We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 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."Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"The product is very stable."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"It is extremely reliable."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"The technical support for the solution was really good."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"The solution’s deduplication functionality works great. We are getting about a 16:1 dedupe ratio on our VM workloads."
"The solution is easy to install."
"The support is really fast. There is very good support for 3PAR storage."
"Provides High-Availability, security, and high performance"
"It is a stable solution."
"This solution has allowed for massive performance acceleration of all workloads and massively increased availability (with peer persistence/transparent failover feature)."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the native full mesh (multi-pathing)."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"Individual file recovery would be a nice additional feature."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"There is no inline deduplication capability."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"We do see room for improvement, especially in regard to expanding the defined storage areas."
"From an overall perspective, all the latest technologies can improve support and performance. This is very important for us."
"They should add AI-enabled dashboards to the solution."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions."
"The solution’s customer support could be improved."
"I would like to see more flexibility with the cloud. I've actually just been in a presentation about it, here at HPE Discover 2018, so those features are coming."
"The availability of technical resources within HPE is becoming a challenge due to availability."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 3rd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 299 reviews. Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6. 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 HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StorageWorks MSA. See our Dell EqualLogic PS series vs. HPE 3PAR StoreServ report.
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