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 is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution can scale."
"The product is very stable."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"It is extremely reliable."
"The technical support is very good."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"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."
"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."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"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 performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"It lacks automatic tiering, When you use data, some of it goes cold. It is not hot data, so the system should automatically move that data to the SATA, while the hot data is kept on tier-one, the SaaS or SSD drives."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The WAFL is slow."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
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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