DDN IntelliFlash vs Dell XtremIO comparison

DataDirect Networks and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. DataDirect Networks is ranked #31 with an average rating of 5.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.3. DataDirect Networks holds a 0.5% mindshare in AFS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of DataDirect Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Dell XtremIO and DDN IntelliFlash are high-performance storage solutions competing in the enterprise storage market. Dell XtremIO seems to have the upper hand in support and overall performance, whereas DDN IntelliFlash is strong in features and versatility.

Features: Dell XtremIO offers scalable performance, ease of management, and specialized functionality. DDN IntelliFlash supports various workloads, integrates seamlessly with cloud storage, and is highly versatile.

Room for Improvement: Dell XtremIO could improve data reduction capabilities, analytics tools, and enhance its feature sets. DDN IntelliFlash needs to improve technical support, streamline updates, and address support-related issues.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell XtremIO is noted for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. DDN IntelliFlash, although slightly more complex to deploy, offers satisfactory customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Dell XtremIO has higher setup costs but delivers strong ROI through performance and reliability. DDN IntelliFlash offers cost-effective initial pricing with adequate ROI, especially in cloud-integrated deployments.

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DDN IntelliFlash vs. Dell XtremIO

October 2024

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Customer Service

No sentiment score available

Pure FlashArray X NVMe's customer service is praised for responsiveness and knowledge, but some users report challenges with communication and coordination.

Sentiment score

1.0

DDN IntelliFlash is lauded for prompt, knowledgeable support, efficient communication, excellent setup assistance, and thorough issue resolution.

Sentiment score

8.8

Dell XtremIO's support is inconsistent, with mixed reviews on response speed, professionalism, and deployment handling quality.

Rather than Pure just saying it's Cisco's problem, call Cisco, they actually got on with a TAC engineer and talked us through it.

Jordan Hubbard

Manager of Infrastructure at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

The guys in South Africa, and they're very, very good.

reviewer963993

Head DBA and Technical Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

What I like about Pure Storage technical support is that when you enter a request, you immediately get a response.

SeniorSyb3f0

Senior Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score

5.2

Users seek improved pricing, UI, analytics, replication, deduplication, AI features, and better backup, while expressing concerns over costs.

Sentiment score

2.8

DDN IntelliFlash users cite scalability issues, complex setup, slow support, poor documentation, and disruptive software updates as main concerns.

Sentiment score

6.9

Dell XtremIO struggles with performance, manageability, cost, scalability, integration, and support, needing improvement in replication and flexibility.

I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center.

Sean Donaldson

CTO at Secure-24

We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency.

reviewer963993

Head DBA and Technical Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC.

Mark Ballard

CIO at Mid America Clinical Laboratories

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Pure FlashArray X NVMe is highly scalable, offering easy expansion and reliable performance with some customization and cost limitations.

Sentiment score

9.0

DDN IntelliFlash offers seamless scalability and consistent performance, efficiently managing large datasets, ideal for growing enterprise environments.

Sentiment score

5.5

Dell XtremIO is scalable and integrates well, though scaling is costly, limited in capacity, and lacks flexibility.

We also have an X90R2 with two petabytes of NVMe in it which fits in about six rack units of space.

Sean Donaldson

CTO at Secure-24

We are able to push the X70 way past our current needs from a throughput and IOPS perspective – without any degradation on latency.

reviewer963993

Head DBA and Technical Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We have also performed storage and controller upgrades live with zero downtime.

SeniorSyb3f0

Senior Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Sentiment score

7.8

Enterprise buyers view Pure FlashArray X NVMe pricing as a mixed experience, balancing high costs with valuable long-term investment.

No sentiment score available

<p>DDN IntelliFlash offers cost-effective pricing for high performance; starting mid five figures, it provides customizable, advanced features.</p>

Sentiment score

5.5

Dell XtremIO's high pricing is justified by premium features, though upgrades can be costly, making it ideal for high-end workloads.

While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.

Enes SUZER

Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.

The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees.

Mark Ballard

CIO at Mid America Clinical Laboratories

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.4

Pure FlashArray X NVMe is highly stable and reliable, with users experiencing minimal issues and rating it highly.

Sentiment score

4.8

DDN IntelliFlash is highly reliable, handling heavy workloads efficiently with minimal downtime, robust architecture, and excellent data protection.

Sentiment score

8.8

Dell XtremIO is generally stable, with high performance and reliability, although some early versions faced issues like data corruption.

We have gone through multiple software upgrades, as well as completely non-disruptive hardware upgrades.

Sean Donaldson

CTO at Secure-24

During the eight years, there have been no problems such as hardware failure or stopping.

Gokhan Dikmen

Vice President of product at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

There was one minor issue when the M70s were first released – but they have been 100% stable since.

reviewer963993

Head DBA and Technical Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Sentiment score

8.1

Pure FlashArray X NVMe excels in performance, reliability, and scalability, offering advanced features for efficient storage and management.

Sentiment score

8.2

DDN IntelliFlash is praised for high performance, scalability, intuitive functionality, advanced data protection, and efficient storage utilization.

Sentiment score

8.5

Dell XtremIO delivers efficient data management with deduplication, compression, and reliable performance, ideal for high-capacity storage needs.

Going from a legacy vendor to Pure Storage, we saw reductions in MRP reports previously running at six hours going to 30 minutes.

