We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and IBM FlashSystem 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."
"Running SAP on Pure Storage helps a lot without doing any further tuning to improve application performance. Our internal clients are happy."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It has good stability for our company."
"All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"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."
"Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs."
"The most valuable feature is that is supports a high IOPS rate."
"This solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"It is simple to make an update."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."
"IBM FlashSystem has been stable in our operations."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"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."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"In the next release having the next level of high-speed performance would be great."
"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."
"The solution's infrastructure technology level could be PCI Express 5 instead of PCI Express 4 for the next version."
"The solution should improve its pricing and the mechanism in the reduction pool."
"The technical support in my region is satisfactory but it could improve. Support is very important for customers and downtime is very critical for us. We would like onsite or complete technical support which can help us to minimize our downtime or if problems occur."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"The support could improve by allowing you to speak to someone when you call rather than them calling you back. However, once we do have contact with one of their technicians they are excellent."
"It has room for improvement in the area of stability."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. 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 IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage. See our Dell XtremIO vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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