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Categories and Ranking

Everpure FlashArray
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Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
231
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All-Flash Storage (3rd)
NetApp AFF
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
315
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All-Flash Storage (2nd), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (2nd)
Reduxio [EOL]
Average Rating
9.8
Number of Reviews
26
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Featured Reviews

Sowjanya MV - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Wipro Limited
Has improved performance for mission-critical workloads and enabled seamless non-disruptive upgrades
The availability is 99.99%, which is the main factor any customer would need because their data should be available whenever they want to access it. This is one main critical thing. It is very easy to upgrade since Pure Storage FlashArray handles it well. Everything is non-disruptive now; previously, there were forklift shifts, but now that is not the case. Pure Storage FlashArray says no to forklift upgrades. Usually hardware requires downtime, but Pure Storage FlashArray has improved their footprint so that they are not asking for downtime; everything is just a non-disruptive activity, which is why customers are more inclined towards Pure Storage FlashArray. Customers want more of the models in their environment due to the performance they are giving, and everything is in one Pure1 Array console where we can view all the models on one page or just an orchestration tool. You don't miss anything; you have replication, notifications about replication, and details about which host groups replication is happening in and if that replication is successful or failed. On a daily basis, our purpose is to create volumes for infrastructure; our daily activities include creating volumes and mapping them to the host, doing any migrations from a VM, clearing the data stores, and carving the volumes to those VMs. One key factor is the data compression with a ratio of 5:1, focusing on space efficiency, inline deduplication, and the compression Pure Storage FlashArray works on; that is a major factor we can suggest to any customer. Analytical capabilities are crucial. Daily, we check the throughput and consumption, and Pure Storage FlashArray provides predictions for one year regarding usage. This prediction helps plan updates well ahead. For support, we just raise a case, and they follow up and get it done. There is also AI readiness, but with the model R2, we don't have much of that AI readiness. For others, we do have AI readiness that predicts capacity based on daily or monthly trends, enabling us to analyze how much space we need or if we need to expand the disk shelf. From an operational point of view, a good feature is that if you accidentally delete a volume, it will be retained in the destroyed state for the next twenty-four hours, which is not the same with any other vendor. I have worked in this storage domain for the past fifteen years, and this option is remarkable, benefiting any L1 or L2 engineer. Additionally, from a compliance perspective, Pure Storage FlashArray has REST APIs enabled. I have not explored automation much, but from a security standpoint, it is strong with encryption data. If you want to automate, you can easily integrate with all clouds and explore Pure Cloud for scheduling workloads, including volume creation. Customers find benefit in Pure Storage FlashArray's single management pane of glass due to the dual controller and active-active setup. If one of the controllers goes down, all workloads automatically shift to the other controller, ensuring their data is safe and accessible at all times. This is a highlighted feature that any customer desires because their data should always be accessible. For SAN workloads, we use Pure Storage FlashArray because for SAN FC fiber channel, we don't use it; we use NetApp for NAS activities. We have clearly split this, so SAN is for mission-critical applications, while network-attached storage handles file systems. This architecture helps us maximize the benefit from Pure Storage FlashArray due to the significant workloads from this giant retail client. From a footprint and energy consumption perspective, you can see energy consumption from the Pure1 storage portal on a daily basis, and it is very compact. The three models we use consume only three units, which is quite low. From a footprint and data center perspective, it doesn't occupy much space. As everything moves to cloud, there are requirements to avoid excess spending on data centers, and Pure Storage FlashArray is efficient in energy consumption and is environmentally friendly.
Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Unified storage has delivered efficient AI analytics and low latency for critical workloads
There might be some lag or response time with respect to support cases, but even then I will rate it 8.5 out of 10. All of this is the same for all product ranges, whether E-series, NetApp AFF, or FAS series, because they are very efficient to respond. The only reason I rated it 8.5 is because the warehouse for spare parts, when a problem comes, a spare is needed to replace it, for example, a disk. In Pakistan, they have only one warehouse in Karachi. This warehouse manages all the problems when a problem comes. They ship the part based on the customer use case and customer service request. That is the only reason I rate it 8.5 because they have only one warehouse in Pakistan, which is in Karachi. For example, if a problem comes in Islamabad, it will take time to deliver the spare because the part will be shipped from Karachi to Islamabad, which will take around maybe a day. Other OEMs have their warehouses in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi also. In terms of part replacement requirements, they are very efficient in that area because they have warehouses in multiple cities of Pakistan.
ITAdmini18be - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees
Point-in-time restore capabilities are built into the storage appliance
Our first impression when we were introduced to the product was very good. I still think it's very good. They are truly different. The whole product is based on point-in-time restore capabilities built into their storage appliance, and no one else I know does that. I'd rate it a 10 out of 10 because it does everything that we have asked it to do.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"Pure Storage is an amazing solution."
"I used to have to manually sync storage from server to server, for multiple clusters and database storage for disaster recovery but now, that's all automated."
"Firstly, dedupe is the most valuable feature, hands down, and simplifying storage is also a big win overall."
"We experience fast demos and zero downtime; we do not experience any downtime with Pure Storage, thanks to resilience with Safe Mode, integration with backup software, and everything related to cyber resilience."
"Service and support is phenomenal."
"Now, with Pure Storage, we have totally eliminated that problem."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"NetApp has helped eliminate storage as a limiting factor in our business."
"Its efficiency and scalability are the most valuable features."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the software bundle, replication, and cloud connectivity."
"NetApp AFF has reduced our application response time, and in some cases, our applications have gone from almost unusable to instantaneous response times."
"Technical support has been really good; NetApp support has been really helpful, and we have a SAM who helps us with issues that come up and bugs."
"If you've already got NetApp, you can't go wrong."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We are very excited about it; we support them wholeheartedly, we haven't had any problems or issues, and the support has been fantastic."
"If you’re looking for a low latency, high capacity, dead simple, storage appliance, Reduxio HX550 should be your only choice."
"Honestly, when I first installed it I was skeptical but the technology and team won me over."
"There are just too many features that are too attractive to have any regrets over buying it."
"The machine installed without difficulty."
"The Reduxio box has improved our resiliency and management overhead."
"The performance increase is significant over our replaced storage, our servers respond lightning fast and the end user experience has greatly improved."
"We can offer a lot more storage to our end users.​"
 

