We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"The most valuable feature is the overall integration and just seeing the three different layers which make up the machine software. Altogether, it's something that I would say is much better than any other solution that I have experienced before."
"The support team responds quickly."
"The most valuable feature is high availability."
"Perfectly suits customers dealing with the combination of future storage needs and, at the same time, keeping up their computing power."
"The resiliency and data protection are the most valuable features."
"The solution is quite stable."
"Dell PowerFlex is a one-stop-shop solution. Storage, compute, network, application monitoring, and support cases are all combined into one solution. It's very easy to administer compared to when you have a reference architecture where you need to design and build everything yourself. You would also then have to work with multiple vendors."
"It is easy to use for management and operations teams because the tools are in one place."
"The Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"Rubrik's immutability feature ensures the security of our backups by preventing unauthorized alterations. The most effective feature for simplifying our data backup processes is the ability to perform on-demand or scheduled backups and restores, which greatly enhances manageability. The security and compliance features have had a positive impact on our data management practices. We utilize Rubrik not only for virtual machine backups but also for backing up approximately twenty terabytes of unstructured data, including file shares and documents. This allows users to easily restore deleted documents using the Soft Delete feature, depending on the backup frequency."
"Replaces legacy tapes and disk backups which are unreliable, expensive and space consuming."
"It has the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"The most valuable feature has been the Live Mount feature."
"It has also saved us time managing backups. It's pretty stable. So it sends us a report if something goes wrong, then you get a report. You don't really need to manually monitor this software over time. If something happens, you'll get an error and you'll get an email notification and then address it. We found the product pretty stable if it's configured correctly. So it has reduced management time."
"CloudOut, because only blocks are pushed after compression and deduplication, not raw sizing."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"The Command Center, a free guest VM for management and monitoring, leaves something to be desired. It could have more accurate real-time information and better reporting visuals, which seem to be an afterthought."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"A web management interface would be good, especially for those coming from other solutions that have one."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"The solution must be more flexible."
"The storage capability must be improved."
"Needs some more monitoring tools."
"I am not really impressed by the technical support of this solution."
"I think there might be some room for improvement when it comes to pricing, because although I know how to convert customers, at the end of day, it's quite expensive. Sometimes your feature architecture is still coming out much cheaper than hardware costs for your infrastructure."
"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."
"The installation is complex."
"We're also running Hyper-V virtual machines. But we recently discovered that migration of the Hyper-V virtual machines is a bit challenging. Maybe if Dell EMC can come out with a tool that will make it very easy for us to migrate the Microsoft Hyper-V machine, that may be an improvement."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"Pricing is something that needs to be considered for improvement."
"Rubrik needs to continue to listen to their customers and what they want/need, not just care about money and the bottom line."
"The reporting, in particular the customization of reports, needs to be improved."
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"The Polaris piece could use improvement. When you get a report and you have events that are suspicious, you cannot drill down and find out why it's suspicious. You only know it's suspicious, but you don't know the root cause. Other than that, everything works well."
"We have some challenges with the solution's reporting because historical reports have some limitations."
Dell PowerFlex is ranked 8th in HCI with 20 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Is very resilient and protects our data, but the solution is complex". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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