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NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays allow for segregation of storage units, enhancing functionality and security.
Stability, speed, and reliability are highlighted as key advantages of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays.
Rapid deployment and management features of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays ensure swift integration and operational efficiency.
The performance customization for specific workloads meets diverse requirements.
NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are recognized for facilitating effective disaster recovery through features such as MetroCluster switchover.

CONS

There could be better integration with some Cisco products.
NetApp could improve the speed of the rebuilding rate.
There is no compression or deduplication.
The price of All Flash is very high.
Better integration with other brands is important so it should be easier to integrate.
 

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays Pros review quotes

RS
Senior Server Network Enginner at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 6, 2016
We use it for our VDI environment, and have not had any complaints with it.
it_user527079 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Systems Admin at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 2, 2016
Having the option of such high-speed storage in the data center is what makes it valuable.
it_user527082 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2016
One of the most valuable features is the overall performance it provides. You're able to throw a pile of IOPS at it and it will handle that without much issue.
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it_user527178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Storage Engineer at Columbia HCA Healthcare
Nov 1, 2016
We do a lot of in-house, application-dependent type things, where we find the different niches to the different things. Certain things they do better. We've found that it actually does very well on some of our higher-end applications.
it_user527229 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Internet Services Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 6, 2016
I like the performance aspect of EF Series. It basically provides everything that we are looking for as a solution, very low latency and very high performance.
it_user527343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Storage Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 6, 2016
The speed is the most valuable feature.
it_user750588 - PeerSpot reviewer
It Team Lead at a tech services company
Oct 8, 2017
The management of it is very simple. that is the most valuable feature.
it_user712191 - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head For Hpc And Big Data at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 8, 2017
It provides multi-protocol, which is what gives the edge when it comes to big lineage PC workloads.
it_user750729 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Marq Solutions
Oct 8, 2017
I would have to say performance at this point, because the application it is based on is so diverse.
SenStor0618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 8, 2017
The benefits are better up-time, better response time.
 

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays Cons review quotes

RS
Senior Server Network Enginner at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 6, 2016
I would like to see higher-capacity drives, as they come out; I have heard that 15 TB are out on a different NetApp series. Getting those on the EFs would be nice.
it_user527079 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Systems Admin at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 2, 2016
Things like the FlexClones, SnapVault, SnapMirror, all of that. Some of it's available on the EF series, but we like what we have in the FAS system.
it_user527082 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2016
A little more manageability, a simpler management interface. It's not necessarily that it's way overly complex. It's just that it's not as easy as the FAS series.
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it_user527178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Storage Engineer at Columbia HCA Healthcare
Nov 1, 2016
As far as the manageability, being able to port between the two and have to do less training in-house from a customer point of view, that would be the part to improve.
it_user527229 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Internet Services Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 6, 2016
I’d like to see bigger, faster, better hardware, of course. I think that is the way the hardware is trending anyway; bigger, faster CPU, better software, fewer bugs, all that stuff. T
it_user527343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Storage Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 6, 2016
I would like to shrink it more, if we can. The smaller, the better.
it_user750588 - PeerSpot reviewer
It Team Lead at a tech services company
Oct 8, 2017
The management interface, while very reliable, it seems a little old now and could maybe use a little modernization.
it_user712191 - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head For Hpc And Big Data at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 8, 2017
They could improve overall scalability through performance. Denser capacity, which is doable, it is what the competition is doing.
it_user750729 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Marq Solutions
Oct 8, 2017
Better support technicians for CAPP.
SenStor0618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 8, 2017
It needs a better management tool.