We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and NetApp AFF 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 replication."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The reliability is very good."
"It's actually very stable"
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"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."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"The program is very stable."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"We are using the AQoS operating system, which allows us to get a lot more out of our AFF systems."
"It is a stable solution."
"There are many reports accessing the applications. We receive them very quickly. We used to wait a long time for them. Now, you just need to wait a moment."
"It's very stable. It's always there when we need it. With the Dual Controller, if one drops out, the other one comes right online. We don't use any iSCSI so there is a little bit of a latency break but, over the NFS, we don't notice that switch-on. We can do maintenance in the middle of the day, literally rip a whole controller out of the chassis, and do what we need to do with it."
"Over the past 18 years, it has been extremely easy to upgrade to newer products and technology. We can upgrade as we move along. So, we have been able to keep up with the newest technology with zero downtime."
"Setting up storage for an application (storage provisioning) is quick and easy. Maybe a quarter of the time is now spent getting the application up and running, or even less."
"We found AFF systems very competitive in terms of performance, storage efficiency, feature richness, and scalability."
"We can go through and do an upgrade without worrying about any issues with the process"
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve some aspects. There are certain features that are good and there are some features that I see some issues with at the technical level. Those issues are related to replication. They need to resolve those issues, which I have already highlighted to the Pure team. Additionally, there are some issues in the active cluster that could improve."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"They have a product, FlashBlade, which is their object storage integration, and that's something that we haven't integrated with yet. This might be an area for additional focus as it would play into scalability, because the very nature of object storage is that it's infinitely scalable."
"There are scenarios with very specific functionality around VMware integration particularly to do with the way we'd like to manage LUNs in VMware. The tools are pretty good but there's room for improvement there."
"It needs to improve its price."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"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."
"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."
"The product could be improved by reducing the pricing and having better organization in their technical support team."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"It can get a little expensive if you need to add more disks. The cost is a pain point for us, especially in terms of expansion."
"There are little things that need improvement. For example, if you are setting up a SnapMirror through the GUI, you are forced to change the destination name of the volume, and we like to keep the volume names the same."
"NetApp could focus even more on the configuration."
"The price of NVMe storage is very expensive."
"We have been seeing some challenges around the application layer implementation. We are having some teething problems now with the cooperation between the application layer and backups to things, like SnapCenter. This may be a question of product maturity."
"I would like to see the ability to include more applications from applications to managed storage. If we can have more applications or more interface in more applications, that would be great."
"The stability is good but there is room for improvement with other options."
"During the initial setup, you need to know what you are doing."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 280 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while NetApp AFF is rated 9.0. 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 NetApp AFF writes "Since switching, our clients have reported improved performance and reduced latency". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, INFINIDAT InfiniBox and VMware vSAN, whereas NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell XtremIO vs. NetApp AFF report.
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