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."My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's reduced our overhead management time on storage, since it is so simple to get in and just provision a volume, present it to the host, and then you are done."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"XtremIO is very stable."
"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 guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"You can have SSD drives, fast disk drives, and slower drives, redundancy between drives, and hot-swappable drives on the SSDs, the faster hard drives, and the slower drives."
"Having moved over from a lefthand, which was seven or eight years old, there's a massive boost in performance. It has definitely improved the speed, the responsiveness, of all our applications."
"With the support that our organization has, I can talk to someone right away if I have an issue. It has been very good."
"The solution offers good stability."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"From a single panel, I can see the performance of my service, my network, and my storage."
"Their support is the most valuable. The support that we are getting from HP Turkey is very good. This product is better than some of the other products in terms of reliability. It is very reliable."
"Its performance is good. We have a lot of applications that have high I/O, and 3PAR handles those with no problem."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"The file functionality could be better."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"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."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"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."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"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 GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"I think cloud integration would probably be the biggest part, because that's where everyone is going and the seamless integration between on-premise and cloud is an important part of any IT strategy today."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"Setting up 3PAR is somewhat complicated, and it took about a week."
"We do not use Memory-Driven Flash in the old 3PAR. Perhaps we will use it in the new 3PAR. That is part of the reason why we are upgrading."
"The tool has low storage and low performance. This can be solved by adding more disco to the solution. The product’s pricing is also suited for enterprise businesses rather than smaller ones.I would like to see better performance, UI, and compatibility with other products in future releases."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
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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