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."I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The deduplication in the array combined with its snap technologies allows the product to be remotely/manually controlled or scheduled."
"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."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"The program is very stable."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"Speed and reliability:"
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"Whatever failures you have, there is no single point of failure. So, any failure, you get an alert, you have time, you plan the fix, the replacement, and so on. So your operations are intact."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"This product is stable, aside from the performance problems we had."
"The ease of management is its most valuable feature. It is so much easier to manage storage on a 3PAR array than anything that we have had before."
"It's advantageous in terms of the cost, in terms of the performance, and taking up less space."
"It provides very fast deployment. The performance for our most critical applications is very quick."
"We saved a ton of power just turning off our old one when we went to the new one."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"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."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"Management and reporting need improvement."
"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 am not too impressed with XtremeIO because we had a major failure."
"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."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"HP has several integration elements that work with other vendor storage products. I'd like to see a greater expansion on that so that a customer can do a more seamless migration from other vendor products."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"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."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"Upgrades on them are a bit tricky. For us to do a head swap on one is a full outer joiner storage frame, which is obviously not that easy to do in a production environment."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
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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