EMC VNX (Discontinued) vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

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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NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays should be used for critical system backups, databases, for critical applications due to different write allocation algorithms. These systems have faster underlying SSD drives comparing to older types, so in result, Inline data de-duplication in these systems are not noticeable. The idea for these types is valuable for MetroCluster configuration within switchover, in terms of disaster recovery. Performance and response time of EF-series are really exceptional, but comparing to the costs this the rpice for it.

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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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• Good to use for Hyper-V Shared volume
• Good to use for passthrough DISK
• Very Good for NFS share

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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.

Incentivized

• NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays basically provides high bandwidth that's basically used for high end application , but still there are lot of application needs to be run on low/medium bandwidth , for that , there some low/medium IOP's disk need be integrated in storage.
• NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are accessed NetApp SANtricity Web Services Proxy. which is separate tool or agent , its better we can access the GUI vi browser without any tool or agent.
• NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays, need to perform additional configurations for multipathing that's not required in other storage

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HW and SW of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy to use, with very good support.

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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.

Incentivized

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays provide high IOP's , data protection and other features which makes this storage different from other storage in the enterprise segment , I also worked on IBM DS8K storage and IBM flash storage , But If i compare both of them on basis of performance and feature , I feel Netapp EF series is far better in this segment , I highly recommend Netapp EF series storage , where we required highly IOPS and bandwidth.

Incentivized

• 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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• Positive Impact on Business where application and database need high IOP's ,data processing speed.
• Its well designed for high end application and database
• Its not well suited for small mid-rang organization because of price.
• Stability and reliability

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