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 most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"Pure Storage is extremely reliable — it's never failed."
"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."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"Speed and reliability:"
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"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."
"The program is very stable."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"Thin storage allocation"
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"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."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"All-flash has been the most innovative way of using storage based on the 3PAR platform."
"We like something called Virtual Volumes and how we can do thin provisioning."
"We've had it in place for about a year and a half and have had zero complaints, other than that box-to-box replication is not encrypted."
"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."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"It was not proactive communication."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"We've encountered challenges in integrating other products with Dell Xtremio, as it tends to be more vendor-locked. This means we can't easily explore other solutions that might work alongside Dell."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"We are still waiting for the compression feature to be deployed."
"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."
"The tool needs improvement in the utilization report at the granular level."
"The newer versions have some other characteristics that we are not using. We would like to use them and set them up in our current version."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
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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