We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 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 is replication."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"The most valuable features are that it is fast and reliable."
"We mostly use it for backup, because we cannot measure anything, and we are afraid to use it for surveillance systems. We were planning to use it for mostly for surveillance systems."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"Thin storage allocation"
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The program is very stable."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"Remote-copy provides high availability and disaster recovery for the connected clients."
"The most valuable feature is the uptime. It doesn't go down. You can do firmware updates on it, no issues."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"It's pretty stable and scalable. I think we've only had a couple of issues, three disk outages in six years."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The ease of management is its most valuable feature. It is so much easier to manage storage on a 3PAR array than anything that we have had before."
"It is easy to scale, easy to manage, and easy to configure."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."
"It was not proactive communication."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"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."
"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."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"Here in Algeria, we are facing a lot of trouble finding partners and getting support from HPE. There should be better support here in our country."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"The management console could use some work. All the functionality is there, of course, but it can be hard to find some features or do certain tasks."
"We are still waiting for the compression feature to be deployed."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"The solution could be improved in regard to space reclamation by adding automation."
"Anything new can be complex. There were some things in the initial deployment that I was not happy about. One of my directives was, "However, it's configured, ensure that it can never be overprovisioned." That one key thing was overlooked. This is why I had to have a support call last year, because it actually became overprovisioned and I had to move some stuff around."
"HPE could improve by raising awareness when a new product is launched. They must think of ways to better serve and engage with their enterprise customers. HPE is selling enterprise products and mission-critical support."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6. 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 HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and IBM FlashSystem, whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell XtremIO vs. HPE 3PAR StoreServ report.
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