We performed a comparison between Dell PowerMax NVMe and VIOLIN QV2020 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"I am impressed with the tool's reliability since we see a few hardware failures with it. Also, the solution's replication configuration is good."
"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."
"It has reduced our footprint in different physical locations."
"It significantly simplifies storage."
"It is easy to manage and upgrade."
"PowerMax, with version 9.02, which we installed recently, has some very good features, such as CloudIQ."
"We are most interested in cloud utilization."
"First, it's an enterprise storage solution. This is very important for us. Another important feature is replication."
"It’s simple to use hardware to fix performance issues. Our issue is poor coding/queries. This greatly speeded things up. It’s too costly to track down poor programming in applications. The price of a developer’s time to scan through all the coding is high compared to buying Violin."
"VIOLIN QV2020 is the latest in terms of performance. It has high-speed data access and processing capabilities, distinguishing it as a leader in its storage solutions category."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"If you go to Pure or you go to NetApp, they deliver in one month. If you go to Dell or HP, they will take up to six months for delivery. This is not a business model for today."
"The GUI interface is very complicated and could be improved by streamlining the number of steps in the process."
"The price could be lower, and we are unhappy with the price."
"The tool needs to improve its performance. Today's applications are demanding a response rate of one millisecond or below. The product should also look into AI integration."
"There is room for improvement in terms of integration with various service providers for public clouds."
"I would also like to see a real-time, graphical view of metrics. I don't know how far back in time we can look, but if we could see the performance from two months or three months back, and how it is performing now, that would be helpful."
"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 brought up this question to the implementation engineer. We were comparing use cases where a customer is using RecoverPoint, then goes to PowerMax. In our previous setup with XtremIO, we were using RecpverPoint and keeping snapshots for 30 days, every few seconds. With PowerMax, I requested this for every 15 minutes, keeping it for a week. The engineer's answer was, "There will be too many snapshots. It might slow down the system." This is specifically for the use cases where there is RecoverPoint. While PowerMax works with RecoverPoint, and you can use it, there should be some way where you can have even more snapshots and not to worry about performance and system cache."
"I set up Wi-Fi for storage, and since then, we haven't experienced any interruptions in service."
"VIMM replacement is poorly designed. You have to slide out an entire drawer, remove the cover and then pop out the failed VIMM. I would like to see a front replacement just like with hard disks. This leaves room for error; for example, when you slide it out from the rack, you are moving cables along the cable management arm. This leaves the possibility of accidentally unplugging a cable from the array if it is not seated properly. Also, you might pinch the cables when sliding it back into the server rack."
Dell PowerMax NVMe is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 66 reviews while VIOLIN QV2020 is ranked 27th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. Dell PowerMax NVMe is rated 8.8, while VIOLIN QV2020 is rated 8.0. 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 VIOLIN QV2020 writes "Has high-speed data access and processing capabilities, distinguishing it as a leader in its storage solutions category". Dell PowerMax NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Dell Unity XT, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Dell XtremIO, whereas VIOLIN QV2020 is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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