We performed a comparison between Kaminario K2 [EOL] and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"It gives us capacity planning."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"It allows engineers to focus on other things rather than doing the more manual tasks. It automates tasks, so the ease of use is extreme. It simplifies the storage."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"Data reduction and snapshot abilities: Smaller footprint in the datacenter (lower cost for power, cooling, etc.)."
"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"The most valuable aspect is the use of solid-state storage drives instead of spinning drives."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"Logic/software management"
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"Ease of use: My installers - my administrators over the system - they love how easy and fast it is to install and spin up a LUN and get going."
"Some of the valuable features include MetroCluster switchover, in terms of disaster recovery, it is easy to use, and flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set a specific margin of performance to a specific workload."
"One of the most valuable features is the overall performance it provides. You're able to throw a pile of IOPS at it and it will handle that without much issue."
"It provides multi-protocol, which is what gives the edge when it comes to big lineage PC workloads."
"The solution allows us to segregate one storage unit from another."
"It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The NetApp EF-Series gave our organization easy access to our data bases."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"It needs to improve its price."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"Some of the nice to haves for us, in terms of today, would be VVols but again, it’s not a critical feature."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
"I'm hoping to see Active Directory integration. Right now, you still have to use a local admin account to log in and manage everything."
"Improved scale and budget planning with flexibility of the solution for budget needs and efficiency for growth with the great optimization ratio due to the nature of our use."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
"A single pane of glass to monitor/manage multiple arrays would be helpful."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
"We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly."
"Better support technicians for CAPP."
"The dashboard could be simplified."
"The solution's technical support is not as good as it is supposed to be since you have to push them to get support."
"The only major drawback is the replication between EF-Series units."
"I would like to have the ability to replicate data between All Flash and other NetApp storage systems."
"Their problems are on the software and the controlling of the storage where they lack segmentation and federation."
"This solution has limited storage."
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Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". 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". Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with , 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.
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