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.
"It helps simplify storage. When you're running Pure all-flash, you don't have to do a lot of the old Oracle best practices. You don't have to worry about putting log files on a different disk channel than the data files, and those types of issues... That has made it vastly easier to do large volumes, rapid provisioning in databases, without taking a performance hit."
"Running SAP on Pure Storage helps a lot without doing any further tuning to improve application performance. Our internal clients are happy."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The technical support is very good."
"Redundancy and the fault tolerance of the platform are the most impressive."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"It is the SAN backbone for our company."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"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."
"The feature I like most about Dell Xtremio is its hardware quality compared to other vendors. It's clear they're continuously improving their research and development."
"We've seen great enhancements from the performance point of view. There's good availability, stability, and continuity, but the performance actually has increased by 60 or 70%."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"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."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"Its snapshot capability is the most valuable feature, because replicate our databases from production to nonproduction for development. This allows us to do it very quickly."
"The product lasts a very long time without having to be replaced. It's had a very long life."
"The solution is quite stable and scalable."
"We can quickly see performance per CPG and per LUN. You can drill right down to see actual performance to the virtual volumes themselves. That's really good."
"Any action we want to do with a Dell EMC product needs a license. But with 3PAR's converged solution, at least there is no need to purchase more licenses to get the all the features that we need. We can get basic and mid-range features without licenses."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"The features which are most valuable are the availability of the system and the management."
"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."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"One thing that should be improved is the reporting and monitoring tools. It should use real time monitoring for storage, IOPS, latency, etc."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"The product is quite expensive."
"If HPE 3PAR could handle NAS and all things related to NAS, you would not need to have a mixture of different storages, storage boxes, one solution could fit all."
"Cloud integration could be better. They can also add an NVMe to port to that. I would like to see NVMe in the next release. That's the future or the near future for storage. That will give us a real high throughput and some performance."
"I need flexibility for interoperability across multiple platforms, not just HPE."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"The price of this solution should be lower."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"The setup was complex from the perspective of the employees having to go through five days of training. If they simplified the administrative process of maintaining the unit, that would go a long way."
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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