We performed a comparison between Kaminario K2 [EOL] and NetApp AFF 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."The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"We also like the compactness, the small footprint. It takes up very little space in a data center and uses little power."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"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 most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"Scale out is a differentiator for them, especially in the enterprise market. It's key for a lot of customers."
"It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.)."
"The capacity that we're saving by using Kaminario's K2 is giving us a four-to-one ratio for our deduplication."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"Ease of use: My installers - my administrators over the system - they love how easy and fast it is to install and spin up a LUN and get going."
"The performance is the most valuable feature."
"With the new version, they have the FabricPool which works for me. I can extend the hyperscaler storage."
"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."
"The ability to do SnapMirror or SnapVault for data resiliency and backup."
"Supports file formatting, the main protocols, and the hot swapping of disks and features."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of management."
"We are spending less time putting out fires, so there's a tangible benefit right there."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression, so we get more out of our storage. The replication is also important."
"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 to see data tiering to AWS."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"The price could be better."
"The price should be lower."
"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."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"I would love to see capacity on its DRAM. I know it's not cost effective for them to do it, but I think that it could be a big differentiator and was a big differentiator from the beginning."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
"I'm hoping to see Active Directory integration. Right now, you still have to use a local admin account to log in and manage everything."
"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."
"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."
"Improved scale and budget planning with flexibility of the solution for budget needs and efficiency for growth with the great optimization ratio due to the nature of our use."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
"I really don't have anything to ask for in this regard, because we're not really pushing the envelope on any of our use cases. NetApp is really staying out ahead of all of our needs. I believe that there were firmware issues. I think it was just a mismatch of things that were going on. It could have possibly been something in the deployment process that wasn't done exactly right."
"I have experienced slow responses several times, if the ticket has only been opened in portal."
"The support documentation has room for improvement."
"The system is pretty stable but most of the ONTAP versions are not really stable. There have been multiple bugs in different ONTAP versions."
"One of the features that I am looking for, which is already in the works, is to be able to take my code and automatically move it to the cloud."
"After the three-year prepay, the extended warranty is a little expensive."
"The response to basic problems could be faster. They usually respond fast when there are critical issues, but you always want it right now."
"In the past, NetApp designed it so that you have a 70% threshold. You would never fill up past 70% since you need to have that room available. Whereas with Pure, I can fill it up to 110% of what they listed and it's still going at full speed. NetApp can't do that."
Earn 20 points
Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage while NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 280 reviews. Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8, while NetApp AFF is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AFF writes "Since switching, our clients have reported improved performance and reduced latency". Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series.
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