We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Dell XtremIO 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."It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"The latency is good."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"Reliable, with comprehensive features and a well-established support base."
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"I find all of the Dell PowerStore features to be valuable."
"The compression is excellent."
"The way you're able to manage all your PowerStores as one solution is very good for us. PowerStore enables you to federate or cluster multiple appliances with automated load balancing. In terms of management, it's helpful that we can do it from a single interface where we're able to manage multiple PowerStores. When you have multiple PowerStores it works intelligently by running the workloads based on the needs of the infrastructure."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"You can add compute and capacity independently. We have sized the solution based on our current needs, but in the future we can choose to increase capacity if we grow our activity in the market. And if we have more business in our monetary system, we can increase compute. The ability to choose what we increase is a good feature."
"It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The feature I like most about Dell Xtremio is its hardware quality compared to other vendors. It's clear they're continuously improving their research and development."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"We've seen great enhancements from the performance point of view. There's good availability, stability, and continuity, but the performance actually has increased by 60 or 70%."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."
"We need better data deduplication."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
"It was very new when we first deployed it a year ago. Even the upgrade processes and knowing what to expect, as well as documentation, could be more robust."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"When you create a case on Dell's support website, you don't always get someone who is experienced in the kind of systems you need help with...making it an area where Dell's support team needs to make improvements."
"The pricing could be lower. It is very expensive."
"With PowerStore, we have to choose between block storage and NAS functionality."
"The support is not very good."
"The support team doesn't always provide adequate assistance. So, there is room for improvement in the support."
"While using Dell PowerStore's interface in our organization, we sometimes miss out on some information."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"We've encountered challenges in integrating other products with Dell Xtremio, as it tends to be more vendor-locked. This means we can't easily explore other solutions that might work alongside Dell."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while Dell XtremIO is ranked 26th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerMax NVMe, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Dell XtremIO report.
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