DDN IntelliFlash vs Reduxio [EOL] comparison

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Everpure FlashArray

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Sowjanya MV

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.

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Anil Rahulwar

L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini

Good customer service and support and suitable for large environments

It is very easy to install. Users don't need to remember anything while deploying IntelliFlash because everything will be taken care of by tech support. They can easily modify the installation or change the password with the help of the tech support. It is very easy to integrate IntelliFlash with other solutions. We have plugins that can be integrated with other solutions. It will require maintenance. It is the same as any other storage solution: updates and upgrades, firmware upgrades, and drive upgrades.

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ITAdmini18be

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.

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Pros

"The support has been very good from Pure Storage FlashArray."

"The solution offers amazing performance."

"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."

"We were previously on legacy storage systems, and after moving to Pure Storage, our stability and performance both drastically improved."

"The biggest lesson that I have learned from using Pure FlashArray is that it's user-friendly, easy to manage, and very flexible."

"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."

"It is simple, powerful, and a beautiful solution."

"The benefits were realized right away. Between the flash array and the compression, you can really see how good it is. Our databases run a lot better now."

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"High performance and ease-of-management are the most valuable features."

"EasyTier/hotcaching: Valuable because it allows greater performance than standard SAS disks Cheaper than pure solid state without needing to actively manage where the data is located."

"It has cut batch job runtime in half, so we're seeing performance improvement throughout the organization."

"It provides a combination of all the protocols that you need, without losing deduplication and compression."

"Ease of Use: Someone can learn it in only few hours Performance: Easy Tier is doing miracles Data Compression: Up to 80% space reduction in the database"

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"It performed great originally, and when it performed great, it was awesome."

"It's very fast. We were seeing read latencies of less than one millisecond. It is robust."

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"The performance increase is significant over our replaced storage, our servers respond lightning fast and the end user experience has greatly improved."

"After all the evaluations of other alternatives, we chose Reduxio."

"The ability to target existing remote storage with NoRestore is going to allow us to leverage existing storage without an increased financial investment."

"The HTML5 UI is clean, easy to navigate, and very intuitive."

"We got performance, price, easy management and peace of mind."

"The support has been so responsive and great, they feel like one of our staff members."

"I have an every second undo button for all my applications. I call Reduxio "the ransomware killer"."

"We were also pleased to learn that Reduxio also has, beside dedup and compression that actually works, the "time machine" built in, which allows you to go back a few seconds or a few minutes before a ransomware attack gets you."

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Cons

"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."

"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."

"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."

"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."

"Automation could be simplified."

"Pure Storage's logs could provide more visibility to the end-user. The logging algorithms are different from those of other vendors. For example, Cisco's logs provide extensive troubleshooting data, whereas Pure Storage logs offer limited information. We have to contact support to get more information."

"With the introduction of Albireo technology and 81x data de-duplication reduction, Pure Storage better start looking at more effective de-duplication techniques."

"There are a lot of things to improve."

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"Performance is horrible now. Our original intent was to buy new storage in about two years. But since it became a critical urgency for us, we decided to purchase a new one in two or three months."

"In the proxy section you can’t choose a user account and password, so it is not allowed at the moment to go out, if customer has such constellation."

"It only keeps one hour of real-time data without the ability to do deep analysis of each element."

"They need to offer better integration for a virtual platform to enable you to create hyper-converged solution."

"Technical support is bad. It'd grade them at 30% or 40%. The response time is terrible."

"Snapshots are not as easy to access as on a NetApp device."

"It's annoying that if you turn on SMB3 (as opposed to the earlier CIFS protocol), then it is not possible to access a file store using a mixture of SMB and NFS."

"In future releases, I look forward to more AI features."

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"If Reduxio could manage multiple Reduxio systems within the same dashboard, or manage them as a single mode, it be very, very helpful for us."

"the only thing I would say negative about Reduxio is the cabling was a little bit confusing at first, but now that we understand it, it's easy. It was just so different from what we've seen before. That was the only hard part to get used to. The storage array is fully redundant, so there are some cross-connect cables that you have to run, from the A side to the B side, and the B side back to the A side, and we've just never seen anything like that before. But now that I understand the design, it makes complete sense. But initially it was confusing."

"The latest release limits web access to the admin console via Chrome only, and that's a bit of a hassle. Would definitely prefer something less restrictive there."

"The ability to look at data at a file level would be useful, as well as the ability recover at that level. Right now, you can only recover whole volumes."

"They're trying to do this, but they need to show more what their growth plan is, the development, what the next steps are, the future."

"Would love to have role-based access and an active directory integration."

"It would be helpful to have a mobile app to monitor the storage array remotely."

