We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Dell's technical support is very good."
"It is extremely reliable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The technical support is very good."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The solution can scale."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve by providing fiber channel connectivity. Fiber channel connectivity is not supported, which is a requirement of advanced applications, such as SAP HANA. SAP HANA recommends fiber channel connectivity, but the Dell EqualLogic PS series is only an ISCSI data storage."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"6510 and 6610 have two iSCSI connections in each controller. Why do 6110xxx members have only one, and why do the same members have the possibility of having an active iSCSI interface in the passive controller? It could make a lot of noise with a failover."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."
"If I need to have more space or more capacity, I need to replace the product. It would be ideal if we could scale without replacing the box itself."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"It is at the end of support and no longer supported. We have to move our VMware to another storage platform, and we have decided to use Dell PowerStore. We like Dell's products, and it is a new platform with a lot of features."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 17 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 reviews. Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell EqualLogic PS series writes "A highly scalable and astoundingly stable solution offering its users an extremely good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell EqualLogic PS series vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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