We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Quantum ActiveScale based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MinIO, Dell Technologies, Red Hat and others in File and Object Storage."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."
"Dell PowerScale is a scalable solution. It allows non-disruptive upgrades and maintenance of the system."
"This has been a valuable solution for our business overall. It offers business continuity and replication features."
"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."
"It's easy to manage. The web UI is very intuitive, and there's CLI also that you can use to manage it."
"The most valuable feature we started using, beyond the initial scope for the solution, is the multi-protocol system that allows you to access the same set of files using different network protocols like NFS or SMB. PowerScale’s Unified Permission Model ensures that data security and access permissions are honoured regardless of whether the client is a Windows desktop or a Linux server"
"The solution has simplified management by consolidating our workloads. Rather than managing all the different workloads on different storage arrays, Windows Servers, etc., we just have one place per data centre where we manage all their unstructured data, saving us time."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is all the capabilities together."
"Workflow is easy to manage and maintain."
"The technology is stable which is good."
"There is room for improvement in its handling of object storage."
"The solution isn't suitable for small environments or small customers."
"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."
"The UID mapping and how to configure mapping-related things is a struggle."
"The solution's rate structure or rate redundancy needs to be improved."
"Dell PowerScale's deployment is not easy."
"Isilon has limitations on the number of files that can be generated."
"It would be nice to see tools like Superna Eyeglass built into PowerScale."
"We would like to see a self-sufficient installation."
"Lacks some ability to integrate with different systems."
Earn 20 points
Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 2nd in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews while Quantum ActiveScale is ranked 20th in File and Object Storage. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Quantum ActiveScale is rated 7.6. 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 Quantum ActiveScale writes "Good performance and reliable but the setup is complex". Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and HPE StoreEasy, whereas Quantum ActiveScale is most compared with Dell ECS, Qumulo and MinIO.
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