We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and IBM FlashSystem 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."
"The product is very stable."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"The technical support for the solution was really good."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"The most valuable features were the performance of the array, i.e., very low latency and high IOPS. Plus, the management interface is very easy to use."
"One of the valuable features is the performance, it is one of the best in the market."
"High availability and enhanced security; Proven dependability; Data compression with hardware acceleration; Advanced copy services features are all in this product."
"The most valuable feature is that is supports a high IOPS rate."
"IBM FlashSystem is a stable solution."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The only challenging part in the tool was related to some site recovery area. In order to exploit the site recovery area, my company had to purchase additional VMware products."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"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 option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"A big area for improvement is that the data reduction pool feature is not recommended for use in a production environment because it has stability and performance issues."
"IBM could do more marketing and improve brand awareness. I had never heard of this product until a colleague told me about it. FlashSystem could add a few features, but it would probably increase the price. For example, Pure Storage offers instant snapshotting and partitioning. That would be nice to have, but I think the cost would go up."
"Product support is restricted to IBM only. It must be decentralized to IBM partners as well."
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"The solution is quite expensive. That's one of the downsides to using it."
"The only issue my team faced was transferring the data from the old system to IBM FlashSystem, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"The solution's pricing is a bit high so there is room for improvement."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews. Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell EqualLogic PS series writes "Allows peer-to-peer cloning of storage volume and helps users with hardware replication mechanism". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Dell EqualLogic PS series vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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