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INFINIDAT InfiniBox vs NetApp AFF comparison

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Categories and Ranking

INFINIDAT InfiniBox
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise SAN (7th)
NetApp AFF
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
315
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (2nd), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. INFINIDAT InfiniBox is designed for Enterprise SAN and holds a mindshare of 8.4%, up 2.3% compared to last year.
NetApp AFF, on the other hand, focuses on All-Flash Storage, holds 7.0% mindshare, down 9.5% since last year.
Enterprise SAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
INFINIDAT InfiniBox8.4%
Dell PowerStore13.3%
Dell PowerVault11.9%
Other66.4%
Enterprise SAN
All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp AFF7.0%
Dell PowerStore8.5%
Everpure FlashArray6.7%
Other77.8%
All-Flash Storage
 

Featured Reviews

GM
Project Deployment at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Good performance, suitable for big data, but the response time could be improved
The primary use case for this product is high-performance storage This product has good performance. It is similar to the Dell PowerMax and Pure Storage FlashArray. The InfiniBox has three active controllers. The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution…
Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Unified storage has delivered efficient AI analytics and low latency for critical workloads
There might be some lag or response time with respect to support cases, but even then I will rate it 8.5 out of 10. All of this is the same for all product ranges, whether E-series, NetApp AFF, or FAS series, because they are very efficient to respond. The only reason I rated it 8.5 is because the warehouse for spare parts, when a problem comes, a spare is needed to replace it, for example, a disk. In Pakistan, they have only one warehouse in Karachi. This warehouse manages all the problems when a problem comes. They ship the part based on the customer use case and customer service request. That is the only reason I rate it 8.5 because they have only one warehouse in Pakistan, which is in Karachi. For example, if a problem comes in Islamabad, it will take time to deliver the spare because the part will be shipped from Karachi to Islamabad, which will take around maybe a day. Other OEMs have their warehouses in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi also. In terms of part replacement requirements, they are very efficient in that area because they have warehouses in multiple cities of Pakistan.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Mostly, their support is also great at reacting to issues but moreover, proactive to prevent issues."
"Its ease of use, smooth integration into the existing environment, quick and easy management, the number of other features available such as snaps, remote replica, etc are valuable features."
"Overall, this is a good product with good performance."
"It makes the applications faster for production, there are no complaints from users about slowness, and performance is the main benefit of the All-Flash FAS, which has made us more efficient because we are an oil and gas company with 24/7 operations that cannot stop for any reason."
"We needed something faster than NFC, and we now have a 30 second latency, down from 60 seconds."
"We have not had any downtime with the FAS series."
"NetApp AFF has reduced our application response time, and in some cases, our applications have gone from almost unusable to instantaneous response times."
"So, my experience overall with NetApp has been great and the product is really great."
"With the All Flash FAS, we could see that there are oodles of power, not only from disc utilization figures on the actual storage backend but also from the CPU consumption of the storage controllers."
"I would rate NetApp AFF a ten out of ten as it is an excellent solution."
"We have SQL clusters across the United States. It has sped up our IOPS and made it a lot easier for users."
 

Cons

"The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution from Pure Storage."
"The solution isn’t scalable by itself. It’s a self-contained storage solution, i.e., if you need more space, buy another box."
"InfiniBox, right now, offers only asynchronous replication between two storages."
"Implementation needs to be improved."
"NetApp could improve its security and AI features. In the latest version, I would like to see some ransomware protection."
"I'd like to see a web-based front end in addition to the CLI."
"A cluster mode setup is quite complex, generally speaking, and quite involved; not as intuitive as I would like it to be."
"To get the performance in Azure has been a challenge. We're moving everything to Azure."
"Lower the price. I would say being forced as a small shop wanting to go to All-Flash and being forced to buy all of the licenses that we don't use and we don't need, that was a bummer, and that was a stretch as far as convincing management."
"In terms of improvement, IO performance could use some enhancement."
"When you look at the competitors, they have some features available, for example on the deduplication side.​"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The best features come included without any additional cost."
"The license covers any feature and also, the future features are already included. It is as easy as a 1, 2 and 3."
"It can get a little expensive if you need to add more disks. The cost is a pain point for us, especially in terms of expansion."
"I looked at other vendors for other potential projects and thought NetApp's pricing was very competitive."
"Our space savings through dedupe and compression is over 50 percent, so we are saving. I think our 8080s has 20TBs. We are saving at least 10TBs and that's over 50 percent of the capacity that we're using."
"We would like it to be free."
"With other options, you need to buy a couple of different products to achieve the same outcome."
"The price of NetApp is very expensive, but we don't know how much Pure is, so we can't compare."
"NetApps offers a lot of different options. Just take your time and work with the consulting teams. Lay out what your needs are to ensure you are purchasing what will help you be successful."
"ATTO bridges add to the total cost of the system."
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Comparison Review

it_user186357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect with 51-200 employees
Jan 28, 2015
NetApp vs. XtremIO
Is there another storage platform as feature rich as NetApp FAS? I think it is fair to say that NetApp FAS running Clustered Data ONTAP is a very feature rich platform – the move to the clustered version of ONTAP has brought many next-generation features including Scale-out and Non-disruptive…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise47
Large Enterprise242
 

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Also Known As

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NetApp All Flash FAS, NetApp AFF, NetApp Flash FAS
 

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