"SAN switches in Cisco MDS Series are a valuable feature of the solution for our company."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco MDS Series is its reliability, support, and scalability."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the devices, databases, and zoning."
"The features I found most valuable are the ease of deployment, it's easy to upgrade, easy to configure and easy to administer. There is no need for vendor professional services which saves project cost. The usage of WebUI for all primary features like hostname, IP address, SNMP traps, zone sets, addition and deletion of zone members or zone sets, backup of switch DB is very simple."
"The issues with these switches are extremely rare, and the whole product line is very predictable and stable."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco MDS Series is security."
"The product is easy to use."
"It's actually shaking hands with the workflow solutions much better than any other storage."
"Cisco MDS Series can improve by having API functionality for automation and programming."
"It is quite a stable product. It should be shipped with the latest firmware to avoid download and upload schema at the beginning of the initial setup. There should also be the possibility of downgrading the firmware when required. WebUI needs DCNM instead a web-based GUI should be made available like Brocade san switch."
"Cisco MDS Series could improve by adding more gigahertz. However, they are doing this over time."
"The product is very expensive."
"The solution's management interface and GUI need improvement."
"The GUI client is Java-based and we know that Java is not secure, so everyone disables it."
"The licensing model could be less complicated."
"It has to be flexible according to the customer's requirements. It has to be aligned with the customer business and the business environment."
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Cisco MDS Series is ranked 1st in Enterprise SAN with 8 reviews while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is ranked 10th in Enterprise SAN. Cisco MDS Series is rated 9.0, while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco MDS Series writes "Simple deployment, reliable, and scales well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System writes "Has a fantastic feature-set and works well with workflow solutions". Cisco MDS Series is most compared with Dell Connectrix, HPE SN6000, IBM SAN384B, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerVault, whereas Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is most compared with Dell Unity XT.
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