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PROS

DDN IntelliFlash offers exceptional performance and reliability.
Easy scalability to accommodate growing data needs.
Advanced data protection features ensure data integrity.
Highly efficient and reduces latency for critical applications.
Cost-effective storage solution with a good balance of features.

CONS

Limited scalability in some environments
Lacks integration with certain popular cloud platforms
High initial setup complexity
Expensive for small to medium enterprises
Insufficient technical documentation
 

DDN IntelliFlash Pros review quotes

it_user370707 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
May 17, 2016
It has reduced our electricity usage by reducing the amount of disks needed for the virtual environment.
it_user364671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 23, 2017
It provides a combination of all the protocols that you need, without losing deduplication and compression.
it_user495576 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Apr 24, 2017
Data Compression: Up to 80% space reduction in the database
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it_user535977 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer / Projects Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 26, 2017
EasyTier/hotcaching: Valuable because it allows greater performance than standard SAS disks
it_user657768 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 501-1,000 employees
May 3, 2017
High performance and ease-of-management are the most valuable features.
Reviewer903 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 15, 2018
It's very fast. We were seeing read latencies of less than one millisecond. It is robust.
reviewer1634190 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Systems Engineer at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 6, 2023
The initial setup is straightforward.
reviewer1643715 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a agriculture with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2021
It performed great originally, and when it performed great, it was awesome.
Anil Rahulwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at Movate
Jul 24, 2024
We use IntelliFlash products for larger environments, like Qatar Airways.
 

DDN IntelliFlash Cons review quotes

it_user370707 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
May 17, 2016
They need to offer better integration for a virtual platform to enable you to create hyper-converged solution.
it_user364671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 23, 2017
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_user495576 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Apr 24, 2017
It only keeps one hour of real-time data without the ability to do deep analysis of each element.
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it_user535977 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer / Projects Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 26, 2017
We had just one small stability problem with power flapping and it did not start up again automatically. We had to access service ports and manually restart the storage processors.
it_user657768 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 501-1,000 employees
May 3, 2017
Snapshots are not as easy to access as on a NetApp device.
Reviewer903 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 15, 2018
It's somewhat scalable, but maybe not so much as some of the competition.
reviewer1634190 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Systems Engineer at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 6, 2023
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.
reviewer1643715 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a agriculture with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2021
Technical support is bad. It'd grade them at 30% or 40%. The response time is terrible.
Anil Rahulwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at Movate
Jul 24, 2024
In future releases, I look forward to more AI features.