We performed a comparison between Dell Unity XT 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."Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"It helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"The speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"The most valuable feature is that maintenance is free."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"The Snapshot feature is key."
"For me, the most valuable feature is the ease of management."
"We just started doing a bunch of automation where, if an end-user's home directory or departmental share gets filled, I can set certain things through a Unity API so that if it reaches 95 or 98 percent full, it will automatically expand. Now, instead of our getting a ticket and having to go in and do it manually, it does that for us."
"It's very reliable. I have not had an issue with Dell EMC Unity."
"The technical support is very professional and provides quick responses."
"The hardware itself, it differs from Compellent and differs from the VNX before it. It doesn't have a separate file harbor that goes with it, there are no separate NAS heads. It's 2U, you have file and block storage, so you get a quite a lot of services for a small footprint."
"I like Unity XT's software-defined storage. It's a new feature that isn't widely used yet, but customers are impressed with it."
"I like the easy management with the new Unisphere management and the HTML5 interface."
"It's actually shaking hands with the workflow solutions much better than any other storage."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"The price should be lower."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"The pricing is a bit high. We'd like it to come down."
"Maybe deduplication would be something that would be better to have. Also, it's a fairly new management interface, so work is still being done on that. But compared to other vendors and previous EMC storage, the Unity is really good."
"There's always room for improvement with the UI. That can be a little cumbersome at times."
"There is an ESRS problem that we're facing where, for some reason, the other Unity has not been able to register to EMC. The support information is not upgrading and nobody can tell me what is wrong with it. It's a minor issue, the ESRS is still working, but it is something that is very confusing and nobody seems to know what to do about it."
"The upgrade process needs improvement. I should be able to swap it out, with zero downtime, with another array, down the road. I don't think Dell EMC has anything in the roadmap for this product line. I just don't want to have to deal with that anymore and all of our customers are pretty much the same."
"The initial installation is straightforward and took approximately one hour. However, the full process was not as simple as IBM."
"They should have more wizards for customers so they can do more of the self-service types of functions, in terms of upgrades and patching, although it's pretty easy right now."
"They can certainly improve in terms of monitoring."
"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 Unity XT is ranked 4th in All-Flash Storage with 186 reviews while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is ranked 34th in All-Flash Storage. Dell Unity XT is rated 8.4, while Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell Unity XT writes "Easy to set up with good data compression technology and useful deduplication". 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 Unity XT is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas Oracle FS1 Flash Storage System is most compared with .
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