We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and NetApp NVMe AFF A800 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 improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"The tool has reduced our power consumption."
"Having an intuitive user interface to get things running is great."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"I like its speed. It has all the features that I need."
"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 has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"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."
"I like the performance of the PowerStore. When you talk about PowerStore, it's mainly about flash systems and high-end IOPS. The 1000T is a midsize box, in terms of the way the vendor positions it, but it is more than enough for our needs."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"The deduplication functionality provided by the solution is fairly good. The speed offered by the product is enough for our organization."
"Migrations are very easy and fast."
"It provides a big benefit when upgrading a new VMware environment. For example, in a big environment with 10 to 30 ESXs, you can take everything and put that into PowerStore. So, it is cost-effective, which is very important and has been massive for us. You reduce almost 80% from the hardware and work directly from PowerStore. Building hardware, especially in a big VMware environment, is a big issue for my organization."
"You can easily scale up, and scale-out."
"Over the eight years, we've been using NetApp with ONTAP, we've never lost a bit of data, and we've only experienced a few minutes of downtime in that entire time."
"During the use cases of the solution, its reliability and suitability are the best."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a product that is fast and provides a fast I/O."
"NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is easier to use than some other solutions and the UI is very good to use for day-to-day activities. Overall, the solution has good technology."
"The storage features are valuable."
"The most valuable features are stability and performance."
"Low latency is the most valuable feature."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"It is a bit expensive."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"More demonstration and training options are needed."
"The cost of technical support is high."
"Dell PowerStore is a good solution overall, but some models could support hypervisors better by allowing for more customization and flexibility for customer needs."
"There are certain shortcomings with the technical support team of Dell PowerStore, where improvements are required."
"The customer service and support are bad."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"We are looking for the Dell PowerStore to become more mature to maximize our use cases."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better."
"The cost of the solution is quite high. It would be ideal if they could adjust it so that it's a but less."
"Increasing the RAM, and including physical cords would be beneficial."
"Stability is an area with a certain shortcoming where the solution needs to improve"
"Sometimes, it takes a while to get somebody competent on the other end of the line. They do have engineers in multiple time zones around the world. However, their level-one support is not always the best."
"The product’s UI could be better."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The support can take a few days to have a response. However, the response that we do receive is very informative."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 46 reviews while NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is ranked 17th in All-Flash Storage with 10 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is rated 8.8. 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 NetApp NVMe AFF A800 writes "Very easy to manage, highly stable and offers robustness of the CLI, API, and GUI ". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is most compared with Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp ASA and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Dell PowerStore vs. NetApp NVMe AFF A800 report.
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