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."It is extremely reliable."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution can scale."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Fast Snapshots"
"This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"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 product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"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."
"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."
"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 performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"The product must support more drives."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
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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