We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series and SolidFire 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 back-end data reporting for Pure Storage is phenomenal. The data that you can see on the performance of your customers' array, so you can be proactive about upgrades or enhancements, and is a phenomenal tool to have access to as a partner. I haven't seen this type of stuff out of anything of the other storage systems."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The solution is very reliable."
"Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"The solution is very easy to troubleshoot. It's one of the most valuable features. It also doesn't take long to deploy and normally it comes with a three-year warranty."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"ThinkSystem's storage performs well, and the price per gigabyte is good, especially on SSD solutions. It's also easy to use."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series are the dual controllers, available installation documentation, and the option of multiple host bus adapter interfaces."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is quite an elementary box, no frills. It does not have all the functionality of the DM but it is acceptable, it does its task. It integrates pretty well."
"This solution is good for virtualization and meets the need for CPU and RAM requirements."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is simple to use"
"The provisioning process is efficient and doesn't demand higher latency, ensuring optimal data transfer performance which is particularly valuable for tasks like data mining, where quick results are essential."
"If we get complaints about any kind of performance metric issues, whether it's storage related or something on the virtual side, we use it to pinpoint what the actual issue is."
"It's a very compact device. For a medium-sized business, it's very helpful because the device is efficient and very fast."
"It's got full API functionality and the performance is pretty steady."
"If you buy the solution for its specific purpose it will work well."
"Overall performance of the solution."
"SolidFire is one of the products that does have great APIs right out-of-the-box. It works great. The tools and the other stuff seem to work a little better right out-of-the-box than the ONTAP stuff does, C-Mode."
"SolidFire provides seamless performance across your storage system when you need to scale up. Other storage systems do not do that."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"ThinkSystem could be better integrated with backup software like Commvault, Veritas, or Symantec."
"The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs."
"Usually, when a part fails, we have to replace it and it takes a while. It would be better if the part could be available locally here in Kenya so we don't have to wait so long to repair the solution."
"There could be a snapshot feature in the solution."
"It would be useful to have structured solutions replicated to other sites."
"Its performance could be faster."
"In the next release, I would like to see more functionality. But, again, it is an entry-level product."
"The features are limited."
"The inclusion of more protocols and interfaces would make it easier to integrate with other products."
"The scalability of HCI or SolidFire as such isn't a concern, but when you compare it to PowerMax or NetApp AFF series devices, scalability is a concern because it's only the drives that are connected to the nodes. We don't have any shelf connectivity."
"The technical support is really bad and has to be improved."
"We have a large fiber channel infrastructure, and that's one area that we haven't seen implemented in SolidFire, its more iSCSI."
"I think there is room for improvement needed with its storage capability. A bigger node is needed."
"SolidFire could improve in terms of hardware robustness."
"Though it is a stable solution, its users may face some security issues at times...The security provided by the solution is one area that can be improved."
"You don't have business continuity with SolidFire. I think it could be a nice feature to have in the future."
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is ranked 20th in All-Flash Storage with 11 reviews while SolidFire is ranked 19th in All-Flash Storage with 33 reviews. Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is rated 8.6, while SolidFire is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series writes "Provides good stability and is reliable in terms of performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolidFire writes "A versatile storage solution suitable for various workloads in cloud environments providing scalable architecture, granular Quality of Service and consistent performance". Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, NetApp AFF, IBM FlashSystem and Dell Unity XT, whereas SolidFire is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore and VMware vSAN. See our Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series vs. SolidFire report.
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