Dell XtremIO pros and cons

The most valuable feature of Dell EMC XtremIO is the data protection (DP) group, it is one of the most advanced features in these types of arrays. The dedupe and compression that this array provides both do a superb job.

A valuable feature of XtremIO is that, in terms of administration, it's simple and manageable.

The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution.

Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads.

XtremIO is very stable.

Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good.

In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services.

If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this.

I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering.

XtremIO is coming to its end of life.

Dell's technical support could be better.

XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability.