We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Panzura based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Nasuni and others in NAS."The most valuable feature of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) integration with other solutions because of the standard file system protocol."
"It has allowed us to have more consistent quality controls. It has also allowed us to expand the number of servers in clients processing and accessing data, allowing us to get a lot bigger projects out the door."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance."
"The flexibility and the user-friendly interface are the most valuable features."
"Our main goal is to do disaster recovery with whatever solution we use and Isilon makes it pretty simple to replicate those workloads over to our secondary data center."
"Isilon is flexible in supporting various data workloads while keeping them protected. Dell continues to release updates and patches which enhance the use of this solution. This includes offering ransomware protection."
"PowerScale helped free up our employees' time to focus on other business priorities. There are now automated jobs such as backing up and replicating data, that reduce the footprint we have. Those types of tasks were previously done manually."
"Its scalability has been huge for us."
"Its most valuable features are the collaboration, the file snapshots, and the data protection the solution provides."
"Dell PowerScale needs to reduce its price."
"I'd like to see more Iceland products in the cloud so that we can port our data into different environments if needed. I would also like to see a virtual appliance or software-defined Iceland product."
"The legacy file system for Epsilon didn't scale into the cloud and didn't have a separate OS. It would be key if this was made possible."
"The management and monitoring tools comprise a disparate suite of products and the roadmap is very unclear. We've got four different products that look after the Isilon, management-wise, and it's a bit of a mess."
"The solution’s interface and pricing could be improved."
"The solution can be a bit complex for those not well versed in the technology."
"That said, for the other security features, it would be helpful if Tenable - and I know it's outside the scope of this question itself - had Isilon-specific plugins."
"The biggest weakness is small file handling. Small file compression options are not enabled out of the box. It would be good to have this enabled by default."
"It should be easy for people not on the network to connect and access their files."
Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 1st in NAS with 37 reviews while Panzura is ranked 13th in NAS with 1 review. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Panzura is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) writes "We can easily deploy, manage, and maintain systems without needing a huge amount of expertise to facilitate them". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Panzura writes "File collaboration and data protection are its strong points, but it needs to improve remote access". Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with Dell ECS, NetApp FAS Series, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and HPE StoreEasy, whereas Panzura is most compared with Nasuni, CTERA Cloud Backup, Amazon FSx, Azure NetApp Files and Box.
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