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EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)

EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)

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What is EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)?

XtremIO was a flash storage from EMC that is now discontinued. Dell Technologies instead offers the PowerStore series.

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What is EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued)?

XtremIO was a flash storage from EMC that is now discontinued. Dell Technologies instead offers the PowerStore series.https://www.trustradius.com/products/dell-powerstore-x-series/reviews

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October 28, 2019

Great array for its time, but not today's choice

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Administrator in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 6 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
XtremIO was originally purchased to provide a high-performance storage platform for our critical systems. It is being used across the entire organization as a storage option in our VMWare environment for high-performance datastores. We also use it for some FC attached storage for our physical servers which run AIX.
Pros and Cons
  • The storage array is very fast. The performance is great.
  • It integrates well into the other ancillary products EMC offers.
  • It takes up a large amount of room in the datacenter. A dedicated rack is required for even a minimal configuration.
  • The management interface is a bit slow and feels dated, but it gets the job done.
Likelihood to Recommend
XtremIO would be useful for any production storage environment, or even any staging or development environment where performance mattered. It would not be ideal to use for backup storage.
EMC XtremIO Flash Storage (discontinued) Feature Ratings
Enterprise Flash Array Storage (6)
80%
8.0
Flash Array Performance
100%
10.0
Flash Array Integration
80%
8.0
Data Compression
100%
10.0
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
80%
8.0
Simplicity
50%
5.0
Power Savings
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • It has met our performance expectations.
Alternatives Considered
At the time the EMC was selected due to the existing relationship with EMC and the maturity of their product compared to the other vendor's options. However now that the maturity gap has been closed and the storage wars have proven which companies will remain for the foreseeable future, we have decided to move away from the XtremIO and go with an alternate storage company due to the price and cost of ongoing support. The EMC product is still a great product, I just find it too expensive to purchase and maintain in today's competitive marketplace.
Support Rating
2
This was one area of real disappointment. EMC support was very slow to schedule work like installations and upgrades. Break/fix support was fairly standard. After the Dell merger, things have started improving but there is a lot left to be desired here.
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