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VNX [EOL] pros and cons

4.0 out of 5
 

VNX [EOL] Pros review quotes

MC
Works at i4
Feb 13, 2019
The replicating of the entire storage unit to a different location was a very useful function.
it_user870861 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
May 16, 2018
Multi-tiering, positively affects the efficiency of the storage space.
RS
Storage Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 18, 2018
The replication feature provides another functionality to protect your data.
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it_user732744 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Dhaka Bank Limited
Feb 6, 2018
The implementation of both block and file system storage in a single GUI provides is better situated than most other storages.
it_user441645 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Exploitation at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 16, 2017
EMC storage has the best performance and functions.
it_user755361 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate, Enterprise Systems, EMEA & APAC Technology Services
Oct 16, 2017
FAST auto-tiering is a great feature.
it_user736935 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 14, 2017
In a banking environment, on which we required a very high throughput for our database, we have used this product and our desired response was received.
it_user736938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultor de soluciones de tecnología
Sep 14, 2017
It has a good, high-level of storage.
AS
Solutions/Systems Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 14, 2017
Since implementing VNX, we achieved a 10 times increase in the performance for its end users.
it_user734148 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asst.Manager - IT Operations at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Sep 12, 2017
One thing I would like to explicitly mention here is the EMC support; it is by far one of the best supports you will ever get in comparison with any vendor.
 

VNX [EOL] Cons review quotes

MC
Works at i4
Feb 13, 2019
The performance impact snapshotting had on the cluster was enormous. The entire cluster performance took a performance impact of about 30% as soon as we created one snapshot of all the volumes created on the cluster.
it_user870861 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
May 16, 2018
If the VNX had embedded encryption, that would be great.
RS
Storage Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 18, 2018
It would be very helpful to get an automated report that shows you the size of the checkpoints and get warnings when a checkpoint is reaching either maximum capacity per a file system or hitting the ceiling on the SavVol pool consumption.
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it_user732744 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Dhaka Bank Limited
Feb 6, 2018
The administrative console (Navisphere/Unisphere) needs some improvement, especially on their Java-based GUI. The updated version of Java is not compatible.
it_user441645 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Exploitation at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 16, 2017
With this product, the licensing software and capacity are very expensive.
it_user755361 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate, Enterprise Systems, EMEA & APAC Technology Services
Oct 16, 2017
It is not the easiest product to implement and manage, especially on the NAS side, but that is now fixed in its successor product from Dell EMC called Unity.
it_user736935 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 14, 2017
They may change the disks from NL-SAS to Flash, but it would be costlier for customers.
it_user736938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultor de soluciones de tecnología
Sep 14, 2017
Oracle is never the cheaper solution. Compared to others, it is always among the most expensive.
AS
Solutions/Systems Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 14, 2017
I think one area where we would like to see improvement is better deduplication and compression.
it_user734148 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asst.Manager - IT Operations at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Sep 12, 2017
So far we haven't had many issues with the VNX. However, the Data Mover (that manages CIFS/NFS) part needs some improvements.