2019-06-23T09:40:00Z

What needs improvement with NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5Leaderboard
2023-12-27T10:22:07Z
Dec 27, 2023

The only major drawback is the replication between EF-Series units. Both the EF-series and NetApp are marketing this feature, but it is not functional yet. However, I believe NetApp is actively working on improving this feature and implementing the replication feature between storage systems.

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Top 20
2023-10-18T09:37:00Z
Oct 18, 2023

I've observed an issue when creating a new storage solution with NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays. If we turn off the cache on the controller, we encounter packet flooding. It's a technical issue that I believe could be addressed for better functionality, although it doesn't seem critical.

Enric Cuixeres - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-08-17T10:00:24Z
Aug 17, 2023

The initial setup phase of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is not straightforward and needs improvement.

RP
Reseller
Top 5
2023-08-14T07:29:04Z
Aug 14, 2023

A disadvantage of NetApp stems from the fact that it does not have a product, like Isilon, that offers object-oriented storage. NetApp needs to focus on making its product more compatible with other tools and curb the extra charges they attach to their standard licenses.

SA
Real User
2022-01-05T07:23:05Z
Jan 5, 2022

We have used IBM previously. We found that the storage from IBM was poor and we chose NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays because it can scale very easily.

SS
Reseller
2021-03-23T22:42:56Z
Mar 23, 2021

The solution should really build out a more hyper-converged product. In Indonesia, there are many competitors for hyper-converged products, such as Nutanix and VxRail from Dell. Those products in particular are so strong. They need to improve the NetApp for hyper-converged solutions. Whereas, NetApp for storage is still pretty strong in Indonesia. The dashboard could be simplified. There are many, many features on NetApp, and they could be combined onto one centralized dashboard for ease of use and access.

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SS
Real User
2021-03-18T16:14:18Z
Mar 18, 2021

Its pricing should be better. Its price is competitive, but they need to improve the pricing. They have different licensing models, which they need to improve. My expectation was cloud integration, which they have, but it is a different license. Therefore, people cannot enjoy it. If I want to use it, I need to pay extra. There is a cost involved for everything, but it should reach everyone. It is similar to having a Rolls-Royce, but you need to pay extra for the key. If you want the key, you need to pay.

IT
Real User
2020-10-04T06:40:32Z
Oct 4, 2020

All-Flash is made by Solid State Disk, it's not like HDD or spinning disk. The price is important, and we would like to have it less expensive. Better integration with other brands is important so we would like to see it easier to integrate.

MY
Real User
2020-02-09T08:17:01Z
Feb 9, 2020

I would like to have the ability to replicate data between All Flash and other NetApp storage systems. Better monitoring should be implemented.

CS
Real User
2020-01-12T12:03:00Z
Jan 12, 2020

The price of the All Flash solution is very high.

PR
Real User
2020-01-05T07:29:00Z
Jan 5, 2020

There is a lot of room for improvement. What I don't like is that they do not create barriers in the areas. The data management is based on the software and they do not use segmentation on the storage. That is the main problem - there is no segmentation. You cannot segment the data on the database. You put the data there but you don't know where the data goes on each disk. The information will be there but there is no segmentation. There needs to be improvement in data segmentation. In future releases, I'd like to see federation and segmentation. Those are the big problems with NetApp at the moment. Compared to HP, Dell and HPE 3PAR, they cannot do the federation which is very important. We have to do remote replication and work with two or more storage sites in different locations. If I have a site and I have a second or third site - they require working federation and NetApp cannot do this right now.

MC
Real User
2019-09-19T08:39:00Z
Sep 19, 2019

For us, in our country, the solution is a bit expensive. They should try to work on a better pricing model for our market. NetApp could improve the speed of the rebuilding rate.

VP
Real User
Top 20
2019-09-19T08:39:00Z
Sep 19, 2019

We cannot share data in what is described as a trunk port, which is a disadvantage. Technical support is an area that needs improvement. In the next release, I would like to have staged access. The administrator would be able to connect to all of the storage and see real-time performance and issues, not only in the web interface. If the administrator is working on the console they should have access to all interfaced controllers.

YA
Real User
2019-09-15T16:43:00Z
Sep 15, 2019

We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly. If the pricing of equipment were more discounted in Egypt then it would be better. The implementation could be faster.

MC
Real User
2019-08-29T08:53:00Z
Aug 29, 2019

The pricing could be cheaper and it should have documentation in more languages, specifically, Russian. They should develop faster building for the next release.

VM
Real User
2019-07-10T12:01:00Z
Jul 10, 2019

The product might be improved with additional features for encryption. I think they do not do enough with encryption and that would make it more flexible and useful. I would also like to features that better support the product implementation with cloud solutions. If the problem we need to resolve is with cloud solutions, the product is not so easy compared to other products for easily integrating the cloud data. A cloud solution is important to implement.

OC
Real User
2019-07-02T06:57:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any improvements other than perhaps better integration with some of our Cisco products.

it_user1013601 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-06-23T09:40:00Z
Jun 23, 2019

One thing that may need to improve is the software monitoring as it is based on a work station that is serviced to give support to the management. The manager may not be as fast on board the controller, so it needs something else to make it easier to manage. Managing the storage is, therefore, the only single point of failure.

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