We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and Pure FlashArray X NVMe 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 tool has reduced our power consumption."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"We also use VMware integrations developed by Pure, their plugins in our vCenter environment. They help by allowing our non-technical operations teams to deploy new data stores and resize data stores without me having to involve myself all the time to do those simple tasks."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"Very good IOPS performance"
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"The program is very stable."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"The Pure1 component is most valuable at this point in time when comparing it with EMC. Pure1 is where you can have your diagnostics in the cloud, so you can look at things from your mobile phone."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"The solution is scalable."
"One of the best features is the support, which is excellent."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"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."
"Our use cases require more multi-tenant capabilities and additional VLAN interfaces for separating different customers. We currently use it to provide storage, sometimes shared storage, to different customers, but it is less flexible in comparison to a dedicated solution."
"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."
"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"There is room for improvement in catering to midrange storage needs, especially for customers seeking Enterprise-class features."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is ranked 14th in All-Flash Storage with 27 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is rated 9.2. 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 Pure FlashArray X NVMe writes "Works well, is easy to implement, and has upgrade analysis capabilities". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas Pure FlashArray X NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Dell XtremIO vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe report.
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