EMC VNX (Discontinued) vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EMC VNX (Discontinued)
Score 7.0 out of 10
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The former EMC VNX series is EOL. The vendor invites users to instead try Dell EMC's Unity series family of midrange storage appliances.N/A
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Storage Arrays are storage-area network (SAN) available via hybrid and all flash storage. Presently the product line includes the hybrid storage arrays models ThinkSystem DE2000H, ThinkSystem DE4000H, ThinkSystem DE6000H, and the all-flash storage array models ThinkSystem DE4000F, and ThinkSystem DE6000F.N/A
Pricing
EMC VNX (Discontinued)Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.9 out of 10
NetApp FAS Storage Arrays
NetApp FAS Storage Arrays
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
NetApp AFF A-Series
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User Ratings
EMC VNX (Discontinued)Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
Likelihood to Recommend
3.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
EMC VNX (Discontinued)Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
  • EMC VNX is suited for VMware environment as it integrates with vCenter.
  • Integrates well with SolarWinds storage monitoring software.
  • It is well suited for enterprise-level organizations with 100+ servers.
  • It is not suited for small businesses as it requires specialized administrators and has relatively high license cost.
  • It is not suited for businesses that host most of their servers on the cloud.
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Lenovo
My experience with Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series has been commendable and everything has been running smoothly. Data storage and analysis takes place effectively under this platform system giving our teams best insights on planning and decision making on time. All our financial records have great database that is secure and cannot be easily compromised by unauthorized access. The customer support team is reliable and always ready to offer help where needed 24/7.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • VNX has had very solid uptime. Over the course of the last 5 years, we have had very little if any downtime.
  • We have also used it for our home directories, and with the data dedupe on the file side it has saved us a lot of space.
  • Adding additional drive space has also been really easy.
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Lenovo
  • It easily updates our systems to comply with international standards.
  • Networking our systems with cloud servers
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • It occupies a large floor space in the data center.
  • Unisphere management interface uses Java, which is problematic to run.
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Lenovo
  • I have not experienced any downside that requires improvement.
  • No missing functionality across all the features
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
  • 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.
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Lenovo
I have not worked with a similar product in our company but this has been a reliable product throughout. It is easy and flexible to work with and the cost is manageable. It has suitable data storage plans that have been favorable to our workload demands. The results have always been positive and Return on Investment was achieved within the planned time. It has been profitable to all our departments meeting all data security requirements and working at reliable speed in file transfer.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • I think it has provided improved reliability and performance [compared to] our previous solutions.
  • The lack of performance metrics has led us to need a 3rd party tool that integrates into our Vsphere environment to give us feed back on performance.
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Lenovo
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