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."Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"The product is very stable."
"It is extremely reliable."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"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."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"Needs more SAN support."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"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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