"It would be nice feature if the GUI had an option to export the current unit configuration to a file or an email recipient. In case of a disaster, this way it would be quicker to get a replacement unit up and running again."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price was slightly higher than others, but competitive, if you consider all the other features that you get from it."

"I would rate it a seven out of ten for pricing. It could be improved."

"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray is expensive."

"I would rate the pricing of Pure Storage FlashArray a five out of ten. It is expensive but not too much."

"It was less expensive than some of the alternatives. It's not as though it was a premium price to get that kind of quality. It's a very competitive product from a price perspective..."

"Pricing is very competitive, and it's better than other competitors."

"When we bought the unit, we bought per capacity. So, the licensing is per capacity, and the only thing that we have to buy every year or every three years is maintenance. Included in that maintenance is the upgrade of the controllers every three years at no cost to us."

"We lost a lot of customers because we couldn't compete on price with other vendors."

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"I think we pay around 100 grand per year for three arrays or four arrays."

"I recommend the full bundle software in order to have all the functionality. It is more expensive to purchase it one by one."

"ROI is how much (time, money, resources) you will save in case of a ransomware attack because you had this box."

"It was the best price for capacity and speed on a hybrid array I could find."

"Only one device is sold. Negotiate the initial storage, but you can start small and move up with ease. Negotiate."

"The licensing is very simple with Reduxio. It is actually one of the attractions, unlike some of the other products. The other product we're using, in some of its incarnations, has extremely complex pricing, with every spindle having an associated license and fees. With Reduxio it's very simple. For the box - the hardware comes in essentially one configuration for the chassis, the unit (and you can buy multiple units and daisy-chain them) - there is no "a-la-carte," so many drives of this kind or that kind, etc. It has a basic hardware configuration. Then, through the software license, they allocate or assign you the right to use the full capacity, or half of it, or a quarter of it. Of course, if you're not using the full capacity but need to, it is a simple phone call to upgrade. It's as simple as it gets."

"Reduxio’s licensing model is quite attractive. All licenses are included in the product pricing."

"I think the pricing is good value, because you're not just buying a storage array, you're buying a backup solution and a DR solution and a "time machine" solution, all bundled in one storage array. When we had NetApp storage we had to then go out and buy a copy of Veeam which is a backup solution. With the Reduxio, you still need to do backups but you don't need that software product."

"For less money than my previous solution, I receive way more performance and backup features that far surpass anything on the market."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Construction Company

19%

Outsourcing Company

14%

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Small Business

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Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	161

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...

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The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

Tegile, IntelliFlash N-Series, IntelliFlash T-Series, IntelliFlash HD-Series

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Overview

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

DDN IntelliFlash offers impressive protocol support, deduplication, compression, and produces sub-millisecond latencies. Its ease of management and flexible performance features address storage and power savings needs, enhancing virtual environments and SQL databases.

Known for straightforward setup and management simplicity, DDN IntelliFlash delivers high performance with multipathing for redundancy. The Easy Tier feature boosts performance effortlessly, and users benefit from significant storage and power efficiencies. While reading latencies remain below one millisecond, enhancements are needed in call-home alerts and the codebase. Frequent hardware failures and support issues are challenges. Despite these areas of improvement, DDN IntelliFlash suits virtualization, achieving scalability with thousands of disks, vital for ERP and Citrix operations.

What are the key features of DDN IntelliFlash?

Protocol Support: Extensive protocol compatibility ensures streamlined data processes.
Deduplication and Compression: Significant data reduction and optimized storage usage.
Multipathing for Redundancy: Provides increased reliability and availability.
Easy Tier: Automates performance enhancements without complex management.
Built-in AI Features: AI integration supports smarter data management.

What benefits and ROI can users achieve?

Enhanced Performance: Delivers low-latency operation improving application response times.
Scalability: Supports growth in demanding environments like ERP systems.
Storage Optimization: Achieves considerable storage and power cost reductions.
Efficient Management: Simplifies IT operations with easy setup and management.
Flexibility: Adapts to different workload demands, supporting a range of applications.

DDN IntelliFlash implementations in sectors such as airlines showcase its capabilities in handling significant storage loads, such as large-scale ERP and Citrix operations. Organizations leverage its scalability for extensive disk management, indicative of a flexible approach to meet virtual system demands efficiently.

DataDirect Networks

Reduxio's HX550 flash hybrid storage arrays, based on Reduxio's TimeOS storage operating system allow you to recover application data to any second in the past, eliminates most of the complexity associated with managing storage, and provides exceptional performance and efficiency, far exceeding anything available today.

Reduxio

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Bank of Stockton, Barnsley College, Boyes Turner, Brigham Young University

Array Networks, Barnstable Police Department, Catbird, Dingley Press, El Dorado County Office of Education, One Workplace

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