We performed a comparison between Pure Storage FlashArray and VMware vSAN 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 system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe has low latency and high Ops. It is an evergreen model."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"It helps to simplify storage because it has an easy front-end to access everything."
"It reduces space and the polar consumption. It also accelerates the application."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"Support has been helpful."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"We've found the solution to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature of VMware vSAN is the ease of management. VMware vSAN it's a part of VMware ESXi and when you do patching for VMware ESXi, VMware vSAN receives the patches too."
"The most valuable feature is that it is software-defined storage. Also, being able to do maintenance on the fly is a real benefit: migrating off, updating, and then moving the guest back on to the nodes."
"It is easy to find information out there, not only from searching the web, but even the times I have engaged VMware support."
"VMware vSAN is a global solution, so we can manage all the storage solutions in one place. It's embedded in VCI solutions."
"The implementation is simple, it was very straightforward. It took us approximately three weeks because it was installed in four locations."
"The vSAN features we've found most helpful are live application migrations and storage policies. It has storage, policies, application, and DRS policies. Automation is there."
"The most valuable features are ease of deployment, and ease of management. If you compare it to other software-defined storage products, it's much easier. It's a checkbox. It's lot easier to manage."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"It is on the expensive side."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"Our use cases require more multi-tenant capabilities and additional VLAN interfaces for separating different customers. We currently use it to provide storage, sometimes shared storage, to different customers, but it is less flexible in comparison to a dedicated solution."
"We need better data deduplication."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"It should be easier to use."
"I would like more integration with the hardware when it comes to disc types and supporting the newer types of storage."
"The price can be reduced. Small businesses cannot afford this solution."
"Perhaps they could provide encryption without having to use an encryption manager."
"he list of hardware supported should be increased in the future."
"As no product is 100% perfect, the price for VMware vSAN could still be improved, though it is good when compared to some of its competitors."
"It would be ideal if clients didn't need to monitor the solution on a daily basis."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered some intelligent monitoring."
Pure Storage FlashArray is ranked 3rd in All-Flash Storage with 174 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 3rd in HCI with 219 reviews. Pure Storage FlashArray is rated 9.2, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashArray writes "Effective provisioning, helpful support, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". Pure Storage FlashArray is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and NetApp AFF.
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