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 can scale."
"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."
"The technical support is very good."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"The solution is stable."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"It is at the end of support and no longer supported. We have to move our VMware to another storage platform, and we have decided to use Dell PowerStore. We like Dell's products, and it is a new platform with a lot of features."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"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."
"They should add new features to the product."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
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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