Kaminario K2 [EOL] vs Tintri VMstore T7000 comparison

Silk and Tintri are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Additionally, 94% of Silk users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Tintri users who would recommend it.

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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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Engineerdb78

Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

A solution with a simple configuration and good stability but it's quite expensive

Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access. When we have a problem with this storage, it's usually related to a very bad configuration. All-Flash Storage is very, very expensive. They are important solutions so I don't really have any ideas about how to rectify this. The device could use better monitoring tools.

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Tanesh Kumar

Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited

Vm-aware storage has simplified vmware management and delivers strong deduplication and savings

There are many good features for Tintri VMstore T7000, especially its nature of understanding VMware. It is VM-aware storage, which is a very good characteristic. When any VM is moved from one host to another host, there is no way to see where it is running. It is very smooth in action. Trintri VMstore T7000 is totally autonomous. We have integrated it with our virtualization environment, so all the VMs and machines running in our environment move between one Tintri VMstore T7000 and another without requiring any manual intervention. The system can schedule resources from its own capabilities. If one Tintri VMstore T7000 becomes full, the machine will be moved to another automatically. This autonomous system is very beneficial. Nowadays, all storage comes with NVMe flash and all storage is coming with flash storages as well. Tintri VMstore T7000 is much easier to handle. We just need to integrate the whole Tintri VMstore T7000 with vCenter and all the work will be done by vCenter. If we want to check what the deduplication will be, there is a really good feature of Tintri VMstore T7000 called TGC. We can integrate all Tintri VMstore T7000 systems from one end and manage all of them from a single endpoint. The major benefit of using Tintri VMstore T7000 is its deduplication and compression ratio, which is around 4x to 5x. No other storage is giving that much ratio. This is really good and much cost-saving for the company. Administrative cost is reduced because Tintri VMstore T7000 gives us a single point where we can manage it. This is both time-saving and cost-saving.

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Pros

"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."

"The compression rate is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray. Additionally, it is all-flash storage with excellent IOPS, and hardware failures are very less."

"The ease of management is one of the most valuable features of this solution. I would have also said that it's pretty fast but now our SQL servers are starting to beat it up pretty bad."

"Everpure FlashArray is very good with AI development and is very suitable for low downtime and critical mission storage, so customers who need critical mission storage and those chasing performance should consider this solution."

"We have integrated the solution with VMware, and the process was seamless."

"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."

"The support from Pure Storage Flash Array is amazing."

"The performance is very good."

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"I think this product hits all the big features of all the SANs that are out there, all the storage vendors that are out there and more."

"Inline compression"

"Scale out is a differentiator for them, especially in the enterprise market. It's key for a lot of customers."

"Using snapshots allows us to automate production database refreshes to development environments in minutes, rather than in hours."

"Data reduction and snapshot abilities: Smaller footprint in the datacenter (lower cost for power, cooling, etc.)."

"It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.)."

"Rocketing IOPS results in performance we don't have to fixate on, so we can instead focus efforts on other layers in the stack, knowing that our SAN layer is lightning fast, with capacity to spare."

"Looking at what changed at Kaminario the last couple of months (and the last couple of years, for that matter) I’m certain we’ll see a lot of great innovation from Kaminario in their upcoming releases."

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"We love the real-time replication, ease of use when connecting our servers to the storage, and the level of redundancy inside the box... It's also simple software and integrates well with VMware so we get a lot of information about all of the VMs, how they're performing individually, and about network latency. That's very helpful when you're troubleshooting a slowdown."

"The big benefit to the organization is that we no longer have to worry about a few rogue VMs taking up performance resources on the SANs, which impacts all of our clients."

"Our engineers have much more time for more valuable things instead of storage management."

"The storage is VMware, so it knows how to optimize performance for VMs, which is what we use exclusively in our modern data center."

"The initial setup was absolutely straightforward."

"Customer service is excellent, whenever I call, I get somebody right on the line, and technical support is excellent, as the Tintri is smart enough to generate tickets on its own when there are issues and support is right there to help."

"Pricing is very competitive, so you get a lot of bang for your buck."

"Fast deployment for virtual machines"

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Cons

"If I need to change or troubleshoot the dashboard, I cannot do it without calling support. If I want to move something critical, I cannot do it by myself. The dashboard blocks me from changing those critical things."

"The product could improve by providing the capability to support NAS storage – CIFS and NFS."

"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."

"The initial setup of the product is complex."

"The price of the Pure Storage Flash Array is too high and there needs to be more contract clarity."

"I have been primarily working with storage and have not fully explored other areas, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to performance reporting."

"I wish they could collaborate more with the other vendors internally, instead of us opening cases with Cisco, HPE, VMware, etc."

"It doesn’t provide enough information on performance analytics. For example, Nimble Storage has Infosight, which provides data; Pure Storage doesn’t have an equivalent."

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"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."

"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."

"I would like to see them work with Cisco, so it comes off the FIs, instead of having to go through my 10-gig network."

"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."

"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."

"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."

"There are some mid-market SMB customers that it may not fit the best for from a pricing perspective, but for the vast majority of our customers, once we aware of it and learned about the technology which it performed with, it fits a very useful metric."