Sean Donaldson

CTO at Secure-24

The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance.

Mark Ballard

CIO at Mid America Clinical Laboratories

The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use.

Consulta3c88

Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

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Categories and Ranking

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 0.8%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DDN IntelliFlash is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell XtremIO is 1.1%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Q&A Highlights

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Nov 20, 2014

Tegile vs. XtremIO?

Tegile is (or can be) a hybrid storage system that can support both traditional HDDs as well as flash SSD drives like other traditional storage systems/appliances. EMC XtremIO otoh is an all flash array (AFA) designed from the group up with flash SSD in mind that like some other AFAs can scale performance and capacity linearly as you scale-out the solution (add additional nodes/cluster members/systems/enclosures). Here is some more info: http://storageioblog.com/emc-announces-xtremio-general-availability-part/ http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-emc-announces-xtremio-general-availability/

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Featured Reviews

Paul Pearson

Storage and Backup Architect at Concentrix

Works well, is easy to implement, and has upgrade analysis capabilities

We love the product. Pure Storage works really well. The CAT tool and also the ability to upgrade the unit's place grades are great. It allows for in-place control or upgrades. It's a very simple implementation. They have a good tool to analyze upgrades. The stability is good. Technical support has been excellent.

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Anil Rahulwar

Storage Engineer at Movate

Good customer service and support and suitable for large environments

It is very easy to install. Users don't need to remember anything while deploying IntelliFlash because everything will be taken care of by tech support. They can easily modify the installation or change the password with the help of the tech support. It is very easy to integrate IntelliFlash with other solutions. We have plugins that can be integrated with other solutions. It will require maintenance. It is the same as any other storage solution: updates and upgrades, firmware upgrades, and drive upgrades.

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Gouranga Maiti

Sr. Project Manager -IT at ITC Ltd

Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes

We use Dell XtremIO for high IOPS. We get backup within 10 minutes. Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution. I like the tool's snapshot backup and flash storage features. Sometimes we…

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it_user182013

Federal Civ/Intel Engineering Lead at Rubrik

May 1, 2015

Measuring Up: EMC XtremIO and HP 3PAR

Leading up to EMC World 2015, IT Central Station asked how I would compare EMC XtremIO and HP 3PAR. Until recently, the flash storage conversation in my organization and many others has centered on XtremIO and Pure Storage, the leaders of the all-flash array (AFA) space. To that end, I've written a…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Real Estate/Law Firm

University

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

After implementation, there are limitations, such as the number of paths, file systems, and replication options. It f...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IntelliFlash?

It is a bit cheaper than other products, 10% to 20% cheaper.

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What needs improvement with IntelliFlash?

DDN IntelliFlash should improve in terms of sales. In future releases, I look forward to more features about AI and M...

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What is your primary use case for IntelliFlash?

We use IntelliFlash products for larger environments, like Qatar Airways. They have large scalability and use more th...

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What do you like most about Dell EMC XtremIO?

The feature I like most about Dell Xtremio is its hardware quality compared to other vendors. It's clear they're cont...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell XtremIO?

When purchased eight years ago, it was offered at a special price that was good and competitive. However, upgrading w...

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What needs improvement with Dell XtremIO?

When we upgraded the capacity from five to ten TB, the price of the disks was high. Dell explained that they are sell...

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Comparisons

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

Dell Unity XT vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 11% of the time

IBM FlashSystem vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 10% of the time

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VAST Data vs DDN IntelliFlash

Compared 30% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

Pure Storage FlashArray vs DDN IntelliFlash

Compared 17% of the time

NetApp AFF vs DDN IntelliFlash

Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 34% of the time

Pure Storage FlashArray vs Dell XtremIO

Compared 16% of the time

Dell PowerMax NVMe vs Dell XtremIO

Compared 15% of the time

Dell Unity XT vs Dell XtremIO

Compared 10% of the time

VAST Data vs Dell XtremIO

Compared 6% of the time

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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DDN IntelliFlash

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Dell XtremIO

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Also Known As

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

Tegile, IntelliFlash N-Series, IntelliFlash T-Series, IntelliFlash HD-Series

Dell EMC XtremIO Flash, Dell EMC XtremIO X2, XtremIO, XtremIO X2

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Pure Storage

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Overview

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.

Western Digital through its IntelliFlash arrays delivers high-performance storage with a complete range of features and connectivity options, including inline compression and deduplication, application and VM consistent snapshots, replication, RAID, data encryption, VMware vCenter integration, and multi-protocol support for SAN (FC, iSCSI) and NAS (NFS, SMBv3). IntelliFlash arrays deliver high availability through dualredundant and hot-swappable components, active/active or active/passive controllers, non-disruptive software upgrades, eMLC flash, and proactive cloud-based monitoring, analytics, and intelligence. A RESTful API provides scripted or programmatic control.

Bring all-flash, scale-out storage to your enterprise applications with EMC XtremIO. Purpose-built for flash, XtremIO storage arrays are amazingly fast. Delivering high IOPS at less than 1 millisecond latency is just the start. EMC XtremIO helps you harness the power of flash storage by building in innovations like content-based data placement and dual-stage metadata.

Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

Bank of Stockton, Barnsley College, Boyes Turner, Brigham Young University

Raiffeisen Bank Bulgaria, Wentworth-Douglas Hospital

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