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 solution can scale."
"The technical support is very good."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"The product is very stable."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"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."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"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."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The product must support more drives."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
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 96 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 and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, 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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