"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"It is an inexpensive storage solution."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to set up PowerVault. I also like the provisioning of storage."
"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its ability to provide small to medium-range storage. It doesn't have any specific standout features, but it's great for applications, such as surveillance where a large number of videos need to be recorded and performance isn't a priority."
"The most valuable features are stability and response time."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to manage and easy to use."
"It is very stable."
"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"The product could support an NVMe hard disk."
"Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added."
"PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud."
"I would like to see improvements made to the user interface."
"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
"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."
"The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level during these upgrade processes, as we sometimes need to shut down both controllers. This could be an area for improvement."
"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 23 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 "Easy to use with good integrations and reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE EVA writes "There is reliable support for HDD replacement". Dell PowerVault is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Lenovo Storage V Series, Huawei OceanStor SNS and ExaGrid EX, whereas HPE EVA is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA.
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