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    NetApp AFF A-Series

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ANetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays are the company's flagship flash storage solutions.N/A
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    NetApp AFF A-Series
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    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Considered Both Products
    NetApp
    Chose NetApp AFF A-Series
    Yes A900 stack up well against these products and have provided more flexibility in terms of management and expansion.
    Adding new nodes or additional storage shelves is easy and can be quick to get the additional stoarge requirements within our Org.
    So definitely a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose NetApp AFF A-Series
    We have only used NetApp since 2011, either FAS or AFF devices. I have researched Pure and they actually are very impressive and couple probably give NetApp AFF A-Series a run for their money, but I keep returning to NetApp AFF A-Series because they appear slightly stronger in …
    Incentivized
    Chose NetApp AFF A-Series
    The IBM All Flash FAS was similar in performance and price, but we were already a NetApp shop. This made the decision easier to go with the NetApp AFF system so it would tie in with our SnapManager architecture, as well as keep the learning curve short.
    Incentivized
    Chose NetApp AFF A-Series
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose NetApp AFF A-Series
    We looked at Pure, Nimble, XtremIO and NetApp. Although all the arrays did really well, the ability to support all protocols sets NetApp apart. Each vendor had its own pluses and minuses and we bought the array that best suited our business needs and budget.
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    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of NetApp AFF A-Series
    Feature
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    8.3
    8 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Flash Array Performance9.18 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.17 Ratings
    Data Compression6.37 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.27 Ratings
    Simplicity8.98 Ratings
    Power Savings8.07 Ratings
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    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    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
    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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    Usability
    NetApp
    Our organizations primary storage platform is NetApp AFF-A900 nodes. All our storage requirements, be it storage visible to our compute either using FC or NFS is through these nodes. The shares or CIFS too are setup on these nodes. We also use the fabric pool to write the data to NetApps Storage Grid
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
    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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