We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays 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 has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"Support has been helpful."
"It upgrades in place which means we'll be using it well into the future."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"The back-end data reporting for Pure Storage is phenomenal. The data that you can see on the performance of your customers' array, so you can be proactive about upgrades or enhancements, and is a phenomenal tool to have access to as a partner. I haven't seen this type of stuff out of anything of the other storage systems."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set a specific margin of performance to a specific workload."
"We use it for our VDI environment, and have not had any complaints with it."
"The main advantage of this solution is performance."
"Considering the cost, I find NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays to be the best storage available in the market."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its speed."
"I like the performance aspect of EF Series. It basically provides everything that we are looking for as a solution, very low latency and very high performance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance of the database access."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"There are scenarios with very specific functionality around VMware integration particularly to do with the way we'd like to manage LUNs in VMware. The tools are pretty good but there's room for improvement there."
"It needs to improve its price."
"I’d love to view the average, minimum and maximum performance in the reports (Analysis tab - Performance) but it is only graphics and you need to export data in CSV to find this information."
"We've had it in place for about a year and a half and have had zero complaints, other than that box-to-box replication is not encrypted."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"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."
"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."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"I would like hardware capacity additions to be a little more flexible. The upgrade path for the existing XTremIO units requires you to purchase 2 XBricks at a time and they need to be the same capacity as the existing XBricks."
"It is very expensive to scale. You have to buy an additional system to extend from one disc, for instance. It is scalable, but extremely expensive to do so."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"There could be better integration with some of our Cisco products."
"I would like to have the ability to replicate data between All Flash and other NetApp storage systems."
"It needs a better management tool."
"This solution has limited storage."
"As far as the manageability, being able to port between the two and have to do less training in-house from a customer point of view, that would be the part to improve."
"We have used IBM previously. We found that the storage from IBM was poor and we chose NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays because it can scale very easily."
"I would like to shrink it more, if we can. The smaller, the better."
"The initial setup phase of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is not straightforward and needs improvement."
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Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. 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 NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and HPE Primera. See our Dell XtremIO vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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