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."The solution has been working well overall."
"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."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"The solution can scale."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The product is flexible."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"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."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"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."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
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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