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 console is simple to use. It has good performance. It is easy to install, understand, and manage, with a good ratio of deduplication and compression. It is doing its job."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"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 of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"Speed and reliability:"
"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."
"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."
"The program is very stable."
"Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an enterprise storage that is mainly deployed in enterprise scenarios like banking and insurance."
"The tech support is great. If we have a problem, we literally will have boots on the ground with senior sales people, as well as the people to fix the problem, to help make sure we are taken care of."
"Whatever failures you have, there is no single point of failure. So, any failure, you get an alert, you have time, you plan the fix, the replacement, and so on. So your operations are intact."
"I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it."
"It is a really stable product. We have not had any major issues at the moment."
"The technical support is good."
"With the HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, we can grow as required."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"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."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"I would like hardware capacity additions to be a little more flexible. The upgrade path for the existing XTremIO units requires you to purchase 2 XBricks at a time and they need to be the same capacity as the existing XBricks."
"The product could be improved by reducing the pricing and having better organization in their technical support team."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"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."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"This solution should be easier to use."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. There were a lot of different things that had to happen which was the reason why they had to send out the HPE engineers to help us."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"3PAR has StoreOnce and replication. I would like it if they worked together. Or, if I had Nimble and put that either in DR or a primary cohesive management, but still use the cool features of 3PAR, that would be awesome."
"We do see room for improvement, especially in regard to expanding the defined storage areas."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
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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