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 tool has reduced our power consumption."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"This solution is very scalable."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The performance is very good."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"The most valuable features are that it is fast and reliable."
"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."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"XtremIO is very stable."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"The most valuable features of this solution are snapshotting and cloning."
"Setup was simple and easy."
"We had some customers who were running virtualization workloads on classical spinning disks. We implemented an AFF system, and they got a huge performance boost out of it because the latency of the SSDs is simply much lower. Actually, most customers benefit from the improved latency and performance from the AFF systems."
"Batch times went from approximately seven hours down to about two and a half. Functionality during the day, such as taking or removing snapshots and cloning instances, is higher than it has ever been."
"If the AutoSupport is well configured, then you need not to do a monitoring. You will get call and mail when any issue is completed."
"Storage is very reliable. You don't have to do much maintenance."
"The most valuable feature is speed."
"We have SQL clusters across the United States. It has sped up our IOPS and made it a lot easier for users."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"It needs to improve its price."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"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."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"The scaling needs improvement. NetApp is limited for scaling options."
"The dashboard needs improvement. The dashboard needs some uplift"
"NetApp should offer more training so everyone can learn about the products. Other vendors have a lot of training options. It would be great if NetApp would highlight how to use the features more so that every admin or person can gain more knowledge about this technology."
"We'd like to see improvement in the time to retrieve from the Cloud, whether it's on-prem to cloud and whether it's public or private cloud."
"AFF could introduce different subscriptions on the platform."
"Technical support could use some improvement."
"I would like for them to develop the ability to detach the fabric pool. Once you've added it to an aggregate it's there for life and it would be nice to disconnect it if we ever had to."
"I've had a few cases where support wasn't able to answer the question or they took quite a while."
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 Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell XtremIO vs. NetApp AFF report.
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