We performed a comparison between DDN IntelliFlash and Tintri VMstore based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Tintri VMstore came out ahead of DDN IntelliFlash, as our reviewers found DDN IntelliFlash more difficult to deploy, more expensive, and requiring improvement in its support.
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"It worked flawlessly."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The scalability is good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It performed great originally, and when it performed great, it was awesome."
"We have been able to scale up to ten VM storages and 500 VMs through a single pane of glass."
"We love the real-time replication, ease of use when connecting our servers to the storage, and the level of redundancy inside the box... It's also simple software and integrates well with VMware so we get a lot of information about all of the VMs, how they're performing individually, and about network latency. That's very helpful when you're troubleshooting a slowdown."
"Its performance is amazing. Since I have put Tintri in, I haven't had a complaint from anybody about slowness. On top of that, there is block-level cloning and the ability to spin up VMs."
"The data encryption feature adds a valuable security enhancement with no impact on performance."
"I like Tintri's Global Admin feature and the solution's performance. It's incredibly fast storage, which was a significant upgrade for us when we deployed it seven years ago. The Tintri snapshots are brilliant and incredibly reliable."
"The cloning is very fast... Another aspect I like is that it's very simple. It's an easy GUI to use."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"It is a bit expensive."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve some aspects. There are certain features that are good and there are some features that I see some issues with at the technical level. Those issues are related to replication. They need to resolve those issues, which I have already highlighted to the Pure team. Additionally, there are some issues in the active cluster that could improve."
"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."
"Performance is horrible now. Our original intent was to buy new storage in about two years. But since it became a critical urgency for us, we decided to purchase a new one in two or three months."
"Technical support is bad. It'd grade them at 30% or 40%. The response time is terrible."
"Detailed reporting is missing in the current version. We would like to see this feature added in a new release."
"Their support staff just doesn't have the experience with all of the products that we're running. They don't know the 850 series like we do because it's five years old. There is a little bit of a gap, and that may just be because we're an old customer running on platforms that their staff hasn't seen. I would like to see an improvement in their in-depth knowledge of their older products."
"We need more options to integrate with cloud storage options other than the current AWS and IBM that it currently supports."
"I'm waiting to see the Kubernetes package. I know they're releasing one, but I haven't seen it yet."
"Tintri's Cloud Connector currently only goes to AWS and IBM Cloud, and we don't use either because we're Microsoft Silver Partners. It would be great to get the Cloud Connector feature with Azure. If it's not already on Tintri's roadmap, that's something I'd like to see."
"What I feel would be nice, in terms of a wishlist, is scalability. Rather than replacing the whole appliance, I would like to be able to just add another unit and scale it like that."
DDN IntelliFlash is ranked 26th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews while Tintri VMstore is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 6 reviews. DDN IntelliFlash is rated 4.0, while Tintri VMstore is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of DDN IntelliFlash writes "A unified flash storage solution with poor performance, support, and features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tintri VMstore writes "We were able to push a button—it really is that simple—and flip primary and secondary storage locations". DDN IntelliFlash is most compared with Dell PowerStore, VAST Data, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Tintri VMstore is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, VMware vSAN, HPE Nimble Storage and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our DDN IntelliFlash vs. Tintri VMstore report.
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