"PowerVault comes with free software that performs functions like data deduplication and replication, which is cost-effective and delivers added value to the product."
"The solution is reliable and stable."
"The initial setup was easy and simple."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to set up PowerVault. I also like the provisioning of storage."
"I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
"The stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"It is very stable."
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
"The high prices of the solution are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"We could set up the installation through a web server, but it's not very reactive on the web server. For example, when you launch a task, and you don't know exactly if the task has begun or if the task is in progress, or if it's finished. You have to wait for three to five to ten minutes to be sure that the task is running or in progress or finished. So at that point, it's not very good."
"The product could support an NVMe hard disk."
"I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers."
"In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
"Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
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Dell PowerVault is ranked 1st in Fibre Channel with 16 reviews while HPE EVA is ranked 4th in Fibre Channel. Dell PowerVault is rated 8.4, while HPE EVA is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerVault writes "Offers good stability and simplicity". On the other hand, Dell PowerVault is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Huawei OceanStor SNS, Lenovo Storage V Series and ExaGrid EX, whereas HPE EVA is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA.
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