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

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	Lenovo presents an enterprise class storage-area network (SAN) via the ThinkSystem DS series of products, presently including ThinkSystem DS2200, ThinkSystem DS4200, and the ThinkSystem DS6200.	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 DS Series

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Lenovo ThinkSystem DS 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 DS Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Top Pros	Pro Easy to maintain	Pro Backup and restore Pro Low latency Pro Data analysis
Top Cons	Minus Management interface Minus Easy to use	Minus High end Minus Hard to understand Minus Need to improve

Features

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS 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 DS 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 DS 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	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 9.3 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (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 DS Series	NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Likelihood to Recommend	Lenovo It works very well for essential data storage such as security footage. It is well suited for remote office storage, but not so much as large database storage. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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 They are very easy to maintain and repair. The raid and storage speeds are excellent. They offer many ways to use the system as a standalone or in a cluster. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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 There are a lot of xclarity tools that need to be condensed. I would like to see the old IMM interface return as the new management interface is not as easy to use. Replacing some of the internal components is more involved than it used to be. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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 much prefer the old x systems as I have worked with them for a while. The ds series is much faster and more reliable. Servicing it is simple but some internal components require more involvement. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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 It has generated a lot of revenue in our service department. It has made us invest more in learning all of the new systems with xclarity etc. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	NetApp High dedupe ratio Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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