We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Huawei FusionStorage 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 most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"The technology is very good, it performs well."
"The scalability is good."
"The performance is good."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a stable platform."
"This product is very competitive."
"It's definitely good for unstructured data. In earlier days, we had Centera, so for the DR it's really good. It has load balancing facility, and we're using it with the Kemp Load Balancer."
"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"Provides easy access to our data."
"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"The major weakness in the solution is that there is no cloud version for Dell ECS."
"Dell EMC ECS could improve by having Relational Database Services(RDS) to review progress. Additionally, if the training was provided it would be a benefit, it would be good for our engineers."
"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."
"If Dell ECS would be available as standalone software, so you can use any hardware with it, would make the solution better. It would also be good if Dell ECS had more integrations with other products."
"Dell ECS could improve the price of the solution. It is expensive."
"The initial setup is not so easy."
"The disaster recovery could be improved because there should be something in-built within the ECS. Search and recovery should be in-built. Right now, we have to use some external tools for performing the recovery itself. For example, we're using Atempo or deploying Golden Superna, so it has dependency on the external third party vendors."
"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."
"Their cloud services could be improved."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Huawei FusionStorage is ranked 17th in File and Object Storage with 4 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Huawei FusionStorage is rated 7.8. 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 Huawei FusionStorage writes "Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems ". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Red Hat Ceph Storage, whereas Huawei FusionStorage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage and Google Cloud Storage. See our Dell ECS vs. Huawei FusionStorage report.
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