Dell VMAX vs. NetApp AFF A-Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell VMAX
ScoreĀ 9.7Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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Dell VMAX All Flash is the latest iteration in the former Symmetrix series of enterprise flash array storage, available in the Dell VMAX 250F edition, or the Dell EMC VMAX 950F edition.N/A
NetApp AFF A-Series
ScoreĀ 9.6Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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NetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays are the company's flagship flash storage solutions.N/A
Pricing
Dell VMAXNetApp AFF A-Series
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell VMAXNetApp AFF A-Series
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 VMAXNetApp AFF A-Series
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
Dell VMAX
9.8
9 Ratings
7% above category average
NetApp AFF A-Series
9.4
6 Ratings
3% above category average
Flash Array Performance9.89 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Flash Array Integration9.69 Ratings9.75 Ratings
Data Compression9.79 Ratings9.65 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades9.98 Ratings9.65 Ratings
Simplicity9.98 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Power Savings9.98 Ratings9.15 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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ScoreĀ 9.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 9.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Enterprises
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ScoreĀ 9.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 9.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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User Ratings
Dell VMAXNetApp AFF A-Series
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(9 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell VMAXNetApp AFF A-Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
Dell EMC VMAX All-Flash Storage is a very powerful storage that easily manages huge data transactions with high IO processing speed. This Storage is well suited for critical production environments because response times are much better. This storage enables direct data backup. It's always up and running during updates because it creates a redundant connection from the controller.
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NetApp
Easy interface and the accessibility of the features are effective and this solution functionalities on data migration and processing of different from other packages is amazing. NetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays is the most secure platform for easy management of all the business and project data and the capacity planning tools and even the configuration options are the best and easy to use.
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Pros
Dell Technologies
  • It creates a fully redundant connection from multiple controllers that are always up even during updates.
  • Once setup there is little to no adjustments that need to be made to the storage array. All that's needed is volume updates.
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NetApp
  • Protective multiple project and business data is excellent.
  • Solutions for data storage and data migration.
  • Providing useful and quality data reports is effective.
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • Initial configuration are bit difficult need some experience resource to manage it.
  • We faced issue with vendor support during major impact.
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NetApp
  • Cost is still prohibitive for performance.
  • Performance tuning at the Fabric Interconnect level.
  • Automation and scripting improvements in the PowerShell module.
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Support Rating
Dell Technologies
The best part about this array is that once you have it configured it is pretty much done. There is little to no other configurations to be done other than normal volume adjustments. Support is great as they understand this array very well. The updates are very hands-off and are done solely by support. You contact them and then there are no other changes done on the end-user's side.
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NetApp
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
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NetApp
I have been an IBM and EMC storage customer. I used EMC CX and VMX series SANs. I have used IBM Shark SANs before that. Much has changed over the years. It is my experience that Netapp has shown a great deal more innovation with large leaps in technology, ease of use and an aggressive progress while the two other vendors that I have experience with are more tied to their legacy technologies.
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the hybrid cloud solution
  • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the great storage capacity with data security
  • Data Migration from other storage, data compression, stability
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NetApp
  • ROI has been tremendous as it has come in handy in all the scenarios we were looking at
  • Users and admins both happy with the overall performance and management is happy that they got a good deal from reseller.
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