We performed a comparison between Dell PowerMax NVMe and Dell XtremIO 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's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"The Pure1 component is most valuable at this point in time when comparing it with EMC. Pure1 is where you can have your diagnostics in the cloud, so you can look at things from your mobile phone."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"The solution is scalable."
"The latency is good."
"It has dramatically cut down the footprint in our data center and reduced the amount of raw disk capacity that we needed to purchase."
"Uptime by far is the most important thing, and also the replication ability (SRDF). Most of the customers who need this type of availability also want the protection of multiple data centers, and it is able to easily switchover workloads to their other data centers."
"It's faster and more resilient."
"This platform is reliable in supporting our data availability. We now have a higher performing platform and have been able to consolidate our workloads into one single platform."
"CloudIQ has become an optimal tool for us to get the full picture of all the different arrays, from mid-tier all the way up. It gives us that single view and the ability to launch the Unisphere. That is really is powerful in being able to manage the array."
"I have been highly satisfied with the resiliency and scalability of the solution."
"It is a true, stable product."
"We are most interested in cloud utilization."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"The feature I like most about Dell Xtremio is its hardware quality compared to other vendors. It's clear they're continuously improving their research and development."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"We mostly use it for backup, because we cannot measure anything, and we are afraid to use it for surveillance systems. We were planning to use it for mostly for surveillance systems."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"We need better data deduplication."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"It is on the expensive side."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"I would like to see the rack change. They have defaulted to the standard rack, so our fiber cables are crowded when we shut our back door."
"PowerMax's software is highly stable, but we faced two hardware issues in one year. We had a failure of the storage director module, and the physical disk failed on another occasion. Dell EMC should improve its hardware quality."
"The price could be lower, and we are unhappy with the price."
"Firmware updates are a bit painful because you have to involve their support, as opposed to having the ability to do it yourself."
"They should work with the storage engineers to better tweak the management tools to give them improved visibility into their data."
"I would like to see more development in the cloud environment. It would be good if it comes in the cloud kind of setup."
"We have issues that we don't know about, which Dell EMC fixes."
"The NVMe integration could be improved."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"I am not too impressed with XtremeIO because we had a major failure."
Dell PowerMax NVMe is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 66 reviews while Dell XtremIO is ranked 26th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews. Dell PowerMax NVMe is rated 8.8, while Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerMax NVMe writes "Simplified storage provisioning for us, enabling us to assign any volumes in two to three minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". Dell PowerMax NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Dell Unity XT, Pure Storage FlashArray and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox. See our Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Dell XtremIO report.
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