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 back-end data reporting for Pure Storage is phenomenal. The data that you can see on the performance of your customers' array, so you can be proactive about upgrades or enhancements, and is a phenomenal tool to have access to as a partner. I haven't seen this type of stuff out of anything of the other storage systems."
"The deduplication and compression meet all of our system requirements."
"This solution has improved our organization in the way that we used to see latency but now with this solution we don't. It also has good performance. Latencies have come down for our performance in the SQL databases. We can put a lot more in a lot less in terms of space savings. We also save data center space have good deduplication."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"Speed and reliability:"
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"Very good IOPS performance"
"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 Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"It has improved uptime, as well as speed to delivery."
"We also use dynamic optimization to go between tiers."
"It runs. I don't have a problem with it. If it needs an update, I can do it in the middle of the day with nobody being the wiser. It is phenomenal in that respect. As a hospital, I get two hours every quarter to reboot things, so it is imperative that nothing goes down."
"There are a lot of screens for easy management where you can change some settings. But after a few years, the important settings were better after an upgrade, and all the vendors have other ways to upgrade their systems."
"We know exactly the capacity that we need for the upcoming year, and it's much easier for us to enlarge the capacity and expose these disk volumes to the relevant servers."
"From my perspective, it's really easy for me to be able to get in and do any troubleshooting with it and it's very consistent."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"One thing that should be improved is the reporting and monitoring tools. It should use real time monitoring for storage, IOPS, latency, etc."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"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."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"We would like to see deduplication and hybrid in the next release of the solution."
"This product has come to the end of its lifecycle."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 298 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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