Arcserve OneXafe vs. Dell VxBlock System 1000

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arcserve OneXafe
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Arcserve OneXafe (formerly by StorageCraft) is a high performance scale-out file storage appliance, replacing the former Exablox line of scale-out devices acquired by Arcserve in January 2017 to boost that company's product line.N/A
Dell VxBlock System 1000
Score 7.3 out of 10
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The VxBlock 1000 is a converged infrastructure solution that integrates Dell storage and data protection into a turnkey converged system supporting all high-value, mission-critical workloads—from the core data center to the cloud. It helps users modernize and simplify their IT infrastructure at scale, so users can focus on innovation and gain more value from data. The VxBlock replaces the former Vblock from VCE, acquired by EMC in 2014. The Vblock used a Cisco Nexus virtual switch, while…N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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User Ratings
Arcserve OneXafeDell VxBlock System 1000
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
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Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Configurability
9.0
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Ease of integration
10.0
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
Arcserve OneXafeDell VxBlock System 1000
Likelihood to Recommend
Arcserve
For SMB file storage Exablox is great, but as an ESXi datastore it still needs work.
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Dell Technologies
VBlock is extremely well-suited for reliable delivery of virtualized mixed workloads. VBlock provides necessary hardware abstraction that allows for, uninterrupted by hardware failures, continuous delivery of critical services that otherwise do not provide hardware failure resiliency. VBlock is not the best solution from a financial standpoint for cost-sensitive solutions that are programmed for software resiliency.
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Pros
Arcserve
  • Exablox is simple to setup and relatively easy to use.
  • Exablox is priced very competitively and is a good value for the cost.
  • Exablox has good customer service.
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Dell Technologies
  • Single contact for vendor support.
  • Fully Tested and integrated.
  • Best of breed products combined.
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Cons
Arcserve
  • Exablox is still in its infancy as a company and in some respects the product feels like a version 1.0.
  • Integration with VMware ESXi has some bugs that need to be figured out.
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  • Product is not simple to manage.
  • Product is very expensive. Documentation is too complicated to understand.
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Likelihood to Renew
Arcserve
The price for Exablox was very appealing. If we can resolve the NFS datastore issues we are seeing in VMware, this is a perfect solution for a ESXi datastore. Once that issue is resolved, I will give Exablox a higher rating.
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Dell Technologies
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Usability
Arcserve
Again, the initial install, setup and config was simple through a web browser.
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Dell Technologies
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Reliability and Availability
Arcserve
Since the day we installed Exablox we have not had any down-time. The storage resources have been available 100% of the time.
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Dell Technologies
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Performance
Arcserve
SMB file access has been very responsive. We have not seen any slowness. Also, in using Exablox as tier 1 storage in our VMware environment, the VMs performed great. No slowness issues.
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Dell Technologies
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Support Rating
Arcserve
Exablox has been very responsive to our requests. They communicate very well and are extremely knowledgable
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Dell Technologies
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Implementation Rating
Arcserve
Straightforward and simple implementation. We completed the implementation in less than 2 hours.
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Dell Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
Arcserve
Exablox was much less expensive than other storage arrays and I think there are a lot of reasons to purchase them. I believe that as the product matures, it will be a great option for storage.
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Dell Technologies
Local expertise and vendor presenece
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Scalability
Arcserve
We have not tried to scale Exablox so we are not familiar with this.
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Dell Technologies
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Return on Investment
Arcserve
  • We purchased Exablox specifically for our ESXi environment, so we are hoping to get the wrinkles worked out to see a greater return on our investment.
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Dell Technologies
  • VBLock has eliminated unforced downtime occurrences in the environment.
  • VBlock support model has significantly reduced amount of effort allocated to hardware installation and support activities and firmware maintenance.
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