better data deduplication."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"It is very expensive to scale. You have to buy an additional system to extend from one disc, for instance. It is scalable, but extremely expensive to do so."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"The solution is not able to replicate data in one-to-many scenario."
"GUI interface should be enhanced more as there is some issues in copy services."
"It could be easier to implement."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The support could improve by allowing you to speak to someone when you call rather than them calling you back. However, once we do have contact with one of their technicians they are excellent."
"I know they have a flashcopy manager, but it is extra software, an additional license, and some customers don't like to add addition costs to their infrastructure. If IBM could create, or include snapshot management within the GUI, that would really be helpful."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"Additional licenses might be added for the fundamental licenses, such as those for copying and flash copies."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 26th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF. See our Dell XtremIO vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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