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."The most valuable feature is its speed."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"It simplifies building out the storage."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EMC XtremIO is the data protection (DP) group, it is one of the most advanced features in these types of arrays. The dedupe and compression that this array provides both do a superb job."
"Thin storage allocation"
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable."
"The most valuable features of IBM FlashSystem are performance and security."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"The performance of IBM FlashSystem is very good. The new technology and high throughput have given us more confidence in the solution. The management of the system has improved and we can control the monitoring system alerts and multiple FlashSystems with the Enterprise Cloud Edition, which is free. The migration of recently stored data to a new flash is much easier. You can move your data because you can utilize it externally."
"The solution is very easy to configure and use."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"User friendly management interface."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"It was not proactive communication."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"I am not too impressed with XtremeIO because we had a major failure."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"The solution should improve its pricing and the mechanism in the reduction pool."
"They don't offer subscription-based payments."
"Additional licenses might be added for the fundamental licenses, such as those for copying and flash copies."
"The solution's infrastructure technology level could be PCI Express 5 instead of PCI Express 4 for the next version."
"The marketing could be improved."
"Enterprise data storage needs improvement. They should create a feature for data and file storage."
"IBM should improve its data reduction development."
"Customization features must be improved."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th 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, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage. See our Dell XtremIO vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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