NetApp AFF A-Series Systems "Just Work" With No Performance Issues
May 01, 2024
NetApp AFF A-Series Systems "Just Work" With No Performance Issues
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- AFF A700
- AFF 8080
Overall Satisfaction with NetApp AFF A-Series
We use the NetApp AFF A-Series for hosting all Vmware datastores, iSCSI-connected LUNs, and several CIFS Servers. We use SnapCenter backups for the datastores and LUNs.
- Amazing degrees of storage efficiency, constantly improving with each version
- Exceptional performance that also keeps improving with each release
- Ease of management with System Manager and other tools
- Several new security features like multi-admin verify need improvements to be truly useful
- The System Manager GUI needs to be enhanced to include more functionality
- The upgrade process could be streamlined and simplified
- It has drastically reduced storage waste through thin provisioning and storage efficiencies that save multiple TB of data
- In one extreme case, we have a volume using only about 6 - 7 TB that actually contains over 15 TB of content
- The value of zero performance issues in nearly 10 years can't be overemphasized - it "just works"
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 the cloud and in other areas.
Do you think NetApp AFF A-Series delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with NetApp AFF A-Series's feature set?
Yes
Did NetApp AFF A-Series live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of NetApp AFF A-Series go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy NetApp AFF A-Series again?
Yes