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 connections are a lot faster than what we had in the past. One InfiniBand does what we did on all of our Fibre Channels."
"Very efficient storage"
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"It reduces space and the polar consumption. It also accelerates the application."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EMC XtremIO is the data protection (DP) group, it is one of the most advanced features in these types of arrays. The dedupe and compression that this array provides both do a superb job."
"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%."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"Its consistent stability is one of the things that I like, and the performance is also very good."
"If you need a replacement part, they will provide it."
"It should scale far beyond our needs. I don't think we will ever hit the edge of it."
"The speed of data retrieval is the most valuable feature. We mostly use it for our SAP database and we are getting good IO from the hard drive."
"The performance is the most valuable feature."
"The performance. The flash performance helps move data pretty fast."
"In terms of the footprint, it is far more efficient. It has smaller, higher-capacity drives than our older unit. In terms of space, power, and cooling, it has simplified things."
"The tool has lowered latency."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"It would be nice to have a better view of the allocated capacity on their Platform as a Service solution because we have to do some manual calculations to understand how much we are going to pay every month to use the storage that is allocated."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"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."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services."
"There are no RDMA capabilities in CIFS (SMB) and NFS protocols."
"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."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to automatically mount SMB shares and file systems."
"This solution should be made easier to deploy."
"It would be nice to have better integration between SRM and VMware, as I've had some issues with that."
"The product should be more competitive and come up with additional features. They should keep the client always in mind and as the top priority. This would be the best way to compete with other solutions."
"There needs to be compatibility with upgraded applications. We don't want the system to be upgraded, but not have backwards compatible to existing applications."
"The dashboard needs improvement. The dashboard needs some uplift"
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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