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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 8.3%, up 1.6% compared to last year.
NetApp AFF, on the other hand, focuses on All-Flash Storage, holds 7.3% mindshare, down 9.4% since last year.
Enterprise SAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
INFINIDAT InfiniBox8.3%
Dell PowerStore14.0%
Dell PowerVault12.3%
Other65.4%
Enterprise SAN
All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp AFF7.3%
Dell PowerStore9.1%
Everpure FlashArray6.9%
Other76.7%
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."
"Overall, this is a good product with good performance."
"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."
"I like NetApp AFF's deduplication."
"We just did a refresh about six months ago to the A700s and we have been very happy with the performance of those boxes."
"Scalability is excellent. If we need more space, it's a no downtime solution. It's harder to get the funding than it is to get the solution itself."
"If you are looking for high-performance, reliable, multi-tenancy supporting equipment, then this is a very valid, legitimate solution with a proven background and history."
"We have not had any downtime with the FAS series."
"The biggest benefit of NetApp AFF is the performance."
"Because we have the flash array, the queries to find this out will be much faster."
"The solution is great; the company is fantastic to work with."
 

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."
"Other than that, if this were a standalone purchase, pricing would definitely be an issue."
"This solution should be made easier to deploy."
"Their backup software could be improved."
"Cleaning up false positives on alerts. We get a lot of those."
"Our backup system, Commvault, has an amazing capacity to do compression and deduplication better than NetApp AFF by itself. If they can spend some time improving deduplication and compression, it would be great because it has been proven that some commercial features can do it."
"We have not used technical support specifically for this product, but in general, it's hit or miss."
"With what we pay for a node-pair and the OnCommand Unified Manager, there ought to be at least a third of that integration in performance monitoring and alerting."
"I would like for them to develop the ability to detach the fabric pool."
 

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."
"The total cost, the pricing of it, has gone up quite a bit."
"It's expensive but we think over time all the prices are going to go down."
"I understand the cost is less than many other storages of same/similar performance benchmark."
"It depends on how you look at things, but they are in a higher price range."
"I would like it to be a lot less expensive, but it's been a very good solution for us."
"We have been able to utilize and leverage equipment which was purchased a decade ago up until this past year. So, we were running disk shells for 13 years and all we were doing was upgrading the filings and controllers, and using the same disk shells. Therefore, we were able to do something where we didn't have to invest that much. Recently, we had to upgrade all our disk shells, but it was a lot less because the technology had changed a lot since those times. It is faster now, and we have SSDs. We have larger drives that are 4TBs and 6TBs. Everything can condense so we are saving disk shell space and rack space. We are paying less now than we did at that time"
"NetApp is getting too expensive."
"The list price of AFF is too expensive... they need to be careful with the pricing of the new NVMe disks. They are way too expensive."
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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
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
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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