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VNX [EOL] pros and cons

4.0 out of 5
 

VNX [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user5157 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr System Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2013
We moved from CX with FC/SATA to VNX with SSD, SAS, NL-SAS and using SSD as Fast Cache we have seen huge performance gains in certain operations.
it_user261231 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage admin (Server Support Team) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 24, 2015
I have worked on CLARiiON and all series of VNX.
it_user263403 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 28, 2015
Stability has been rock solid, as we have been running both units for over two years with no major problems.
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it_user262752 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 28, 2015
Customer Service: It's great. Technical Support: It's great.
it_user188622 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager / Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 2, 2015
It would be a good choice for midrange businesses due to the performance/features and cost.
it_user262434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2015
If you have a banking and finance domain, then go for EMC products as they offer better performance and scalability.
it_user281955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director with 51-200 employees
Jul 30, 2015
Depending on how simple the customer needs it to be, might sway my recommendation one way or the other, but in terms of functionality, VNX is very very good.
it_user229383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect - EMC at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 16, 2015
If you are looking for a stable, powerful and effective entry level SAN that you can provision on your own for a small environment or a small office/remote office situation - this is definitely the product for you.
it_user330870 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 29, 2015
It’s amazing, you can add and stack, and add more elements.
it_user334509 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 30, 2015
It’s very stable in all the years I've worked with it, I know it’s stable and the support is there.
 

VNX [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user5157 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr System Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 31, 2013
Due to very complex structure and sophisticated architecture, it needs experts for trivial troubleshooting also.
it_user261231 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage admin (Server Support Team) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 24, 2015
EMC pricing is too expensive, like the Apple brand iPhone in the cellphone market.
it_user263403 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 28, 2015
It only supports 10Gb copper, and cannot do 10Gb fiber.
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it_user262752 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 28, 2015
HP EVA and once NetApp, but they both had slow performance and a lack of features so we switched.
it_user188622 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager / Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 2, 2015
Storage processor architect for real active/active HA ASIC based functions are needed
it_user262434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2015
EMC products are costly when compared to other vendors such HP, Hitachi, Dell, and NetApp.
it_user281955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director with 51-200 employees
Jul 30, 2015
Customer Service: I don't like the way EMC's Powerlink support is behind a wall.
it_user229383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect - EMC at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 16, 2015
As an entry level array, this is just right, but adding support for FAST-VP would be beneficial although that feature is available on the higher end VNXe3200.
it_user330870 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 29, 2015
They don’t quite provide enough security in the data centre.
it_user334509 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 30, 2015
Make major changes to the file services, Celera, do something like a lite version.