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Dell XtremIO pros and cons

3.8 out of 5

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PROS

Thin storage allocation is highly beneficial for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL, and VDI, providing seamless performance compared to physical PCs.
Guaranteed sub-millisecond response time enhances the reliability and speed for data-intensive tasks, even under massive workloads.
Data protection features, including deduplication and compression, optimize storage and ensure outstanding performance for large-scale workloads.
Scalability and easy manageability are significant, allowing for efficient expansion and administration of data storage environments.
Performance improvements up to 70% were noted, making it a preferred choice where speed, stability, and scalability are priorities.

CONS

Management lacks effective tools like snapshot scheduling, leading users to rely on external solutions like XSnapCourier.
Upgrading hardware requires purchasing multiple components at specific capacities, limiting flexibility.
Scalability is cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses, making it unsuitable beyond enterprise-level use.
The system's integration with other products faces challenges, often being vendor-locked.
Technical support and training resources are insufficient, impacting user experience and troubleshooting.
 

Dell XtremIO Pros review quotes

DB
Senior Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Apr 4, 2017
Thin storage allocation
ITOperatd6bc - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Apr 5, 2017
It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC.
SystemsE5b74 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer Senior at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 10, 2017
The speed is extremely valuable.
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JB
IT Manager - Storage & Backup at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 10, 2017
Speed and reliability:
it_user643908 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Apr 10, 2017
Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization.
it_user647409 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer IAAS at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 15, 2017
The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block.
it_user650010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 20, 2017
Very good IOPS performance
it_user650013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 20, 2017
Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs.
it_user651519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 23, 2017
Deduplication and cloning capability
it_user651555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 23, 2017
Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature.
 

Dell XtremIO Cons review quotes

DB
Senior Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Apr 4, 2017
Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience.
ITOperatd6bc - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Apr 5, 2017
Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console.
SystemsE5b74 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer Senior at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 10, 2017
The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy.
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JB
IT Manager - Storage & Backup at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 10, 2017
I would like hardware capacity additions to be a little more flexible. The upgrade path for the existing XTremIO units requires you to purchase 2 XBricks at a time and they need to be the same capacity as the existing XBricks.
it_user643908 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Apr 10, 2017
Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills.
it_user647409 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer IAAS at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 15, 2017
In some cases where we don’t need the flexibility of the virtualization layer, we could free up resources on the VPLEX by using the storage replication.
it_user650010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 20, 2017
They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application.
it_user650013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 20, 2017
Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data.
it_user651519 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 23, 2017
Management and reporting need improvement.
it_user651555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 23, 2017
I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great.