We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a highly flexible solution, as it can be deployed on physical servers or on top of virtual machines running on hypervisors such as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"This product now allows us to migrate virtual machines between nodes as if we had a dedicated $100,000 SAN in the mix without the additional cost and management of the SAN."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"The product gave us a cost-effective way to deploy a highly available server environment."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"Dell PowerFlex is a one-stop-shop solution. Storage, compute, network, application monitoring, and support cases are all combined into one solution. It's very easy to administer compared to when you have a reference architecture where you need to design and build everything yourself. You would also then have to work with multiple vendors."
"It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion."
"The program is stable."
"The support is highly responsive."
"Perfectly suits customers dealing with the combination of future storage needs and, at the same time, keeping up their computing power."
"The most valuable feature is the overall integration and just seeing the three different layers which make up the machine software. Altogether, it's something that I would say is much better than any other solution that I have experienced before."
"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."
"Takes me 80 percent less time to manage my backup environment."
"The product's most valuable feature is the immutability of a backup."
"The tech support is extremely helpful."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"Product support team is excellent, with issues typically being resolved on the same day."
"In terms of usage, Rubrik has allowed us to retrieve data 80 to 90 percent faster than our previous technology."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"The gathering of monthly consumption and performance reports for future dissemination to concerned parties is very important. Unfortunately, StarWinds vSAN doesn't offer this functionality."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"Management tools could be improved, sometimes the usage seems to be slowed down and confusing. A native web interface could also be an option. I love to see in the future port of the software on a general Linux distribution like RedHat or Ubuntu in order to avoid windows license costs. I would also like to see features like erasure coding implemented. On the VSAN software, I would like to see some improvements in the storage pools (eliminate the usage of the file as a data container and use the raw partition)."
"I had issues locating the documentation that applied to my version of StarWind vSAN."
"We're also running Hyper-V virtual machines. But we recently discovered that migration of the Hyper-V virtual machines is a bit challenging. Maybe if Dell EMC can come out with a tool that will make it very easy for us to migrate the Microsoft Hyper-V machine, that may be an improvement."
"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."
"The storage capability must be improved."
"Licensing restrictions can be frustrating."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface."
"The solution must be more flexible."
"The installation is complex."
"Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have."
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"Rubrik can only leverage cloud storage for archiving and has no cloud failover."
"I would love to be able to just get from the dashboard to a file that I need, or a system that I need."
"I have a personal want which might not necessarily make sense with Rubrik as a company or Rubrik as a software, but it'd be really nice if they could also handle things like item-level backups and restores of Active Directory objects and DNS and DCP objects."
"I hope to see enhancements in areas like data governance and the incorporation of new features in future updates."
"I would like a way to set monthly backups on a certain date and time."
"Rubrik needs to continue to listen to their customers and what they want/need, not just care about money and the bottom line."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
Dell PowerFlex is ranked 8th in HCI with 19 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.2, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Infrastructure management solution that offers rapid provisioning of computer storage but the APIs and enablers for custom automation could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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