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EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)

Score6.4 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)?

XtremIO was a flash storage from EMC that is now discontinued. Dell Technologies instead offers the PowerStore series.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued) has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 6 ratings of EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)'s features
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Top Performing Features

  • Flash Array Performance

    Solid state flash arrays offer high speed compared to hard-disk drives

    Category average: 9.7

  • Data Compression

    Flash Arrays include compression and deduplication features to reduce storage requirements

    Category average: 8.5

  • Flash Array Integration

    Integration with hypervisors and applications

    Category average: 9.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Non-Intrusive Upgrades

    Software upgrades are often seamless with no performance tuning required

    Category average: 9.3

  • Power Savings

    Flash arrays use significantly less power than hard-disk drives

    Category average: 8.1

  • Simplicity

    Flash arrays should be simple to use and require little training

    Category average: 9

Reviews

What users are saying about EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued).
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Great array for its time, but not today's choice

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

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

Cons

  • It takes up a large amount of room in the datacenter. A dedicated rack is required for even a minimal configuration.
  • The management interface is a bit slow and feels dated, but it gets the job done.

Return on Investment

  • It has met our performance expectations.

Alternatives Considered

Pure Storage FlashArray and IBM FlashSystem

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, Microsoft Azure, Pure Storage FlashArray

Data de-duplication delivered with consistently high performance

Incentivized
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Its strong features like de-duplication and compression.
  • Consistent Performance ie high performance with consistently low latency
  • Lower environment refresh activity

Cons

  • Its expensive but worth it

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

EMC Symmetrix DMX-4

Other Software Used

Okta, Tripwire Enterprise, VMware vCenter Server

Make your VDIs fly with XtremIO

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • The deduplication and compression is very good. This especially helps for VDI applications.
  • It is easy to setup and map hosts to volumes.
  • The new HTML5 console is much better than the older Java.

Cons

  • 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.

Return on Investment

  • Using XtremIO has made our VDI much more palatable for users.

Other Software Used

Networker, Skype for Business