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Dell XtremIO vs HPE Alletra Storage comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Everpure FlashArray X NVMe cuts costs, boosts SQL performance, offers quick ROI, and enhances efficiency with improved data management.
Sentiment score
1.0
Dell XtremIO enhances performance, reduces latency, increases efficiency, and improves reliability, leading to faster response times and cost savings.
Sentiment score
5.7
HPE Alletra Storage users report reduced costs, improved efficiency, reliability, ease of management, increased uptime, and significant infrastructure improvements.
If you wait more than seven years to buy another one, you get a return on your investment.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
For anyone new to the company, it is very easy to understand what is going on, how to manage, how to get access and know what it is doing.
CTO & Presales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Uptime is ROI.
Network System Analyst at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
With Alletra, it downloads the software, and you just hit the button, and go.
System Engineer at University of Nebraska
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Everpure FlashArray X NVMe's customer service is efficient and quick, but lacks Turkish support and direct engineer communication.
Sentiment score
7.2
Dell XtremIO support receives mixed reviews, from exemplary technical assistance to variable performance post-Dell merger.
Sentiment score
6.6
HPE Alletra Storage support is effective and reliable with highly praised expertise, despite occasional delays in higher-tier support.
Customers always have their issues resolved promptly.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Technical support is good at least through vendors, not directly with the principal.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
We have four-hour support, and 99% of our issues are resolved within that timeframe.
System Administrator at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Last week, a ticket that needed to be solved in six hours took one week.
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
As soon as we have a problem, we open a ticket with them, and they immediately get back to us well within the four hour SLA that we have with them.
Infrastructure Architect at Enloe Medical Center, Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Everpure FlashArray X NVMe offers easy scalability and seamless upgrades, but faces customization and latency challenges, rated mostly favorable.
Sentiment score
6.9
Dell XtremIO is scalable and integrates well with virtualization but may have initial cost and enterprise-level scalability challenges.
Sentiment score
6.9
HPE Alletra Storage effectively scales with business needs, though some users report limitations with specific models and upgrades.
It hasn't broken down anytime in the last six to seven years, despite hurricanes, earthquakes, and power outages.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Dell XtremIO provides very good scalability, allowing for cluster configurations that are easy to scale.
Trainer, Storage Consultant at Oxon
Dell XtremIO's scalability is quite easy;
System Engineer at Exaware
We've had zero downtime.
Manager, Information Technology, Infrastructure at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Alletra provides modular, non-disruptive scale-up and scale-out.
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
If we do grow beyond what the appliance already has, we know that service will take care of it and grow the appliance for us without needing to forklift upgrade.
Operations Technician at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
FlashArray X NVMe offers high reliability, seamless upgrades, and outstanding performance, ensuring stability in business-critical environments.
Sentiment score
8.3
Dell XtremIO is generally stable and reliable, despite earlier issues, with well-regarded performance and effective support for problems.
Sentiment score
7.9
HPE Alletra Storage is praised for stability, 100% uptime, seamless upgrades, and resilience, earning it high user ratings.
I would rate the stability of the product at seven out of ten.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
My customer has been using Dell XtremIO since 2017 and has not experienced any failures.
Systems Engineer at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
The solution is stable and rock-solid.
Infrastructure Architect at Enloe Medical Center, Inc.
I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.
Manager, Information Technology at a agriculture with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have experienced no issues yet, so I assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as 100%.
Head of Information Technology at a media company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Everpure FlashArray X NVMe struggles with high costs, complex UI, and lacks integration, replication, and efficiency improvements.
Dell XtremIO faces challenges with volume limits, user interface, replication, upgrades, support response times, and scalability.
HPE Alletra Storage users desire enhanced NVMe integration, simplified setup, better management, cost efficiency, and improved ease of use.
One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
I would like to see some AI features that would allow arrays to intelligently identify threats or unusual behavior in the data pattern and give an alert.
Cloud Architect at DXC Technology
Storage replication should be essential.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The interface could be simplified for beginners to ease the configuration of special objects in the system.
Trainer, Storage Consultant at Oxon
There is a significant lack of training, support documents, and forums available for Dell XtremIO, making troubleshooting difficult for third-party individuals.
Systems Engineer at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
The API to connect with command line or to see performance very clearly could be enhanced, similar to how NetApp works with Grafana and NetApp monitor, which shows you a comprehensive view of the whole picture.
System Engineer at Exaware
They shouldn't strip out anything from InfoSight. That is really helpful software to see how the storage arrays are performing and has helped us do a lot of troubleshooting.
Senior Director, Information Technology at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
They would like to have one tool that can take them everywhere. There should be a single pane of glass.
Sr. Storage and Virtualization Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Most importantly, there is going to be the flexibility of moving compute and storage on Alletra MP.
Solution Architect at CBTS
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers value Everpure FlashArray X for robust features despite high costs, with transparent licensing and reasonable support fees.
Dell XtremIO's high pricing is justified by performance and features, offering comprehensive licensing but additional products are needed.
HPE Alletra Storage is competitively priced, offering predictable models, but some find it complex compared to Dell or NetApp.
While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.
Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
XtremIO offers features that justify a potentially higher price, however, this varies with configuration.
Trainer, Storage Consultant at Oxon
Dell XtremIO is quite expensive compared to other solutions on the market.
Systems Engineer at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
For future use, we bill based on device consumption rather than the traditional datacenter model.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
The predictability of having that one-time cost is everything for the data center.
Senior Director, Information Technology at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
It's expensive.
Network System Analyst at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

