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    Dell VMAX

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ADell VMAX All Flash is the latest iteration in the former Symmetrix series of enterprise flash array storage, available in the Dell VMAX 250F edition, or the Dell EMC VMAX 950F edition.N/A

    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AThe NetApp® EF-Series is a family of entry-level and midrange all-flash storage arrays that accelerate organizations' access to data and help derive value from it. These systems offer NVMe flash storage and provide more affordable to extreme IOPS, boasting response times under 100 microseconds and bandwidth up to 44GBps.N/A
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    Dell VMAXNetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Dell VMAXNetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell VMAX and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Feature
    Dell VMAX
    9.8
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Flash Array Performance9.89 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.69 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Data Compression9.89 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades9.98 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Simplicity9.98 Ratings9.45 Ratings
    Power Savings9.98 Ratings7.95 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Pure Storage FlashArray
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dell VMAXNetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (9 ratings)
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
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    Support Rating
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Dell VMAXNetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    Dell EMC VMAX All-Flash Storage is a very powerful storage that easily manages huge data transactions with high IO processing speed. This Storage is well suited for critical production environments because response times are much better. This storage enables direct data backup. It's always up and running during updates because it creates a redundant connection from the controller.
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    NetApp
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is useful for the application that required high badwidth , IOP's like Video surveillance, analytics (hadoop), online transaction processing applications, fast data backup and restore. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is less appropriate for the application that required low/medium IOP's . i.e log collection application server, snapshot collection ... etc.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • It creates a fully redundant connection from multiple controllers that are always up even during updates.
    • Once setup there is little to no adjustments that need to be made to the storage array. All that's needed is volume updates.
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    NetApp
    • Storage pooling with thin provisioning
    • Solution of MetroCluster in Cluster-Mode known as MCC
    • very good solution for more than 500 users per cluster
    • impressive IOPS, microsecond response times
    • Faster database application
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • Initial configuration are bit difficult need some experience resource to manage it.
    • We faced issue with vendor support during major impact.
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    NetApp
    • NetApp EF-Series All Flash Array need to perform the additional configuration for multipathing
    • Experienced are required to manage this storage
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    Usability
    Dell Technologies
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    NetApp
    HW and SW of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy to use, with very good support.
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    Support Rating
    Dell Technologies
    The best part about this array is that once you have it configured it is pretty much done. There is little to no other configurations to be done other than normal volume adjustments. Support is great as they understand this array very well. The updates are very hands-off and are done solely by support. You contact them and then there are no other changes done on the end-user's side.
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    NetApp
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    Dell Technologies
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    NetApp
    I have not been able to work with such a great platform in my career experience. Data storage and networking of all databases have been a great achievement of this platform. The user interface is simple and the dashboard shows clear trends in data infrastructure. There are backup storage systems on our cloud servers in case we lose any data. It has an automated update system that keeps our applications up to date.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the hybrid cloud solution
    • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the great storage capacity with data security
    • Data Migration from other storage, data compression, stability
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    NetApp
    • High dedupe ratio
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