We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and NetApp StorageGRID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is good."
"The performance is good."
"It is a stable solution."
"What I like best about Dell ECS is its stability. I also like that you can use it for large-scale data purposes. The solution works fine for me, and I haven't encountered any issues with it."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"The performance is good."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"Duplication, interface and the manageability is good and simple."
"The backup features are valuable. I've heard from our backup and data protection people that our clients are very satisfied with the performance in junction with the backup, which they archive on this type of object storage."
"The implementation with NetApp went smoothly. It is a 'setup and forget' type of appliance."
"It has improved our operational efficiency through time consumption and logistics by 40 to 50 percent. Everything that had to do with our legacy tape solution has been improved and is now more efficient."
"Right now, we have an older StorageGRID. I like that we can grow it."
"The management portals have most significantly improved our data retrieval times. They've made it much easier to restore data compared to our previous methods."
"The technical support is good."
"It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more."
"Dell EMC ECS should support segregation of duty, particularly for role-based access controls. Having a single pane of glass for smarter observation and better control mechanism would also make this solution better."
"Its security can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"The setup is very complex."
"Data retrieval speed could be better."
"I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system."
"The processes around installation and upgrade need improvement."
"It has its quirks here and there, but it is an older NetApp system."
"Beyond the initial setup, this product is a little bit difficult to configure."
"One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes."
"We want to move towards Azure in the cloud. Right now, the system is all physical."
"Improvements need to be made in the support area."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while NetApp StorageGRID is ranked 7th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while NetApp StorageGRID is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp StorageGRID writes "Scalable object storage with robust data durability with efficient geo-distribution and comprehensive lifecycle management ensuring managing of large volumes of unstructured data". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Scality RING, whereas NetApp StorageGRID is most compared with MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Scality RING, Cloudian HyperStore and Hitachi Content Platform. See our Dell ECS vs. NetApp StorageGRID report.
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