We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Frame-Based Disk Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The user interface is good, I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational aspect is also noteworthy. Additionally, its availability and performance are commendable. The speaker are also equally powerful."
"The most valuable feature is the no-forklift upgrade. While the thing is running, I can change out the controllers one at a time and keep the customer up and running. I can add shelves and storage and SSD drives or spinning drives to the system, while it's running. I can bring all that in and rebalance the load across the new disks or, if we take disks away, rebalance the load across what's remaining, and it just works."
"It is just as stable as any other high-end solution."
"The process of reallocating data from fast disks (SSD or SAS) to slow disks (SATA) gives you better performance and better use of resources."
"Its leading feature is the price-performance ratio, which is very good."
"The flexibility of this solution has been valuable for our business."
"The setup and installation is much simpler now, because Dell has standardized the configure process."
"The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product."
"The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"The ease of use could be improved. It took me a while to learn it."
"It's not very efficient anymore. There are better products out there."
"This solution could be improved if overall performance was improved and operated with a higher speed and supported a higher volume of RAM."
"We had times that we needed a file service solution. We've used FluidFS, but it's a solution that is being transitioned out."
"The connection should be better integrated with the network to offer a better view of the system."
"While the price is competitive, in the next release it would be better if they could reduce the fees."
"We can definitely see a need for it being a multi-controller system for customers who want to scale beyond the current capability. That's always a downside. A lot of the new systems are scaling vertically, they scale out, and the Compellent, of course, is controllers with shelves under it, so you don't scale out with it, unless you add another one. But if you do, they don't talk to each other, like some of the other solutions that we sell."
"We have seen some degraded throughput with mixed workloads. We have been working with Dell EMC to correct some of these latency issues."
"The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options."
"The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally."
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Dell SC Series is ranked 3rd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 49 reviews while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is ranked 2nd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM System Storage DS8000 Series writes "Great Global Copy and Global Mirror features with an easy initial setup". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem and Huawei OceanStor, whereas IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is most compared with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Dell SC Series vs. IBM System Storage DS8000 Series report.
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