We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The solution offers amazing performance."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"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."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"Before we used Pure Storage it took 93 days of employees who run the database to back up and restore databases. The scale of deployment basically went from several days to a few minutes."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
"This solution is good for virtualization and meets the need for CPU and RAM requirements."
"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 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."
"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."
"The solution is very easy to set up."
"We have been working with the solution for around a year and so far it has shown itself to be stable."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"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."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"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."
"The solution is not cheap."
"The price should be lower."
"ThinkSystem could be better integrated with backup software like Commvault, Veritas, or Symantec."
"The features are limited."
"In the next release, I would like to see more functionality. But, again, it is an entry-level product."
"The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs."
"There could be a snapshot feature in the solution."
"Improvements can be made to the product's performance."
"It would be useful to have structured solutions replicated to other sites."
"Its performance could be faster."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is ranked 20th in All-Flash Storage with 11 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is rated 8.6, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, NetApp AFF and IBM FlashSystem, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and DDN SFA7990X.
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