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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolidFire (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ANetApp acquired the scale-out flash storage startup SolidFire in late 2015. The product line was discontinued in October of 2023, and is no longer available from NetApp.N/A

    vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS) is an automated operations management solution that provides integrated performance, capacity, and configuration management for highly virtualized and cloud infrastructure. The product is currently discontinued.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    SolidFire (discontinued)vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of SolidFire (discontinued) and vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued
    Feature
    SolidFire (discontinued)
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued
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    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SolidFire (discontinued)vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
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    Support Rating
    8.8
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    User Testimonials
    SolidFire (discontinued)vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), discontinued
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Solidfire is a good, multi-purpose array for iSCSI environments. Grid architecture allows incremental, linear expansion of the array both in capacity and performance. The all-flash is a very high performance, low latency platform for a lot of applications. The way the company has architected the platform allows for continual upgrades and removes the lift-and-load replacements if you stay with Solidfire in the future. The Solidfire fiber channel implementation is workable, but largely there is a checkbox. I cannot imagine any fiber channel shop is going to look at a Solidfire seriously, unless they are looking to move towards Ethernet based transport. Write intensive workloads struggle on the array. The double-helix data protection combined with the architecture can make writes more latent than expected - well into the teens and 20's of ms within the array.
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    If you already have the Enterprise level licensing, you may as well use it as opposed to pay for another third-party plug-in, i.e., SolarWinds.
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    Pros
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    • Speed is incredible.
    • Ongoing maintenance is great.
    • Price point was quite good.
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    • Resources allocation estimates are amazing, this feature allowed us to increase density on our hosts by reclaiming RAM and CPU from over allocated VMs letting us increase the amount of VMs per host. The report was very clear and easy to understand.
    • The planing feature enabled us to gather all the info we needed to plan hardware purchases as it showed us, with our current rate of deployment, when we would reach capacity in or environment.
    • The heat maps provided excellent drill down capabilities allowing for proactively resolving potential issues.
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    Cons
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    • API documentation could use some help
    • GUI can be slow
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    • It would be nice to be able to make configuration changes either directly in vCenter Operations Manager or have it link back to the correct locations in vCenter.
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    Support Rating
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    When we have had problems, the response on the Solidfire side has been strong, but not perfect. As they scale and integrate into NetApp, support from regions outside of the USA are having a more difficult time diagnosing and addressing issues for complex problems. The Boulder, CO, and Raleigh, NC, support teams are both extremely strong and provide top-notch support. ActiveIQ is a great support tool both for NetApp/Solidfire and for the customer. The proactive support tickets opened have been helpful. The node-based support has been excellent - meaning when we had a DIMM fail, they sent a replacement node - no time consuming troubleshooting of internal components to fix the issue. Upgrades are handled by SF technicians, so it feels white-glove
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    Support has always been very good with vCenter Operations Manager.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    SolidFire was chosen over these other service providers because of relationships we have with the company, with our reps, and with the local Denver presence. We also are a partner, and we felt that the solution stacked up technologically very well against the competition and was more cost effective.
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    The UI is heads and shoulders above VM Turbo, much clearer and user friendly. I did not like the cost modeling used in that product.
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    Return on Investment
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    • The ROI was quick - under 1 year
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    • The over allocation report allowed us to postpone new hardware purchases by 16 months by reclaiming resources.
    • Pro activeness to resolve issues with the build in alarms
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