Fusion-io vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe Comparison

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AlirezaDanestehpoor

Senior Storage Engineer at Hyundai autoever

The footproot of the arrays is significantly smaller while the application response time has approved

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Henry Mayorga

VP Infrastructure & Security at a financial services firm

Excellent diagnostics, intuitive console, and fantastic support

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"With other options, you need to buy a couple of different products to achieve the same outcome.""The pricing is good.""It consolidates a lot of our storage into one or two chassis, which makes money savings in our data center.""We have used the solution’s thin provisioning to add new applications without having to purchase additional storage. We use thin provisioning on all of our flash arrays at this point. It gives us the choice to be able to overprovision and take advantage of compression, compaction, and thin provisioning all at the same time. We can get more out of the purchases that we make.""I would like it to be a lot less expensive, but it's been a very good solution for us.""The price of the upgrading of the solution is high. I could buy a whole unit of All Flash FAS 300 with a shelf for around $285,000. Yet if I want to add one additional shelf, it'll cost me $275,000. So they want you to upgrade by replacing it. It's cheaper to buy a whole new unit than to just scale out. The upside is they last. AFF lasts us three or four years. So that's a good investment.""It definitely reduces costs because it simply takes less power to run these systems. While the SSDs don't take power, they are in general very big right now. So, the running cost has decreased for a lot of our customers.""We benefited from implementing all-flash by reducing our data center footprint. We took it from 30 racks to just over five. This is one of the biggest savings for us." More NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS) Pricing and Cost Advice »	Information Not Available	"We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees.""With VMware, we pay $300,000 annually.""Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD.""As far as the licensing costs, everything is included in the license.""They can tout the functionality and cutting edge technology that they have, but that's where the price tag comes in. The cost is high, but I think as they grow their business and get more customers that it will probably go down a little bit.""Its price could be better. It is not too expensive, but it is the high-end cost. It is kind of a Rolls-Royce. You pay a lot, but you get a lot out of it. So, the price pressure on the way down would be great, but at the end of the day, if you need to do the work, you just pay for it." More Pure FlashArray X NVMe Pricing and Cost Advice »

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What is the Biggest Difference Between Dell EMC Unity and NetApp AFF? Top Answer: Well, Is one thing NetApp Storage has vs other brand is the mix of protocol CIFS with NFS booth working together in the… more » Read all 8 answers What is the Biggest Difference Between Dell EMC Unity and NetApp AFF? Top Answer: This question is very dependent on your requirements. Both are among the best in the field. Of course, the intended cost… more » Read all 8 answers What is the Biggest Difference Between Dell EMC Unity and NetApp AFF? Top Answer: The answer depends on your needs and budget. If you want high performance (who doesn't) or let's say the latency matters… more » Read all 8 answers	Ask a question Earn 20 points	What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe? Top Answer: Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution. Read all 9 answers What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe? Top Answer: In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified. Read all 9 answers What is your primary use case for Pure FlashArray X NVMe? Top Answer: We are using version //X70 of Pure FlashArray. Our primary use case is to have a very fast storage array. Read all 9 answers
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NetApp All Flash FAS, NetApp AFF, NetApp Flash FAS		Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X
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Overview
NetApp AFF8000 All Flash FAS systems combine all-flash performance with unified data management from flash to disk to cloud. Leverage the Data Fabric to move data securely across your choice of clouds—enabled by Cloud ONTAP™ and NetApp Private Storage for Cloud. Plus, you get the industry’s most efficient and comprehensive integrated data protection suite, on premises or in the cloud.	The Fusion ioMemory platform uses flash memory technology to accelerate enterprise applications such as databases, virtualization, cloud computing, big data by integrating hardware and software to overcome the limitations of legacy architectures and specialized hardware.	Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.
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Sample Customers
Acibadem Healthcare Group, AmTrust Financial Services, Citrix Systems, DWD, Mantra Group	Cassandra, MongoDB, REDIS, GigaSpaces XAP	Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company
Top Industries
REVIEWERS Healthcare Company16% Financial Services Firm12% Energy/Utilities Company9% Retailer8% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company31% Comms Service Provider22% Manufacturing Company11% Financial Services Firm5%	No Data Available	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company42% Comms Service Provider14% Financial Services Firm6% Healthcare Company5%
Company Size
REVIEWERS Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise12% Large Enterprise76% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business17% Midsize Enterprise10% Large Enterprise73%	No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business25% Midsize Enterprise42% Large Enterprise33%

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