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."Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series auto tiering by using this feature, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"The technical support is very good."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"NAS stability"
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"The WAFL is slow."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 17 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 97 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 "A highly scalable and astoundingly stable solution offering its users an extremely good technical support". 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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