We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"It simplifies storage."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"It provides a big benefit when upgrading a new VMware environment. For example, in a big environment with 10 to 30 ESXs, you can take everything and put that into PowerStore. So, it is cost-effective, which is very important and has been massive for us. You reduce almost 80% from the hardware and work directly from PowerStore. Building hardware, especially in a big VMware environment, is a big issue for my organization."
"The solution is stable."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"Currently, the features of replication and deduplication have been very important to us."
"There is no complicated configuration for queries and calls. You just create a model and go."
"It is very easy to use. Access is very friendly. It shows you a lot of important information at the first glance. It has been very easy to use."
"You can add compute and capacity independently. We have sized the solution based on our current needs, but in the future we can choose to increase capacity if we grow our activity in the market. And if we have more business in our monetary system, we can increase compute. The ability to choose what we increase is a good feature."
"It's actually shaking hands with the workflow solutions much better than any other storage."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"Automation could be simplified."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"I would like to see a Nagios monitoring plugin which watches the health and performance of the system. The only one available just checks volume capacity."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"Could use some additional automation."
"When it comes to Dell PowerStore, I would like to see more integration and more security features included. It's unfortunate that the solution does not feature Flash trace."
"The only thing is that with PowerStore, we don't have a solution for the file object."
"I do not like having to use VPLEX for synchronous replication, as opposed to having the store software built-in."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"When you create a case on Dell's support website, you don't always get someone who is experienced in the kind of systems you need help with...making it an area where Dell's support team needs to make improvements."
"There is no Synchronize replication feature on the storage."
"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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Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 46 reviews while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is ranked 35th in All-Flash Storage. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". 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". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is most compared with .
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