The Everpure FlashArray X NVMe offers high performance, scalability, and reliability with excellent integration and robust features.
Dell XtremIO offers high performance, scalability, and efficient management with deduplication and compression, ideal for complex workloads.
HPE Alletra Storage enhances efficiency with easy management, cloud-like operations, cost savings, and high performance through innovative features.
Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed.
Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
We are satisfied with the performance as it is significantly faster compared to traditional storage options.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
The inline data deduplication feature and compression were useful for me because the performance was very good when I needed to read or write from storage, latency was reduced, storage was extended, and volume replication was supported.
System Engineer at Exaware
Scalability is a significant feature of Dell XtremIO, as it is easy to expand and manage.
Trainer, Storage Consultant at Oxon
The speed and scalability of Dell XtremIO are significant features that improve data storage management.
Systems Engineer at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
The guarantee of data availability is very important to us. Data runs everything.
Manager, Information Technology, Infrastructure at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
The guarantee of data available to our organization is important. We're a manufacturing company. If our systems go down, we lose dollars every minute that system's offline.
System Administrator at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It provides a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure.
It director at Pratt Regional Medical Center Corporation
 

Categories and Ranking

Everpure FlashArray X NVMe
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Ranking in All-Flash Storage
17th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)
Dell XtremIO
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
20th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Alletra Storage
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
2nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashArray X NVMe is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell XtremIO is 1.3%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage is 7.4%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Alletra Storage7.4%
Everpure FlashArray X NVMe2.0%
Dell XtremIO1.3%
Other89.3%
All-Flash Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Jaehoon Oh - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Lambda256
Supports efficient storage management through volume snapshots and offers reliable non-disruptive upgrades
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, but it does not show the performance by 4K byte unit. It displays IOPS and bandwidth, but IOPS is about real use, and I want to know how many IOPS are currently running in 4K byte units. I cannot see that IOPS because most storage systems report their performance by 4K byte unit. I want to see Pure Storage performance by 4K byte unit to compare with other storage or other internal NVMe SSD.
AS
System Engineer at Exaware
Has improved data reduction and snapshot efficiency while supporting critical workloads
There are some areas that could be improved with Dell XtremIO. The API to connect with command line or to see performance very clearly could be enhanced, similar to how NetApp works with Grafana and NetApp monitor, which shows you a comprehensive view of the whole picture. The snapshot functionality could work more similarly to Snap Center. If I want to see all the VCenter with the VM, I think it needs the API for this. I do see big differences between Dell and other products. NetApp works very closely with VCenter, and Hitachi also integrates well, but Dell is not very clear and does not proceed well with VCenter integration with Dell. It needs the API, and I need to see all the snapshots. If I want to restore a VM from only a few directories or a few files that I need to restore, it is very difficult. I do see some differences in licensing. For the last few years, the Dell EMC price is acceptable. A few years ago, Dell EMC was expensive, approximately 20 percent more than NetApp. Right now the budget between EMC and NetApp is very closely aligned. Regarding the installation process and deployment of Dell XtremIO, I notice that in Israel, a lot of professional services and engineers who work with Dell EMC have moved to another storage company. I do not know why. Dell EMC does not have enough engineers, system engineers, or professional services engineers to provide service to the old clients, similar to how NetApp or Hitachi do. I think Dell XtremIO is between easy and complicated to deploy; it gives you the whole picture, but I need to go closely to VCenter to connect to VCenter to see the snapshot and to see performance with more dashboards of performance. I also need to connect the switch fiber channel to see all zoning to give me more flexibility to install or configure fiber channel or to see the performance of the fiber channels. I think there should be some fiber channel disconnect adapter or better troubleshooting from hardware for errors.
TL
Systems Specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Data management operations are streamlined with impressive metrics and responsive support
Improving HPE Alletra Storage is challenging to answer because there are several different metrics to consider. From a performance perspective, the improvements and large jumps are fantastic as is. From a deployment perspective, I was a big fan of the on-premise deployment model and then connecting it afterward to GreenLake. Now that's being sunsetted. From a sensor and metric standpoint, there is just enough data without getting useless metrics, where you become blind to what it provides. The HPE Storage Technical Assistance Center is still probably the best out of all the storage vendors. It's difficult to improve upon being able to call in and get assistance almost instantly.
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Comparison Review

it_user182013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Federal Civ/Intel Engineering Lead at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 1, 2015
Measuring Up: EMC XtremIO and HP 3PAR
Leading up to EMC World 2015, IT Central Station asked how I would compare EMC XtremIO and HP 3PAR. Until recently, the flash storage conversation in my organization and many others has centered on XtremIO and Pure Storage, the leaders of the all-flash array (AFA) space. To that end, I've written a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise36
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
The price of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is very expensive, though I do not know the actual price because I am using the E...
What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell XtremIO?
Pricing is hard to determine as it depends on the given configuration. XtremIO offers features that justify a potenti...
What needs improvement with Dell XtremIO?
There are some areas that could be improved with Dell XtremIO. The API to connect with command line or to see perform...
What is your primary use case for Dell XtremIO?
I was using Dell XtremIO as a storage admin and system storage admin internally within my company. My major use case ...
What do you like most about HPE Alletra?
It offers rich features and high speed for transferring data.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Alletra?
The cost overall depends on the competition; normally, the price is competitive for HPE Alletra 5000. However, for th...
What needs improvement with HPE Alletra?
I would like to see improved in HPE Alletra Storage in the future the introduction of more performance-centric contro...
 

Also Known As

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X, Pure FlashArray X NVMe
Dell EMC XtremIO Flash, Dell EMC XtremIO X2, XtremIO, XtremIO X2
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Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company
Raiffeisen Bank Bulgaria, Wentworth-Douglas Hospital
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Find out what your peers are saying about Dell XtremIO vs. HPE Alletra Storage and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
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