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."It is an SSD array that has awesome performance, low submillisecond latency, and does what it is supposed to do. It just works, which is difficult for things to do anymore."
"The data reduction technology part of the scalability has been impressive, like its ability to host additional workloads, volumes of data, and databases."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The first year, we started out with one or five terabytes and it took what was 20 terabytes of storage down to less than one terabyte."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable features are that it is fast and reliable."
"We've seen great enhancements from the performance point of view. There's good availability, stability, and continuity, but the performance actually has increased by 60 or 70%."
"XtremIO is very stable."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"The most valuable features of this solution are snapshotting and cloning."
"We use the NFS and SIP protocols a lot. The NFS is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable aspect of NetApp AFF is the money it saves our organization."
"Other manufacturers claim simplicity. In fact, frankly, they do have an advantage in that regard, however, they don't have the functionality. If you were to compare one of those products to NetApp, head to head from a feature perspective, NetApp would wind up in the top 10."
"Performance. Mostly with our default settings it's good. All of the factory settings are fine. We don't have to tune it."
"I think that the DR applications are the most valuable, including Snapshots and SnapMirror."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to do QoS."
"The scale up version of it is the most valuable feature. You can go to 24 nodes, which is very cool."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"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."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"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."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"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."
"One thing that should be improved is the reporting and monitoring tools. It should use real time monitoring for storage, IOPS, latency, etc."
"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."
"NetApp should have a local presence in Pakistan."
"I would like there to be a way to break out the 40 gig ports on them. We have a lot of 10 gigs in our environment. It is a big challenge breaking out the 40 gig coming out of the filer. It would be nice to have good old 10 gig ports again, or a card that has just 10 gig ports on it."
"We were migrating from Data ONTAP 7-Mode to its Cluster-Mode. Therefore, we had to get swing gear, then do the migration from loner gear and back onto our new gear. This was a bit difficult. It took us several months to do multiple migrations."
"The procurement process could be improved. It takes a long time for us to receive stuff. The product is good. It's not the product, it's just that it takes forever to get it. It's not our reseller's problem; it's usually held up at NetApp."
"They should provide easier integration with multiple systems."
"It has not reduced our data center costs. NetApp charges a pretty penny for their stuff."
"The product has size limitations on fax volume. They have increased from 100 to 300, which is still less than other vendors. Or flex groups are not supported."
"The NetApp support could be better."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 26th 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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