Cons

"They could improve the price."
"For scalability, I rate it a six out of ten. We reach a limit. We never reached this limit, however, the architecture allows you to go until a certain size, and after that, you have to buy another array."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"I would rate this solution an eight because we have had outages. The commit times went very high in the database. The whole array went down so our customers were down for around eight hours. This was a very big outage which could have been our fault because we didn't do the upgrade in time."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"Pure Storage had operational challenges between 2016 to 2018, impacting perceived reliability."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"There are little things that need improvement. For example, if you are setting up a SnapMirror through the GUI, you are forced to change the destination name of the volume, and we like to keep the volume names the same."
"Software packaging and ordering. We wanted to integrate with replication and Commvault options, and that was difficult."
"They should provide easier integration with multiple systems."
"In the past, NetApp designed it so that you have a 70% threshold. You would never fill up past 70% since you need to have that room available. Whereas with Pure, I can fill it up to 110% of what they listed and it's still going at full speed. NetApp can't do that."
"The only area where the product has room for improvement is the cost."
"I'd like to see a web-based front end in addition to the CLI."
"I know we're looking at cloud solutions, so maybe if they have something cloud-based, that might be something."
"Our initial setup involved a lot of development."
"I would love an iPhone app to monitor my system from outside the firewall."
"Integration is needed with other virtual vendors like VMware, Veeam, Hyper-V; that integration needs to be deeper, not just the way that they're using it now. I know that it's under development, but I think this is one of the disadvantages, for now, as a young company. They have to work with the other players on the market."
"Scalability is a little unusual. We came from the NetApp world where, if you needed more disk space, you just added more drives into the chassis, whereas with Reduxio, if you need more disk space, you have to buy a new chassis."
"I would love to see deeper integration with VMware vSphere/vCenter. Right now, I can edit existing Reduxio datastore sizes in the vSphere web client. Provisioning new datastores that way would be nice."
"Needs some hooks into cloud storage for backup. Also they should update the system to use additional secondary storage as a resource."
"There is only thing I can think of at the moment, that would be detailed printable reports."
"A centralized management would be nice, the ability to manage all cluster in one management portal."
"The user interface for the web console could be more user-friendly, while it is flashy, how to find functions is not necessarily obvious.​"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"While it comes with a higher price tag, this investment often translates to significant improvements in performance."
"The price, in general, is around $100,000, however, I know it costs more."
"It's priced higher than the market."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The license for Pure Storage FlashArray includes the support and there are no additional payments that are needed. This is not an inexpensive solution, you need to understand the value of your data before you use a backup solution."
"The price of the solution can be a bit expensive. There is an additional fee for support."
"The Evergreen Storage subscription is a really cool concept. As long as we maintain our subscription, we will get new controllers every three years and really never have a forklift upgrade like we currently are doing. Just that future-proofing is an ease off of my mind to know that I won't have to do what I'm dong right now again."
"It is a more expensive solution, but it is worth it. You are getting what you paid for."
"The solution is moderately priced."
"Our total cost of ownership (TCO) has decreased by 40 percent."
"The pricing is not a lot considering what you get and it bundles hardware and licensing."
"In addition to simplifying the management across a mix of solutions, AFF simplifies the cost. That was one of the main reasons we purchased AFF."
"We would like it to be free."
"The only area where the product has room for improvement is the cost."
"Always consider whether you can afford the solution."
"The pricing is pretty reasonable for what we get. But if you have to buy any more disk space, it can be quite expensive."
"Set up costs are minimal. We were early adopters so we received really good pricing."
"I think that you are able to buy a minimum capacity, then grow your capacity within the box as you expand your data needs."
"They have very competitive pricing and were able to work within our budget constraints as a public school."
"All of their new features that were released following our purchase are free of charge. For example, we are about to upgrade getting cloud integration for free."
"Depending on your cost of data loss, one ransomware or accidental deletion could pay for a Reduxio appliance."
"For less money than my previous solution, I receive way more performance and backup features that far surpass anything on the market."
"​The advantage of using HDDs to store (versus pure flash) makes the price point attractive versus other options.​​"
"Only one device is sold. Negotiate the initial storage, but you can start small and move up with ease. Negotiate."
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Comparison Review

it_user186357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect with 51-200 employees
Jan 28, 2015
NetApp vs. XtremIO
Is there another storage platform as feature rich as NetApp FAS? I think it is fair to say that NetApp FAS running Clustered Data ONTAP is a very feature rich platform – the move to the clustered version of ONTAP has brought many next-generation features including Scale-out and Non-disruptive…
 

Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Construction Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Outsourcing Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business71
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise159
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Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise47
Large Enterprise242
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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise4
 

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Pure Storage FlashArray
NetApp All Flash FAS, NetApp AFF, NetApp Flash FAS
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DreamWorks Animation, FICO, Yahoo! Japan
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