We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and VNX [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"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."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"FAST (auto-tiering): Doesn't require configuration and is managed by the array itself."
"High availability including non-disruptive updates: We cannot afford downtime windows."
"The replication feature provides another functionality to protect your data."
"It is very stable, even during multiple power failures."
"One of the best features of the VNX is the ability to combine drives of different types into a virtual Storage Pool. By combining small but fast flash drives, SAS drives, and high-capacity but slower NL-SAS drives, the VNX can intelligently move data to the different tiers of storage based on usage."
"The implementation of both block and file system storage in a single GUI provides is better situated than most other storages."
"Multi-tiering, positively affects the efficiency of the storage space."
"It is very stable even during multiple power failures."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The WAFL is slow."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The user interface could be improved."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSD and the Next Generation EMC Unity does this."
"It would be very helpful to get an automated report that shows you the size of the checkpoints and get warnings when a checkpoint is reaching either maximum capacity per a file system or hitting the ceiling on the SavVol pool consumption."
"The management software used for the VNX is Unicenter. While it is an improvement over Navicenter, used in older EMC SANs, it still feels outdated in comparison to other SAN management software."
"Intel Xeon processors with under 2 GHz processing speeds could be replaced with more recent ones."
"The administrative console (Navisphere/Unisphere) needs some improvement, especially on their Java-based GUI. The updated version of Java is not compatible."
"There is no easy way to defrag a RAID group. It would be nice to be able to reduce the size of a storage pool if the storage is not needed anymore."
"If the VNX had embedded encryption, that would be great."
"There is an easy replication process between distinct data centers via VPLEX and/or RPA. But I hope in the future that EMC/Dell could replicate this with other types of storage."
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NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 97 reviews while VNX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while VNX [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VNX [EOL] writes "The auto-tiering helps in the speed of data access". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem, whereas VNX [EOL] is most compared with .
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