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 predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"The initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"Logic/software management"
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."
"The capacity that we're saving by using Kaminario's K2 is giving us a four-to-one ratio for our deduplication."
"The speed and, for us in particular in what we're doing, the data de-duplication."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"It's helping to leverage data. The storage is being utilized to implement larger, complex file sizes."
"It has a good interface. Its configuration and flexibility are also good."
"I like the ability to snapshot, and the cloning features are valuable to us as well. I like that I can quickly and efficiently snapshot the data and move it to wherever I need to locally or in the cloud. Also, I know that when I take the snapshot that all of the data will be there and that it will be usable when I need to use it."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the deduplication and the ability to move data to different clouds."
"With the new version, they have the FabricPool which works for me. I can extend the hyperscaler storage."
"My favorite part is all-flash solid drives. All of my applications are running on an all-flash array. Before, we used to get too many severity tickets on performance, but as soon as we migrated everything to an all-flash array, our critical applications are at top performance."
"I'm from Germany, so we have lots of metro clusters. The ability to have two sides that are redundant across hundreds or thousands of kilometers is critical for our customers. We have several hundred customers with metro cluster systems, so that is one of the best features."
"The ease of use, the SnapMirror capabilities, the cloning, and the efficiencies are all good features."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"The connectivity needs improvement. You do not have the possibility to have a file and block connectivity at the same time on the same machine. It has limited ability to do so."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"A single pane of glass to monitor/manage multiple arrays would be helpful."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The interface look and feel could be improved."
"I would like to see LDAP for the management panel; I've been notified they might be currently working on it."
"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."
"Their backup software could be improved."
"Something I've talked to NetApp about in the past is going more to a node-based architecture, like the hyper-converged solutions that we are doing nowadays. Because the days of having to buy massive quantities of storage all at one time, have changed to being able to grow in smaller increments from a budgetary standpoint. This change would be great for our business. This is what my leadership would like to see in a lot of things that they purchase now. I would like to see that architecture continue to evolve in that clustered environment."
"AFF could introduce different subscriptions on the platform."
"We have had trouble with restoring applications, and if there is more support for application-aware backups then that would be great."
"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."
"The total cost of ownership has increased a little."
"For ONTAP, in general, the deduplication ratio and Snapshot limitation are areas that need improvement. There is a global limitation on the number of Snapshots or clones that can be spun off of a particular Snapshot. If those limitations are increased, it might be helpful."
"The NetApp support could be better."
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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 Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series.
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