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."Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"It helps to simplify storage. For most of our customers, when they move to Pure Storage, storage becomes an afterthought."
"Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"We also like the compactness, the small footprint. It takes up very little space in a data center and uses little power."
"The ease of management is one of the most valuable features of this solution. I would have also said that it's pretty fast but now our SQL servers are starting to beat it up pretty bad."
"This solution is very scalable."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"Thin storage allocation"
"It has been very stable. We've had very minor issues, but I've loved how HPE is proactive on letting us know. Usually, they let us know before we notice it ourselves and they already have a solution for us. It has been great that way."
"The technical support is good."
"It has helped a lot for times when our customers do DR testing. Instead of having to spin down and spin up, I can do it live and seamless. I do not have to schedule downtime with an organization."
"I really like the new RMC (Recovery Manager Cental) software that was introduced with the 3.0 or 3.1 update. It allows us to use our data protector with our 3PAR and give it a nicer front-end than the SSMC did."
"I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it."
"For virtualization, the failure rate is much less compared to traditional storage where you need more hard drives"
"It has improved uptime, as well as speed to delivery."
"The solution is easy to install."
"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."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"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."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"It is a bit expensive."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"Automation could be simplified."
"We've had it in place for about a year and a half and have had zero complaints, other than that box-to-box replication is not encrypted."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"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."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"It's a very complex platform to manage and it's not cheap either. It doesn't really give us the level of flexibility we had for very, very small workloads."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"3PAR needs to keep on increasing its capacity."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."
"I would like to see more flexibility with the cloud. I've actually just been in a presentation about it, here at HPE Discover 2018, so those features are coming."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 3 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 12 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 "Reliable with a good user interface and helpful support". 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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