We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"It allows engineers to focus on other things rather than doing the more manual tasks. It automates tasks, so the ease of use is extreme. It simplifies the storage."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"The speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The program is very stable."
"Speed and reliability:"
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"We mostly use it for backup, because we cannot measure anything, and we are afraid to use it for surveillance systems. We were planning to use it for mostly for surveillance systems."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"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."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"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."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and DDN SFA7990X.
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