We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Dell XtremIO 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."Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"This solution has improved our organization in the way that we used to see latency but now with this solution we don't. It also has good performance. Latencies have come down for our performance in the SQL databases. We can put a lot more in a lot less in terms of space savings. We also save data center space have good deduplication."
"It is the SAN backbone for our company."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"It comes with a large number of features out-of-the-box, which makes it easy for us to see problems and manage capacity."
"I think that Dell EMC is one of the best technical support services in Ukraine."
"I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational aspect is also noteworthy. Additionally, its availability and performance are commendable. The speaker are also equally powerful."
"Easy management of volumes: You can create volumes and easily assign them to VMware clusters, increasing their size."
"Performance-wise it's high speed. It's also more stable and scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the speed for the end-user."
"The Dell support is helpful and the response is quick. The agents' knowledge is very good."
"The user interface is good, I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"I've found the stability to be very good."
"We've seen great enhancements from the performance point of view. There's good availability, stability, and continuity, but the performance actually has increased by 60 or 70%."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"The program is very stable."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"I’d love to view the average, minimum and maximum performance in the reports (Analysis tab - Performance) but it is only graphics and you need to export data in CSV to find this information."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"The file functionality could be better."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"The administration and support (on the way that they delivered) was a little bit slow."
"The configuration could be easier in Dell EMC SC Series."
"This solution could be improved if overall performance was improved and operated with a higher speed and supported a higher volume of RAM."
"I would like to improve the processing ability."
"The price could be improved."
"The lack of reporting would be the main issue."
"The cost of the solution could be better."
"Licensing, especially on the storage line, could use some simplification. It's not terrible, but, for example, with the Isilon series, they've gone to completely a la carte. A la carte is very difficult to traverse, as to what you need. It would be more beneficial, at least from my point of view as a customer, if they did it more like car companies do, where there are package lines"
"One thing that should be improved is the reporting and monitoring tools. It should use real time monitoring for storage, IOPS, latency, etc."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"XtremIO is coming to its end of life."
Dell SC Series is ranked 24th in All-Flash Storage with 49 reviews while Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Huawei OceanStor and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox. See our Dell SC Series vs. Dell XtremIO report.
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