Tintri VMstore T7000 Reviews

Compression and the Tintri UI in general. Very easy to see what VMs are consuming the most amount of resources and where the latency is (host, network, storage).

Much less storage management than both of out other SANs. Traditionally it's very hard to troubleshoot perceived storage performance issues of a single VM when it's on a shared LUN with other VMs; with Tintri it's a snap.

Not a fan of SyncVM being an addition license. Dedupe is only at the clone level; no overall dedupe process. 

6 Months

None. This storage appliance is a breeze to install and configure.

None. This is a rock solid device. We have run high workload one the device while applying OS update on it with no issue.

Great customer service; if there is an issue they often know before I do and have a ticket already in progress.

Excellent performance

Easy installation

Simple/almost no administration

Total Control over latency from hypervisor to storage

We´re saving a lot of time and Money due to the lack of complexity.

Instead of focusing on separate parts of the infrastructure like storage, we can focus on the VMs and the applications running in them.

3 months

Tintri has excellent and devoted support personnel. 10/10

Earlier we used NetApp, but spent a lot of time managing volumes and tuning the system. We also got complaints mainly from clients running SQL Server that response times were very slow. Those issues were really difficult to troubleshoot. Not anymore!

Really simple. Just rack the box and insert network cables, assign ip-adresses, mount the one single datastore on your vmware hosts and GO!

We compared the Tintri solution with a newer NetApp investment with flash pool.

We found that we could upgrade primary storage in both our datacenters to the price of one NetApp installation.

The performance is great and management really easy. Don´t stare blindly on dedup number. You get the largest dedup effect in test/dev or VDI Environments, in regular server environments that effect will be rather small, BUT you always get a great compression ratio.

• The performance graphs, which allow us to see real-time IOPs.
• Latency at the virtual machine (VM) level.

We can now identify VMs which require a lot of disk performance from a single console. It has also allowed us to give our developers access to disk IOPS that were not previously possible, reducing both migration times and job run times.

The Hyper-V configuration is not as easy as VMware. Documentation could be better as well. The replication technology is good, but could be improved to allow the powering on of the replica instead of having to clone the machine.

I have used it for three years.

We had no issues with the deployment.

We had to replace a chassis because of a bad fan connector.

We filled up the performance quota before filling up the space.

Customer service is excellent.

Technical support is excellent.

We used Atlantis ILIO. We switched because Tintri gave us similar speed at a good price point on physical disks as opposed to the Atlantis approach of using memory for the disks. We also got a lot more insight into VM behavior.

It is straightforward. Plug it into the power and network, give it an IP address, add the vCenters, then add the storage to VMware.

We did it in-house.

We have not calculated this. It is a difficult one to calculate as well, as it has saved man hours for both support and developers in troubleshooting storage I/O issues. It has also allowed us to actually complete upgrades that were failing on our traditional storage arrays because of time-outs when accessing the disk. So without Tintri, we would not have been able to perform these upgrades.

Pricing is very competitive, so you get a lot of bang for your buck. At the price point, the restriction to a specific TB size per unit can be forgiven.

The VM replicate license is not worth getting.

We compared it to Atlantis ILIO, which we were currently running.

Make sure you have four 10GB ports available, as each controller has two ports. If they are both filled, it will flash the error LED on the front of the unit.

- Visibility in latency

- Speed

Faster deployment and more responsive VDI environment.

What I meant is that by leveraging Tintri and their VAAI plugin we cut deployment and recompose times in Horizon View.

We have increased responsiveness because the smart caching in VMStore allows us to achieve flash like performance for the VDI environment because mostly the same data is accessed.

Synchronous Replication

I use the solution for VMstore storage in my VMware environment.

The product is seamless and very fast. I don't need any admin resources to manage it. We have our IT resources, but I don't need extra personnel for the storage. 

It can be managed by regular IT operations staff, so extra storage staff is not required. It's easy to use and runs itself. 

I have eliminated bottlenecks with storage and have a more secure storage platform using unwritable snapshots. The admin GUI has improved, providing an estimate of future growth, indicating when to invest in more memory, CPU, or storage. This allows me to anticipate when thresholds will be breached within the Tintri Global environment.

The solution was challenging. I had to use a consultant to determine my level and decide what machine to use. Maybe some sort of spreadsheet or visual tool would help. It could show the amount of data and servers we have, guide us on which particular build to choose, and estimate costs. A more comprehensive pricing model would be helpful. Perhaps support for SMB storage would also be beneficial for sharing capabilities.

I have been using it since 2016.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

I'd rate support an eight out of ten.

Positive

I now also use HP MSR 2000. Tintri is much faster and better in all cases.

I didn't do the initial setup myself, however, it took a month. As far as I know, they didn't encounter any problems. It seemed seamless, so it was easy.

The admin resources I use to maintain and update the machines require minimal time and effort. It's a very small effort to do that. I just log in to Global Center to do updates. It can automatically update, so only major ones have to be done manually.

The product has saved time and resources, providing an ROI of around 15%.

It's not cheaper or more expensive than other vendors. It performs better.

I would recommend the solution. The writable snapshots and seamless installation mean I don't need storage tasks running constantly. It manages Tintri and VMware servers effectively, learning the environment, so I don't need to tune it as with other storage like Dell. It's better in administration and sustainability. 

I rate it a ten out of ten.