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."We have seen savings in our storage. The speed of deployment has gone from several days to a few minutes. This product has reduced that time into minutes, simplifying storage for us."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"Support has been helpful."
"One of the lesser sung advantages was when we started running our interface engine on Pure Storage. The ability to process messages and pass them through in our organization skyrocketed purely because of a disk that I owned which we were getting out of Pure Storage."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"We put a fair amount of stress on it because we run sequel workloads and we run web applications where the same web files are hit over and over. We have had almost zero stability issues with that SAN, that has been really great for us."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"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 most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"Speed and reliability:"
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"The solution offers good stability."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"It is easy to use and understand. It is also very stable."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"The most valuable feature is the uptime. It doesn't go down. You can do firmware updates on it, no issues."
"The product lasts a very long time without having to be replaced. It's had a very long life."
"I would like to see support for NVMe, end-to-end."
"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."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"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."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"It is very expensive to scale. You have to buy an additional system to extend from one disc, for instance. It is scalable, but extremely expensive to do so."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"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."
"Management and reporting need improvement."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"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."
"HPE gives you how to get everything going, but it would be nice if they could go a little deeper sometimes. That is always the case: To get the value-add, you have to pay for those services."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"In the next release, I would like to see faster upgrades, where it's really transparent to our host and our end-users."
"...sizing is everything. If you don't do the sizing right and you don't understand every detail of the product, how it works, you can be in a very unpleasant situation when you pay half a million dollars and you have a product that does not work as you expected."
"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."
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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