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."The technical support is very good."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The product is very stable."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"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."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"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."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"They should add new features to the product."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"The WAFL is slow."
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 97 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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