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Dell Compellent (discontinued) vs. Tintri VMstore

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell Compellent (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASince it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL.N/A

    Tintri VMstore

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ATintri VMstore Intelligent Infrastructure is designed to simplify and automate storage management, deliver real-time analytics, and maximize performance so users can refocus efforts on high-impact projects and business innovation. Tintri is a DDN Storage company since the 2018 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Tintri VMstore
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tintri VMstore
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Flash Array Performance8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data Compression8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Simplicity9.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Power Savings9.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Tintri VMstore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    All in all this series great in addressing issues applications that need flash storage as a backend storage supply. It addresses the need for fast, responsive servers that need to boot quickly. It is easy to use and for the most part there are few issues and none that can't be addressed/fixed quickly.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    When you need a simple storage platform that is built from the ground up for performance. If IOPS is important to you, this is a great product for you.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Dell Compellent support (Co-Pilot) and the add-on service (Optimize) are critical services that Dell Compellent does very well. Alerts from the array are sent to Co-Pilot where tickets are automatically generated and customers are notified of events. Of greater importance at times is the proactive support Co-Pilot and Optimize provide by contacting us of inefficiencies in the array and consulting on resolutions.
    • Enterprise Manager (Dell's "single pane of glass" management framework) is a useful tool for configuration/evaluation of the array and other Compellent products.
    • Ease of management. From firmware upgrades to managing server volumes the process is much simpler than with other arrays.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • Thin provisioned drives for SQL and Oracle databases allow maximizing virtual environment storage
    • Excellent performance in the virtual environment
    • Works well with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Hyper-V
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • The GUI could be a little more updated with a lot more information regarding usage.
    • There could be some assistance with high I/O times where snapshots go to consolidate. There seems to be issues when that attempts to occur, and there will times where the virtual machine stuns due to the I/O intensity.
    • Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of multiple volumes is a pain in the DSM management console.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • None missing. Helps in data protection.
    • Troubleshooting workload balancing.
    • Eliminates manual processes during deployment.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    This is not solely based on the support engineers themselves but more so that the logging and gotcha's that their array has. There have been multiple times where logs are pulled, but the folder is not large enough, and it crashes the array. Other times there are certain aspects that support either does not know of or isn't knowledgable about how to look at particular issues that could be causing problems.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We selected Compellent solely based on price. Honestly I would rate it only slightly better than a QNAP we used (which was even cheaper). If performance and reliability are factors in your decision (and they should be) I would recommend looking at something like a VNXe.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    We chose Tintri because it allowed us to no longer have to carefully manage our storage platform. We pretty much set it and forget it. Also, management of Tintri does not require a storage expert. This is no longer a full time job to manage.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The SC9000 has been able to serve our current and futures needs well enough to not need to upgrade anytime soon.
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    DataDirect Networks (DDN)
    • Drastically decrease virtual server install time
    • Allowing thin provision drives without performance issues
    Incentivized
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