We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon), HPE 3PAR StoreServ, and HPE StoreEasy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) integration with other solutions because of the standard file system protocol."
"The flexibility and the user-friendly interface are the most valuable features."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"I don't have to rebuild the cluster to add a node."
"Dell PowerScale's performance is good."
"Isilon is flexible in supporting various data workloads while keeping them protected. Dell continues to release updates and patches which enhance the use of this solution. This includes offering ransomware protection."
"Since it can scale so easily, as long as I have money to buy more nodes, I can grow it as big as I need to. That is important in our business. As sequencing technologies continue to evolve, and as those technologies evolve, the amount of data generation never gets smaller. It just always seems to get bigger. This is one of the absolute key aspects: We can grow on demand without having to forklift stuff."
"The recent introduction of inline deduplication and compression has drastically improved our efficiency ratios to make it an economical product. This solution has also had a positive impact on our employees' productivity because it reduces the amount of admin that our staff needs to handle."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"It's a really stable solution. We have no problems with the customer, no negative feedback from them on this."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution has helped our organization reduce time to deployment by about 60 to 70 percent, because I am able to spin up new systems within four to six hours, where it used to take me two to three days."
"The compression features are good."
"Their support is the most valuable. The support that we are getting from HP Turkey is very good. This product is better than some of the other products in terms of reliability. It is very reliable."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"With the support that our organization has, I can talk to someone right away if I have an issue. It has been very good."
"I like the tool's provisioning feature and OneView."
"I like the user quotas, integrations, and separations for storage."
"This solution allows me to better and more easily manage user data without impacting my primary storage."
"I can use both the on-premises and cloud storage options. I need to have an APR extension from StoreEasy, and it's that simple."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreEasy is the storing of virtual machines."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the duplication."
"The cost of Dell PowerScale is currently high and there is room for improvement."
"The management and monitoring tools comprise a disparate suite of products and the roadmap is very unclear. We've got four different products that look after the Isilon, management-wise, and it's a bit of a mess."
"We lost our technical sales reps about two years ago. We haven't gotten one assigned to us and we'd love to have one."
"Data storage performance needs to be improved."
"Some improvements to the NFS support would be of interest to us."
"There is room for improvement with the updates. It can take a significant amount of time to do a major OS update. However, even though it takes multiple reboots, the cluster stays up. If we want to apply a newer version of the OS, we have to roll back some of the patches so that we can upgrade. It requires a few reboots just to do that. The cluster doesn't come down, everything is still running, but it's time-consuming, at times."
"The solution’s interface and pricing could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in its handling of object storage."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"Here in Algeria, we are facing a lot of trouble finding partners and getting support from HPE. There should be better support here in our country."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"The product is quite expensive."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"The cluster service is not available in the latest version of HPE StoreEasy."
"I would like to improve the tool's technical support. I would also like to see the product's hybrid cloud version."
"We need some monitoring tools and it would be helpful if they were included."
"It would be better if it were more scalable. In the next release, I would like to access some Microsoft Windows storage server features. I guess the newest version of Windows Server has some restrictions."
"The support of HPE StoreEasy can improve its responsiveness. Dell support is better."
"When I configure the StoreEasy in a complex environment I have problems finding compatibility with all the software."
