We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and HPE StorageWorks MSA 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 extremely reliable."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series auto tiering by using this feature, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"Dell's technical support is very good."
"The solution is pretty transparent and works well."
"The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it."
"MSA performs exceptionally well, particularly in regions with frequent power outages."
"Monitoring is a very big thing. Other great features include block storage; volume creation and the data reliability scalability, which makes the solution really good."
"The solution is very easy to use, it is not really complex for any user, such as non-technical individuals."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility."
"The cost to performance for HPE StorageWorks MSA is good."
"The most valuable features are the storage levels and snapshot features."
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"6510 and 6610 have two iSCSI connections in each controller. Why do 6110xxx members have only one, and why do the same members have the possibility of having an active iSCSI interface in the passive controller? It could make a lot of noise with a failover."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"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."
"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."
"If I need to have more space or more capacity, I need to replace the product. It would be ideal if we could scale without replacing the box itself."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"The solution's license should be integrated and not separate."
"The solution could improve by adding configuration tools."
"Synchronized replication is very important for MSA; however, HPE StorageWorks MSA doesn't provide synchronized replication."
"I rate HPE support four out of 10. I'm not happy with them. We purchased mission-critical support, and we're supposed to get a response in four hours. Instead, I'm waiting days for them to replace the drive. They asked me to send back the failed one, and I don't know the address. After I sent it back, they told me they haven't received it. It's a nightmare."
"This product is getting a little bit older, so new features like deduplication are not included."
"The platform’s monitoring capabilities could be enhanced."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while HPE StorageWorks MSA is ranked 5th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 19 reviews. Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while HPE StorageWorks MSA is rated 8.4. 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 StorageWorks MSA writes "An affordable solution for data storage but lacks cloud backup". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with , whereas HPE StorageWorks MSA is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE EVA. See our Dell EqualLogic PS series vs. HPE StorageWorks MSA report.
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