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."Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The technical support is very good."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The product is very stable."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic...Since I can't buy it anymore, I don't receive any updates on the solution. Also, this is the last year in which one can buy support for the solution."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 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 "Allows peer-to-peer cloning of storage volume and helps users with hardware replication mechanism". 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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