We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"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."
"Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting."
"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."
"The solution has been working well overall."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."
"It is extremely reliable."
"The product is very stable."
"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."
"It is at the end of support and no longer supported. We have to move our VMware to another storage platform, and we have decided to use Dell PowerStore. We like Dell's products, and it is a new platform with a lot of features."
"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."
"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."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."
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Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 17 reviews while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is ranked 8th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell EqualLogic PS series writes "A highly scalable and astoundingly stable solution offering its users an extremely good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance writes "A stable unified storage system that enables quick access to data". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), IBM FlashSystem, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
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