We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Quantum ActiveScale based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MinIO, Dell Technologies, Red Hat and others in File and Object Storage."The most valuable feature we started using, beyond the initial scope for the solution, is the multi-protocol system that allows you to access the same set of files using different network protocols like NFS or SMB. PowerScale’s Unified Permission Model ensures that data security and access permissions are honoured regardless of whether the client is a Windows desktop or a Linux server"
"Our main goal is to do disaster recovery with whatever solution we use and Isilon makes it pretty simple to replicate those workloads over to our secondary data center."
"The tool's most valuable features are scalability and stability."
"The solution has simplified management by consolidating our workloads. Rather than managing all the different workloads on different storage arrays, Windows Servers, etc., we just have one place per data centre where we manage all their unstructured data, saving us time."
"The flexibility and the user-friendly interface are the most valuable features."
"It has allowed us to have more consistent quality controls. It has also allowed us to expand the number of servers in clients processing and accessing data, allowing us to get a lot bigger projects out the door."
"Its most valuable feature is the DR capabilities replication."
"It assists with eliminating storage silos because it provides SMB and NFS protocols. PowerScale has also helped free up our employee's time to focus on other business priorities."
"Workflow is easy to manage and maintain."
"The technology is stable which is good."
"Dell PowerScale needs to reduce its price."
"Dell PowerScale's deployment is not easy."
"The solution isn't suitable for small environments or small customers."
"The solution’s interface and pricing could be improved."
"We used to have a chat feature available on the support site. It's not available to us anymore."
"Isilon has limitations on the number of files that can be generated."
"The legacy file system for Epsilon didn't scale into the cloud and didn't have a separate OS. It would be key if this was made possible."
"The product’s expansion capacity, pricing clarity, and ease of use need improvement."
"We would like to see a self-sufficient installation."
"Lacks some ability to integrate with different systems."
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Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 2nd in File and Object Storage with 37 reviews while Quantum ActiveScale is ranked 19th in File and Object Storage. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Quantum ActiveScale is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) writes "We can easily deploy, manage, and maintain systems without needing a huge amount of expertise to facilitate them". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quantum ActiveScale writes "Good performance and reliable but the setup is complex". Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with Dell ECS, NetApp FAS Series, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and HPE StoreEasy, whereas Quantum ActiveScale is most compared with Dell ECS, MinIO, Qumulo and NetApp StorageGRID.
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