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."This solution is very scalable."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"It's reduced our overhead management time on storage, since it is so simple to get in and just provision a volume, present it to the host, and then you are done."
"It is the SAN backbone for our company."
"The predictive performance analytics are good."
"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."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The smaller footprint of the device has been really nice. We have gone from eight bays to one bay. Having one floor tile in our data center has been pretty awesome. A lot less power and HVAC cooling is being consumed."
"We can consistently replicate mainframe and open system and have a single recovery point."
"We find the service level option to provision storage very valuable. The ability to define different service levels for storage groups helps us in prioritizing our workload at the infrastructure level."
"Dell PowerMax NVMe has good scalability and performance."
"We're consolidating two to three arrays down to one which means that our data center footprint has decreased by like 90%. So we're saving 90% of our space, and it also is much better on power and everything else in our data center. And on top of that, the performance is much, much better than our older arrays."
"They're basically tanks. You could take a baseball bat to the thing, and it's still going to keep running and doing what it's supposed to do. We've had a couple of part failures, and you can pretty much replace any part on that thing at any time during the day in the middle of production without worrying about anything happening."
"It allows us to protect our data using different data centers and replicate bi-directionally between our two main data centers."
"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."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"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."
"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."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC."
"Thin storage allocation"
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"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 initial setup was complex, and we had experienced people working on it."
"Dell can improve the Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance. Sometimes, when we need to replace a component, the SLA says four hours, but for some reason, the technician doesn't arrive until the next business day or even six to eight hours later before the case is placed. So, focusing on respecting the SLA is where Dell could improve."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"We've had a couple of little things come up, but for the most part, they've been pretty stable."
"The REST API needs improvement. We are a very big automation company, and this would be big for us."
"I would like NVMe to be end-to-end in the next release. Right now, it is not end-to-end."
"I would like the scalability to improve, as it requires additional footprints."
"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."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
Dell PowerMax NVMe is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 66 reviews while Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th 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, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, INFINIDAT InfiniBox and VMware vSAN. See our Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Dell XtremIO report.
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