Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	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
NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	The NetApp® EF-Series is a family of entry-level and midrange all-flash storage arrays that accelerate organizations' access to data and help derive value from it. These systems offer NVMe flash storage and provide more affordable to extreme IOPS, boasting response times under 100 microseconds and bandwidth up to 44GBps.	N/A

Pricing

Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Top Pros	Pro Cloud servers Pro Rack space	Pro Backup and restore Pro Low latency Pro Data analysis
Top Cons	Minus Requires improvement Minus Missing functionality Minus No missing functionality	Minus High end Minus Hard to understand Minus Need to improve

Features

Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Enterprise Flash Array Storage

Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series - Ratings	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays 8.9 5 Ratings 2% below category average
Flash Array Performance	00 Ratings	9.35 Ratings
Flash Array Integration	00 Ratings	9.65 Ratings
Data Compression	00 Ratings	9.34 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades	00 Ratings	8.15 Ratings
Simplicity	00 Ratings	9.45 Ratings
Power Savings	00 Ratings	7.95 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	NetApp FAS Storage Arrays Score 8.4 out of 10	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	NetApp AFF A-Series Score 9.6 out of 10	Dell VMAX Score 9.7 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.2 (5 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Steven Egan Financial Advisor Read full review	NetApp NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is useful for the application that required high badwidth , IOP's like Video surveillance, analytics (hadoop), online transaction processing applications, fast data backup and restore. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is less appropriate for the application that required low/medium IOP's . i.e log collection application server, snapshot collection ... etc. Incentivized NS Naveen Sharma Consultant Read full review
Pros	Lenovo It easily updates our systems to comply with international standards. Networking our systems with cloud servers Incentivized Steven Egan Financial Advisor Read full review	NetApp Storage pooling with thin provisioning Solution of MetroCluster in Cluster-Mode known as MCC very good solution for more than 500 users per cluster impressive IOPS, microsecond response times Faster database application Incentivized Lukas Mizera Information Technology Infrastructure Specialist - Storage Management Read full review
Cons	Lenovo I have not experienced any downside that requires improvement. No missing functionality across all the features Incentivized Steven Egan Financial Advisor Read full review	NetApp NetApp EF-Series All Flash Array need to perform the additional configuration for multipathing Experienced are required to manage this storage Incentivized KR Kaushal Rawat AIX Adminsitrator Read full review
Usability	Lenovo No answers on this topic	NetApp HW and SW of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy to use, with very good support. Incentivized Lukas Mizera Information Technology Infrastructure Specialist - Storage Management Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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. Incentivized Steven Egan Financial Advisor Read full review	NetApp I have not been able to work with such a great platform in my career experience. Data storage and networking of all databases have been a great achievement of this platform. The user interface is simple and the dashboard shows clear trends in data infrastructure. There are backup storage systems on our cloud servers in case we lose any data. It has an automated update system that keeps our applications up to date. Incentivized Jessica Hull Database Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Lenovo No answers on this topic	NetApp High dedupe ratio Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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