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."It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The product is very stable."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"It is stable and scalable."
"It is extremely reliable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"NAS stability"
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve by providing fiber channel connectivity. Fiber channel connectivity is not supported, which is a requirement of advanced applications, such as SAP HANA. SAP HANA recommends fiber channel connectivity, but the Dell EqualLogic PS series is only an ISCSI data storage."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"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."
"If I need to have more space or more capacity, I need to replace the product. It would be ideal if we could scale without replacing the box itself."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"They should add new features to the product."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
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 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 "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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