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We performed a comparison between Dell CX4 series [EOL] and IBM XIV based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The most valuable feature is the machine learning. We have been using this solution for a year and a half and we haven't had any problems with it."

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"The performance and robustness of the systems are very good.""As it spreads, a chuck of 1MB across the board means using all available spindles on the backend.""Hands down, this is the easiest storage platform on the market to manage.""IBM XIV's most valuable features are NVME, especially when it comes to de-duplication, compression, and responsiveness.""Very easy to produce reporting data (Snaps). Very easy and fast for provisioning devices and Remote mirroring.""Installation is amazingly easy."

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"We recently found a problem with one of our Dell tower servers that we are using. The machines sometimes reboot. We went to the vendor to help resolve it and they're taking a long time. We need better support for it."

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"The change form synchronous mirroring to asynchronous (and vice versa) without reconfiguration from scratch would be helpful.""This product was not a good fit for our organization as we have a ton of latency sensitive applications and XIV was not able to keep up with IO + latency demand.""IBM XIV's scalability is adequate for our requirements, but because it's modular, you can't scale to larger requirements.""I would rather have a web GUI served directly from the unit, and a CLI accessible directly through SSH.""Until the drive is replaced, the pool_resizing is locked.""I encountered stability (performance) issues during enclosure or disk rebuild. Also some power supply issues due to malfunctions of ​circuits. Sometimes "internal" Snap sessions hang and consume pool capacity."

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  • "If you are going to use the product behind an SVC, IBM will price the units lower, since you are likely not to use any of the advanced copy services."
  • "No-license-required policy, unlike others where you need a license for everything. Just pay once and forget about licenses."
  • "Licensing is straightforward."
  • "We have a five-year total cost of ownership where we pay an initial amount and then annually for maintenance."
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    Top Answer:IBM XIV's most valuable features are NVME, especially when it comes to de-duplication, compression, and responsiveness.
    Top Answer:We have a five-year total cost of ownership where we pay an initial amount and then annually for maintenance.
    Top Answer:IBM XIV is attractive because it gives value for money in terms of features. I would give IBM XIV a rating of seven out of ten.
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    IBM XIV is a high-end, grid-scale storage system that excels in tuning-free consistent performance, ease of use and exceptional data economics, including inline, and IBM Real-time Compression. IBM XIV is ideal for hybrid cloud, offering predictable service levels for dynamic workloads, simplified scale management, including in multi-tenant environments, flexible consumption models — and robust cloud automation and orchestration through OpenStack, RESTful API and VMware. It offers security and data protection through hot encryption, advanced mirroring and self-healing and investment protection with perpetual licensing.

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    Celero, NaviSite, Technische Universit_t Mªnchen, Netflix Inc., Muhr und Bender KG, Pelephone Communications
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    Large Enterprise71%
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    Dell CX4 series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while IBM XIV is ranked 10th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 6 reviews. Dell CX4 series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while IBM XIV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell CX4 series [EOL] writes "Offers good machine learning and good stability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM XIV writes "Using it behind the SAN volume controller, latency is predictable and it is reliable". Dell CX4 series [EOL] is most compared with , whereas IBM XIV is most compared with IBM FlashSystem.

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