We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Quantum ActiveScale based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The technology is very good, it performs well."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"I have found Dell ECS to be scalable."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The performance is good."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"Dell's technical support team is good."
"Workflow is easy to manage and maintain."
"The technology is stable which is good."
"If Dell ECS would be available as standalone software, so you can use any hardware with it, would make the solution better. It would also be good if Dell ECS had more integrations with other products."
"In Taiwan, they don't have professional technical support."
"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."
"Dell EMC ECS should support segregation of duty, particularly for role-based access controls. Having a single pane of glass for smarter observation and better control mechanism would also make this solution better."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Lacks some ability to integrate with different systems."
"We would like to see a self-sufficient installation."
Earn 20 points
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Quantum ActiveScale is ranked 20th in File and Object Storage. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Quantum ActiveScale is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quantum ActiveScale writes "Good performance and reliable but the setup is complex". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID and MinIO, whereas Quantum ActiveScale is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Qumulo and MinIO. See our Dell ECS vs. Quantum ActiveScale report.
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