We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and IBM FlashSystem 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."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."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"It is very easy to install and configure. It has got excellent diagnostics. If you really need to see how the box is performing, the console gives you a lot of information. You can set thresholds as well as alerts based on the thresholds, which is a very powerful functionality. They are very proactive. They know how to monitor and manage the systems. They see a problem, and they are all over it before us. They see the problem before we see it, which is very good."
"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"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."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."
"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."
"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."
"The valuable features are high availability, compression, and a failover mechanism. It's a very highly available storage solution."
"This solution is really user friendly. It also offers good performance and is highly reliable."
"IBM FlashSystem is flexible, quick, and has a solid design."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"We need better data deduplication."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"The software layer has to improve."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"In some cases where we don’t need the flexibility of the virtualization layer, we could free up resources on the VPLEX by using the storage replication."
"I am not too impressed with XtremeIO because we had a major failure."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR."
"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."
"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"Cloud file sharing is an area that needs improvement."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"There could be some extra features added."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 26th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF. See our Dell XtremIO vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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