We performed a comparison between Dell VPLEX and Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, IBM, NetApp and others in Storage Management."Its mirroring capabilities allow for data to be mirrored across two different data centers, so if one center were to crash or fail, the other center could take over and keep everything running smoothly."
"The capacity to migrate machines onto VPLEX is great — it's very clean. We can migrate machines and add arrays easily."
"The solution works well. It's very reliable."
"Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract."
"The most valuable feature is deduplication, as we have no duplication in the snapshots."
"The best feature of VPLEX storage is its ability to consolidate storage. It also provides the highest RPO and RTOs for replication technology. VPLEX enables application mobility."
"Mobility enables us to carry out an internal migration of data."
"Storage virtualization and geographic resilience for Metro Sans, plus a great performance improvement."
"The stability of the Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager is good."
"I would like to have site-to-site replication capability for applications."
"Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure."
"With Dell VPLEX, there are some bugs with Broadcom."
"The initial setup is complex."
"VPLEX's engine-based architecture is complex, so the implementation is challenging and takes more time. It's also difficult to fix hardware issues. When an appliance fails, it takes Dell EMC a long time to fix it because spare parts are in short supply."
"VPLEX hardware migration to spare equipment in case of major disruption."
"The price is a problem with EMC due to the fact that it's more expensive than the other vendors."
"There can be delays in getting performance reports."
"Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager could improve by having more parameters for storage. When you take the solution out of the box there need to be some more features built-in."
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Dell VPLEX is ranked 1st in Storage Management with 18 reviews while Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Storage Management. Dell VPLEX is rated 8.2, while Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell VPLEX writes "It's an excellent solution for data mobility and disaster recovery, but the CLI can be difficult for beginners". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager [EOL] writes "Helpful support, useful AI, and reliable". Dell VPLEX is most compared with IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM SAN Volume Control and NetApp OnCommand, whereas Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager [EOL] is most compared with .
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