We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"The latency is good."
"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"The solution is scalable."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"I find all of the Dell PowerStore features to be valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution for me is the deduplication part, especially since most of the servers in our organization are Windows-based servers."
"The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from the PowerStore and is the most valuable feature."
"Typically, high-performance and high-availability features, such as application snapshots and remote and local replication, are highly valued."
"Migrations are very easy and fast."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"The support is very good."
"Dell PowerStore is an easy and fast tool to work through our company's data."
"The hardware and software of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy for us to use."
"One of the most valuable features is the overall performance it provides. You're able to throw a pile of IOPS at it and it will handle that without much issue."
"The stability, speed, and reliability are the solution's best features. The information is also very secure."
"Its performance is most valuable. This solution is much faster than other as well as older storage solutions. The performance of the system is very good. We are getting 50 times better experience than the older storages. We are using AFF 300. It also has native cloud integration and most of the features."
"Having the option of such high-speed storage in the data center is what makes it valuable."
"Considering the cost, I find NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays to be the best storage available in the market."
"The management of it is very simple. that is the most valuable feature."
"Some of the valuable features include MetroCluster switchover, in terms of disaster recovery, it is easy to use, and flexible."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"The tool's pricing is higher than competitors."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"When it comes to Dell PowerStore, I would like to see more integration and more security features included. It's unfortunate that the solution does not feature Flash trace."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"You cannot delegate permissions."
"The cost of technical support is high."
"The solution's technical support is not as good as it is supposed to be since you have to push them to get support."
"I would like to see higher-capacity drives, as they come out; I have heard that 15 TB are out on a different NetApp series. Getting those on the EFs would be nice."
"This solution does not have any compression or deduplication."
"The management interface, while very reliable, it seems a little old now and could maybe use a little modernization."
"Its pricing should be better. Its price is competitive, but they need to improve the pricing. They have different licensing models, which they need to improve. My expectation was cloud integration, which they have, but it is a different license. Therefore, people cannot enjoy it. If I want to use it, I need to pay extra. There is a cost involved for everything, but it should reach everyone. It is similar to having a Rolls-Royce, but you need to pay extra for the key. If you want the key, you need to pay."
"Better integration with other brands is important so we would like to see it easier to integrate."
"The pricing could be cheaper and it should have documentation in more languages, specifically, Russian."
"There could be better integration with some of our Cisco products."
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Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado, IBM FlashSystem and HPE Primera. See our Dell PowerStore vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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