We performed a comparison between NetApp AFF and Tintri VMstore 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.
"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 an easy to use product for all of my team members."
"This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"We can store more for a cheaper price as opposed to paying for larger devices and larger rack spaces which get outdated sooner and which we'd have to change every two years. It simplifies storage for us."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"The deduplication and compression meet all of our system requirements."
"The ease of use, the SnapMirror capabilities, the cloning, and the efficiencies are all good features."
"Multi-protocol is the most valuable feature for us. It does everything in one system: sifts, EBES, ISCSI, and fiber channel. Other systems don't do all that."
"The most valuable features of this solution are snapshotting and cloning."
"I actually did major projects where we used NetApp storage for some government agencies, and we were able to keep the storage where the government or the customer is able to own the storage while using AWS as their computing. That part was helpful to the customer."
"The Active IQ feature is a productive mechanism that automatically collects reports and users' statuses."
"The most valuable features of the solution are speed, performance, and reliability."
"If you need a replacement part, they will provide it."
"AFF has improved my organization because we now have better performance. We can scale up and we can create servers a lot faster now. With the storage that we had, it used to take a lot longer, but now we can provide the business what they need a lot faster."
"You can control resources on a per VM basis to ensure that contention in resources does not hamper performance."
"Its VM-aware features have been excellent to use and integrate with XenServer as well."
"The data encryption feature adds a valuable security enhancement with no impact on performance."
"The ease and use and the great performance are why we went with our 2nd Tintri VMstore."
"Support from our vendor and Tintri are brilliant. They have always answered all of our questions promptly."
"It is great for finding problems where VMs are hogging all the performance."
"It’s very good at IOPS."
"It has easy setup, easy administration, and no LUNs!"
"We've had it in place for about a year and a half and have had zero complaints, other than that box-to-box replication is not encrypted."
"Automation could be simplified."
"I think replication is one area that still needs improvement. Earlier, Pure Storage FlashArray only had IP-based replication. There was no API-based replication, but they have enhanced the feature now. However, they need to work on API replication for C-type of arrays."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"It would be better if they just improved the performance of the system."
"Sometimes, NetApp support could be better. When the customers escalate, it can feel like everything's starting from scratch. These are rare cases. I'm not directly involved in support, but that's what I hear when something doesn't work."
"On the roadmap, NetApp is improving the solution's storage efficiency, compression algorithms to achieve more space savings, and the management interfaces. We are looking forward to these feature additions in the next release."
"We would like to have NVMe on FabricPool working because it broke our backups. We enabled FabricPool to do the tiering from our AFFs to our Webscale but it sort of broke our Cobalt backups."
"NetApp should offer more training so everyone can learn about the products. Other vendors have a lot of training options. It would be great if NetApp would highlight how to use the features more so that every admin or person can gain more knowledge about this technology."
"There are no pNFS with VMware VVOLs."
"There is no direct storage attachment available. Most configurations require additional switches for data access."
"We have had trouble with restoring applications, and if there is more support for application-aware backups then that would be great."
"I would like it to have the ability to store data other than virtual machines. At the moment, you can only connect VMs to it, and that’s a bit disappointing."
"Tintri need to be able to innovate faster but maintain the quality of their features."
"The Tintri Analytics site is excellent for long-term trending, but more data would be great."
"What I feel would be nice, in terms of a wishlist, is scalability. Rather than replacing the whole appliance, I would like to be able to just add another unit and scale it like that."
"Tintri's Cloud Connector currently only goes to AWS and IBM Cloud, and we don't use either because we're Microsoft Silver Partners. It would be great to get the Cloud Connector feature with Azure. If it's not already on Tintri's roadmap, that's something I'd like to see."
"It would be beneficial if Tintri could identify issues through telemetry and notify us before we need to contact them."
"I'm waiting to see the Kubernetes package. I know they're releasing one, but I haven't seen it yet."
"The biggest area for improvement, and there has been some roadmap work in this area already, is cloud integration... Tintri has been investing in this area and I'm sure will continue to, but cloud integration has been the biggest area that we've been crossing our fingers and hoping for quick development around."
NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 280 reviews while Tintri VMstore is ranked 15th in All-Flash Storage with 61 reviews. NetApp AFF is rated 9.0, while Tintri VMstore is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of NetApp AFF writes "Since switching, our clients have reported improved performance and reduced latency". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tintri VMstore writes "We were able to push a button—it really is that simple—and flip primary and secondary storage locations". NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series, whereas Tintri VMstore is most compared with Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble Storage, VMware vSAN, DDN IntelliFlash and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our NetApp AFF vs. Tintri VMstore report.
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