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 solution can scale."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The product is user-friendly and helps to evaluate the performance of each node. It ensures that if one node encounters an issue, the system can immediately redistribute the workload without interruptions. This setup provides uninterrupted operation for our systems."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
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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