Dell XtremIO Other Solutions Considered

JB
IT Manager - Storage & Backup at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

We did research several other vendors (Pure Storage, Hitachi, IBM, etc.), but we only conducted a PoC on EMC’s XtremIO.

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DM
Infrastructure Systems Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We have evaluated SolidFire and NetApp. The cost was the main difference.

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AnjaneyaVara Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Other similar options are the Hitachi VSP G series or IBM's FlashSystem. These products have features that are missing from XtremIO. 

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it_user651555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated Nimble Storage and NetApp solutions, but nothing compared.

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it_user650013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated HPE 3PAR, Pure Storage, and EMC VNX all-flash arrays.

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it_user641274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated Pure Storage, Nimble Storage, NetApp, IBM, and Cisco.

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it_user560211 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Storage Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

I POC’d XIO, Pure Storage, and IBM SVC with TMS array. We chose XIO because of its scalable by adding bricks where as Pure Storage you have to buy more arrays creating islands and more management. Also, had some issues with PURE post processing of data services. We felt the SVC for IBM introduced significant latency to their AFA TMS. TMS alone is the fastest All Flash Array but it doesn’t have any data services, that is what SVC is used for.

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it_user560262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Storage Engineer at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
AW
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated Pure Storage, but on a FA-420 controller.

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it_user640419 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Network Administrtor at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated Pure Storage and NetApp.

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CS
Systems Engineer Senior at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I never saw any active workloads on other products.

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AN
AGT Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We did not evaluate other options.

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CT
IT Operations Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

We looked at more EMC VNX storage but at that time, we were not aware of this offering. When we started doing the talks with EMC, our rep pointed at this product line and once we saw a demo, we were sold. After more research, it didn’t take us long to get the paperwork in place. We also didn’t look at other vendors, as we utilize VCE as our main infrastructure at our data center so regardless of what model or product line of EMC we bought, VCE would handle the support. This was one of the main reasons of going with VCE, so we wanted to carry it on with the new storage.

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RR
Technical Consultant at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees

We first evaluated and selected VIMM (NVRAM chip) arrays which were faster than XtremIO but costlier. We then looked at new players like Nutanix, and even ScaleIO. But in the end, XtremIO turned out to be cost-effective and at the same time worth spending for the change.

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RJ
Technical Specialist Storage at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Yes, there were multiple options evaluated and also incorporated for some percentage of the workload, like NetApp C-mode array. Specifically, XtremIO was considered for Xtreme Performance as advertised by vendors at a lower cost as compared to existing storage arrays, like VMAX and VNX.

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DB
Senior Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We were not given the opportunity to evaluate alternatives. Upper management made the decision without the input of the engineers.

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it_user651519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated Oracle Exadata, EMC VMAX (SSD), and EMC VMAX.

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it_user566712 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

We evaluated Pure Storage, Nimble, and SolidFire.

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TD
Director of Infrastructure Services at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

At the time, we did not evaluate other alternatives.

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AW
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
it_user651834 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Solutions Director, Converged Infrastructure at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We did not evaluate other options.

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it_user650010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated NetApp.

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it_user568230 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated Tintri and it was not suitable for us.

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SP
G. Manager- Technical Services with 51-200 employees

When this product was launched and we procured it, it was good. Now that there are new products coming in, I don't know if they will continue with this one or not.

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