EMC VNX (Discontinued) vs. EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)

If you are looking for a solid storage array that needs to give you continuous uptime, then VNX is a great solution.

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XtremIO is particularly well suited to VDI and database usage.

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• Auto- tiering, for faster access on blocks used most frequently
• Has both NAS and SAN ( unified system)
• Scale up ability
• Optimal for VMware
• Integrates with vCenter
• Easy monitoring and useful dashboards
• Relatively easy configure and management interface with safe delete

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• The storage array is very fast. The performance is great.
• It integrates well into the other ancillary products EMC offers.

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• The UI is very clunky and uses Java, which I am not a big fan of.
• It is difficult to see performance metrics or utilization. Tegile or Nimble provide a superior window into your performance and IOPS on LUNs and VMs.

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• It would be good to have better wizards for frequently performed actions
• VMware integration could be better, so we could report on how many iops a particular guest VM was using.

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This was one area of real disappointment. EMC support was very slow to schedule work like installations and upgrades. Break/fix support was fairly standard. After the Dell merger, things have started improving but there is a lot left to be desired here.

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• Dell EMC Unity is the improved version of EMC VNX. It has all the features in VNX with better performance.
• NetApp all flash is faster and more expensive. It performs better with Citrix systems and VDI solutions.
• HP MSA storage system is less performant and less expensive. It works better for file and CCTV data storage.

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At the time the EMC was selected due to the existing relationship with EMC and the maturity of their product compared to the other vendor's options. However now that the maturity gap has been closed and the storage wars have proven which companies will remain for the foreseeable future, we have decided to move away from the XtremIO and go with an alternate storage company due to the price and cost of ongoing support. The EMC product is still a great product, I just find it too expensive to purchase and maintain in today's competitive marketplace.

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• Due to its stability, it is very rare to have downtime—meaning business operations are not interrupted from an infrastructure level.
• Support and maintenance can be expensive.

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• Ease of management is the best feature. You can see performance stats as per your needs
• Cost

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