"Replication and de-duplication could be better."

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"Their current replication is really just enough to "check the box" that they do replication. We'll probably implement Actifio, Zerto or EMC RecoverPoint for VMs for more critical data replication."

"Not a fan of SyncVM being an addition license."

"It would be beneficial if Tintri could identify issues through telemetry and notify us before we need to contact them."

"I think with the world soon becoming only SSD, possibly NVMe, and 3D Xpoint. It would make sense for Tintri to drop the hybrid array down the line."

"Tintri VMstore T7000 is very expensive. As far as cost-wise considerations go, I rate it very low because it is very expensive compared to other vendors."

"Detailed reporting is missing in the current version. We would like to see this feature added in a new release."

"The Hyper-V configuration is not as easy as VMware."

"The solution was challenging. I had to use a consultant to determine my level and decide what machine to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of other contemporary arrays, Pure is something you need to have a use case for, as it's not priced for you to buy one off-the-shelf. If you have a use case, heavy lift Oracle Databases, any type of noticeable virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), or need low latency and high throughput, you should consider all-flash at least and probably Pure Storage."

"The solution could be cheaper."

"We implemented Pure Storage FlashArray nine years ago when it was new to the market and obtained it at a preferential price."

"We have a seen a reduction in TCO. It is definitely a cost-effective solution for us. We have seen ROI."

"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..."

"The Evergreen Storage subscription is great, because then I get new controllers every three years."

"There are no fees for licensing. The hardware is paid for only once."

"Pure is not a cheap product. It is not something that is inexpensive. But, the total cost of ownership tends to be lower than with other solutions, because you don't need a lot of expertise, you don't need a lot of training or very expensive engineers or very expensive consultants."

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"The Kaminario setup is simple and there are no hidden licensing fees so this area is a relief."

"I would like them to come down in price. It is as expensive as EMC, Hitachi, and other major vendors."

"The "extra" costs associated with features and options that are available off the shelf with Kaminario, make their value proposition extremely competitive."

"All features are provided in the licensing. The cost of Kaminario was less than the cost of a hybrid array."

"The licensing is all-inclusive."

"Kaminario is very competitive on price. They also have a pay per TB model."

"Licensing is very straightforward. The cost was considerably lower than other products we looked at."

"Performance for the price is amazing."

"With any SAN purchase, the sizing procedure is the most important step."

"Always could be cheaper."

"The area it needs to improve is the pricing. It could be better."

"I've always gotten excellent pricing. I'm very satisfied with the pricing that I receive."

"We haven't found Tintri's pricing to be a barrier to entry for any of our customers. Tintri works through a number of distributors and when we've had to purchase it for our customers we have found the pricing to be competitive."

"Make sure that you have all licenses in one go. Options afterwards can cost extra."

"I think it is a very good solution. You get a good bang for buck."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

19%

Construction Company

15%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Small Business

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Small Business	71
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	159

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

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Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	27
Large Enterprise	21

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

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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)

Kaminario K2 is the world’s only storage solution that delivers the predictability needed to handle the highly unpredictable world of modern businesses. This highly flexible all flash storage platform allows customers to cost-effectively scale capacity and performance to support their ever-changing business –seamlessly, on-demand and with no disruptions.

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Silk

Tintri VMstore T7000 offers powerful virtual machine storage with features like VM awareness, quality of service policies, and seamless management. Designed for environments needing speed, low latency, and simplicity, it stands out with automation, hypervisor integration, and responsive support.

Tintri VMstore T7000 is tailored for VMware virtualization, powering VMs in industries such as healthcare, enterprise, and telecommunications. Users benefit from its all-flash performance, detailed VM activity visibility, quick setup, and low latency. Automated management and hypervisor integration provide granular insights, while replication options, and efficient deduplication enhance operations in complex virtual settings. Areas for improvement include cloud integration, cost efficiency, non-Flash UI, and real-time replication. Users seek better documentation, licensing models, backup solutions integration, data deduplication across more platforms, NVMe support, and improved troubleshooting. Compatibility with Hyper-V and larger ecosystems like Azure also presents challenges. Pricing and customer support continue to be areas users find require enhancements.

What are the standout features of Tintri VMstore T7000?

VM Awareness: Provides detailed visibility into VM activities.
QoS Policies: Ensures optimal resource allocation.
Ease of Management: Simplifies operations with intuitive controls.
Speed: Delivers low-latency performance.
Integration with Hypervisors: Enhances cohesiveness with existing virtual environments.

What benefits or ROI should be considered when evaluating Tintri VMstore T7000?

Performance: All-flash system boosts infrastructure efficiency.
Stability: Supports complex, virtualized environments robustly.
Automation: Simplifies workload management and enhances productivity.
Scalability: Efficient handling of data demands with room for growth.

In health, enterprise, and telecom sectors, Tintri VMstore T7000 is deployed for VMware virtualization, serving as primary storage for virtual machines. Its all-flash performance and VDI support improve infrastructure performance and data management capabilities. Integration with VMware and automation further streamline operations, aiding in handling sensitive data and complex infrastructures effectively.

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