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    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    NetApp
    Chose NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays provide high IOP's , data protection and other features which makes this storage different from other storage in the enterprise segment , I also worked on IBM DS8K storage and IBM flash storage , But If i compare both of them on basis of …
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    Chose NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Recently upgraded system doesn't need to update so frequently like different storage devices. EF series were selected directly bu customer due to experience for shared customer infra where they are used. Performance and almost non-latency was huge trigger to get them into …
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    Chose NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    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 …
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Feature
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Flash Array Performance9.35 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.65 Ratings
    Data Compression9.34 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.15 Ratings
    Simplicity9.45 Ratings
    Power Savings7.95 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Pros
    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
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    Cons
    NetApp
    • NetApp EF-Series All Flash Array need to perform the additional configuration for multipathing
    • Experienced are required to manage this storage
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    Usability
    NetApp
    HW and SW of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy to use, with very good support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    NetApp
    • High dedupe ratio
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