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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pure Storage FlashArray

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.N/A

    Violin Memory

    N/AN/AViolin Memory in Santa Clara, CA offers a flash storage platform emphasizing cost-efficient storage that yet still supports applications at high performance.N/A
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    Pure Storage FlashArrayViolin Memory
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Pure Storage FlashArrayViolin Memory
    Considered Both Products
    Pure Storage
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    We used to have Violin which definitely is very fast, but it is just not very pleasant to use. The performance was a little better with Violin, but the support and features didn't stack up. We also use Netapp FAS for file shares and non-critical workloads, here Netapp has more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    We choose Pure storage FlashArray over all of these competitors because we found better Performance, Price, and Support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    Excellent performance. Competitive price. Superior support. Simplicity of management
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    At first, they most of our selection criteria but were missing some key components. We could use them for specialized deployments but not shared systems. They worked with us and added the components we required and we now are moving all storage needs to Pure Storage systems. …
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    Violin Memory
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    Pure Storage FlashArrayViolin Memory
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Pure Storage FlashArray and Violin Memory
    Feature
    Pure Storage FlashArray
    9.3
    154 Ratings
    Violin Memory
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    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance10.0154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.0144 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression8.0153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades10.0148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity10.0154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings9.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Pure Storage FlashArrayViolin Memory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (207 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (75 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
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