We compared Dell Powerstore and HPE Primera based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Dell EMC Powerstore seems to be the slightly superior solution because it is easier to use.
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"One of the best features is the support, which is excellent."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."
"It is very easy to install and configure. It has got excellent diagnostics. If you really need to see how the box is performing, the console gives you a lot of information. You can set thresholds as well as alerts based on the thresholds, which is a very powerful functionality. They are very proactive. They know how to monitor and manage the systems. They see a problem, and they are all over it before us. They see the problem before we see it, which is very good."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"The latency is good."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
"The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from the PowerStore and is the most valuable feature."
"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 main feature of Dell PowerStore is its support for NVMe as well as hybrid solutions."
"Currently, the features of replication and deduplication have been very important to us."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"You can add compute and capacity independently. We have sized the solution based on our current needs, but in the future we can choose to increase capacity if we grow our activity in the market. And if we have more business in our monetary system, we can increase compute. The ability to choose what we increase is a good feature."
"For access from virtual machines, iSCSI, and NFS, it is very good. It helps increase performance."
"In my opinion, HPE is making good progress and moving ahead with InfoSight, which is predictive analytics and artificial intelligence."
"There has been a lot of changes in HPE Primera OS, and most of the time any package related to it is simple to upgrade. It does not require any support for the operation. The customer can easily deploy any code directly from the GUI which is very good. Additionally, we have individual storage we can allocate and easily manage."
"The product is stable."
"The interface is simplified."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is a stable and scalable solution with quick and efficient storage capability."
"The high availability was most valuable because they come with what's called 100% data availability. With special terms, they license and guarantee 100% data availability. That was probably one of the key features or components that HPE was offering with that model."
"Our customers have given very positive feedback about InfoSign, which is the management software for this solution."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"The tool's pricing is higher than competitors."
"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"It is on the expensive side."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"It needs more mature code."
"You cannot delegate permissions."
"The support is not very good."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"The NAS part is very poor. It's very basic. Even Dell EMC has said that to us. We are waiting for version 3 of PowerStore for that. This must be improved and it is in the roadmap."
"I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity."
"The price is on the higher side."
"The support team doesn't always provide adequate assistance. So, there is room for improvement in the support."
"We've encountered issues in the past where maintaining a read-only state is essential to prevent data encryption when VPN access is impacted."
"There are certain shortcomings in the technical support offered by HPE where improvements are required."
"Primera should be more user-friendly."
"The solution could prove the reporting."
"The product’s price needs improvement."
"Price is always important in Turkey, so HPE could lower the price to keep it competitive. It's not as competitive as other solutions in this market."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The pricing is very high."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. 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 HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp AFF and Dell SC Series, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell PowerStore vs. HPE Primera report.
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