We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series and Pure Storage FlashBlade 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 availability and ease of use are the big features."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"Technical support is good."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"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."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"The product’s quality of service guarantees the performance of each workload."
"The FlexClone feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Ability to cluster two storages together with HA availability."
"We are satisfied with the stability."
"Scalable and stable storage array."
"The solution offers very good reliable systems and storage for our clients."
"The most valuable feature of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is its capability to tier to the cloud, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS. Additionally, the integration is good and they are user-friendly."
"The price of this solution is good."
"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power outages when we need to quickly move data between different data centers. It ensures efficient replication and helps maintain our data centers' uptime."
"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."
"The tool's most valuable features are data warehousing, speedy recovery, and analytics. Its latest release is cost-effective."
"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."
"Using this solution has made our backups more reliable."
"The main feature I have found to be product replication."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the rewrite speed and the nonstop services."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series could improve by having a snapshot feature. Additionally, there can be other features added to help restore the data faster."
"This is an expensive solution."
"It takes a very long time to enter the management console, as well as to restart the system, and these are things that should be improved."
"The solution needs a simpler licensing theme around the DM series. The problem is if you only need one of the features, you still have to buy the whole thing. The licensing needs to be more granular or flexible so you have the option to only license FlexCone or Inline Compression features."
"The solution should change the licensing model and allow customers to choose features based on their requirements."
"I would like Lenovo to add a feature like IBM Easy Tier to DM Series. This is a crucial feature for the customers."
"The licensing model needs to be revisited. It needs to be simplified."
"I would rate the support of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series a four out of five."
"The technical support needs to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person. Nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow. I cannot handle that. They just did this over the weekend to us, too. I had to call our rep and have them do something about it."
"I would like to see more monitoring capability included in the next release of this solution."
"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."
"Commvault has mainly driven the Analytics, providing data and reports. However, the product has room for improvement, especially regarding storage analytics. Upgrading firmware has caused issues, requiring feature disabling to revert to traditional backups. The firmware upgrades sometimes affect Commvault backups."
"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."
"The speed could be improved."
"Pure Storage FlashBlade should improve on more cloud integration."
"I would like to see better integration."
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is ranked 21st in All-Flash Storage with 10 reviews while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 16th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is rated 7.4, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series writes "Simple deployment, stores data well, but missing features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "A high-performing and scalable solution that improves data performance for S3 workloads". Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is most compared with NetApp AFF, Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore and NetApp FAS Series, whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Dell ECS. See our Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series vs. Pure Storage FlashBlade report.
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