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 security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"The technical support is very good."
"We were actually able to do multiple upgrades, including head upgrades and moving between the platforms, M20 and M50, over the years. We have never once lost a ping and have never had an outage due to an OS upgrade or a complete head upgrade."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"It worked flawlessly."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"It comes with a large number of features out-of-the-box, which makes it easy for us to see problems and manage capacity."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"The most valuable features are that it is fast and reliable."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"The program is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EMC XtremIO is the data protection (DP) group, it is one of the most advanced features in these types of arrays. The dedupe and compression that this array provides both do a superb job."
"Very good IOPS performance"
"The deduplication is pretty impressive because it will shrink. We also do some clones in addition to the snapshots, where we can have multiple clones. These reduce the actual written storage by as much as 50 percent."
"We're able to move things around with more agility. I can take it off one server and slap it on another in a couple of minutes... And the speed is outstanding."
"It's advantageous in terms of the cost, in terms of the performance, and taking up less space."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I like the speed capabilities that it provides. The deduplication features definitely have some huge potential. The latest firmware, where they've enabled compression for workloads that aren't very good for deduplication, I can definitely see huge potential there."
"The solution’s deduplication functionality works great. We are getting about a 16:1 dedupe ratio on our VM workloads."
"Scalability, because our customer is fast growing and our solution should be able to start very small and grow very quickly."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"There are scenarios with very specific functionality around VMware integration particularly to do with the way we'd like to manage LUNs in VMware. The tools are pretty good but there's room for improvement there."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"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."
"In some cases where we don’t need the flexibility of the virtualization layer, we could free up resources on the VPLEX by using the storage replication."
"In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"I am not too impressed with XtremeIO because we had a major failure."
"Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"I would like to have single click upgrades because the process is cumbersome right now."
"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."
"I would like to see a little better integration with OneView and provisioning ESX Hosts."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
"The tool is old."
"We are seeing that there are some enhancements which are required in the SSMC console. There are some features that we do not see in the dashboard."
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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