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."Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series auto tiering by using this feature, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The solution can scale."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Has rock solid reliability and is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"The solution is stable."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"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."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"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."
"I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic...Since I can't buy it anymore, I don't receive any updates on the solution. Also, this is the last year in which one can buy support for the solution."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"The user interface could be improved."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"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."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
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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