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's just very easy for general block storage."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"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."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"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."
"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."
"I found it easy to deploy and simple to configure the storage."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"All-flash has been the most innovative way of using storage based on the 3PAR platform."
"It has helped a lot for times when our customers do DR testing. Instead of having to spin down and spin up, I can do it live and seamless. I do not have to schedule downtime with an organization."
"We can do more, faster, whether it's spinning up more virtual machines or handling large amounts of data."
"If you can handle the IOPS, throughput is a natural byproduct. Usually, IOPS is where you are capped. HPE has done a great job in making sure that our IOP-intensive EMRs stay up and running. We have really good performance on them."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the native full mesh (multi-pathing)."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"The price could be better."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"In some cases where we don’t need the flexibility of the virtualization layer, we could free up resources on the VPLEX by using the storage replication."
"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."
"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."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"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."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ's pricing could be cheaper."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"I would like to see a little bit more integration from a cloud perspective. In this way, I would have some more flexibility to do more with data, how to store it, and where I have it."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"We did a firmware upgrade, and it brought the whole sandbox down. It was supposed to be done transparently, and that did not happen. It was not like we did it on our own; we had support set it up for us."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
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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