Dell EqualLogic PS series offers enterprise-level scalability, reliability, and virtualization at reasonable costs. With exceptional performance and ease of management, it's an ideal choice for modern storage needs.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
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| Dell EqualLogic PS series | 5.0% |
| HPE 3PAR StoreServ | 12.4% |
| NetApp FAS Series | 10.7% |
| Other | 71.9% |
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| IBM FlashSystem | 4.1 | 10.6% | 91% | 113 interviewsAdd to research |
| NetApp FAS Series | 4.4 | 10.7% | 96% | 110 interviewsAdd to research |
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EqualLogic PS series provides impressive scale-out capabilities, seamless virtualization compatibility, automated tiering, and thin provisioning. The storage system supports robust features like snapshot capabilities, synchronous replication, and stable data expansion. High reliability and efficient data management make it suitable for organizations needing dependable storage solutions. While enhancements in controller failover, performance, and Fibre Channel connectivity are desired, it addresses high IOPS demands and integrates well with VMware environments, offering stable operation in data centers.
What are the key features of Dell EqualLogic PS series?In industries like education and corporate IT, Dell EqualLogic PS series is used for shared storage in VMware environments, powering virtual machines, student portals, and production sites. It effectively supports databases with high IOPS requirements, such as Oracle and SQL, making it a trusted component of data center operations for file storage and backup needs.
Dell EqualLogic PS series was previously known as EqualLogic PS series.
| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
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| Network Executive at Virtual University | 5.0 | I've used Dell EqualLogic PS series for seven years in our university's data centers, finding it reliable, scalable, and easy to deploy, with excellent support and performance that resolved prior public cloud issues and delivered cost savings. |
| IT Consultant at SPE | 3.5 | I've used Dell EqualLogic PS series for over a decade; it's reliable for virtualization but complex to deploy and not cost-effective. Support is excellent, though scalability and hardware upgrades are limited due to outdated hard disk technology. |
| Director of Computing, Biostatistics at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees | 4.0 | I used Dell EqualLogic PS Series for our virtual infrastructure, valuing its peer-to-peer cloning. However, it lacked compatibility with newer products, needing VMware licenses for full integration. Despite this, it offered a better ROI for our healthcare needs. |
| System Technician at Lidingö stad | 5.0 | In my organization, we use Dell EqualLogic PS series because it is stable. However, we face issues as we can no longer purchase it and receive updates. This forces us to consider moving to another solution due to discontinued support. |
| Manager Enterprise Solutions at Megaplus | 4.0 | I primarily use the Dell EqualLogic PS series for high-performance IOPS databases like Oracle and SQL. Its valuable features include scale-out performance and Auto Tiering. However, it lacks Fibre Channel connectivity, which limits its use for advanced applications like SAP HANA. |
| IT Manager at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees | 4.0 | I've used Dell EqualLogic PS series for 18 years for file storage. It's been stable, scalable, and easy to set up. Despite being out-of-date and end-of-life, I found it a good product, rating it eight out of ten. |
| System Technician at Lidingö stad | 4.5 | I've used this stable, scalable VMware solution for seven years. It's reliable for our needs, but being end-of-life, I'm migrating to Dell PowerStore. Dell support is good; I rate it 9/10. |
| VP - Engineering Operations at WPG Consulting | 2.5 | We use this for storage. While setup is easy and support helpful, its performance and stability are poor under heavy loads, especially compared to Nimble. We rate it 5/10 and recommend Nimble for demanding tasks. |
| Network and System Administrator at TWD Technologies Ltd. | 4.0 | We find this primary storage reliable with good speed and easy setup. However, its poor scalability, forcing box replacement for capacity, and our search for lower costs are significant drawbacks, despite initially excellent Dell support. |
| Assistant Circuit Executive for Information Technology at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees | 3.5 | I find Dell EqualLogic PS Series stable and scalable with excellent support. However, its replication efficiency is poor, it lacks inline deduplication, and it's being phased out. I'm replacing it with Nimble due to its end-of-life and technological limitations, despite a 7/10 utility rating. |
We are essentially a university, and we have deployed Dell EqualLogic PS series in our data centers to run our production sites, student portals, websites, our on-premises portal, and campus management system. We are running all these solutions on that cluster.
We have deployed Dell EqualLogic PS series in a straightforward manner by creating the volume, mounting it into VMware clusters, and using it as central storage.
Dell EqualLogic PS series is easily scalable, and we can add extra boxes and storage.
It was easy to deploy during COVID.
Deploying Dell EqualLogic PS series is straightforward, with no complexity involved.
Dell EqualLogic PS series is a good product. We did not experience any failures in the last six to seven years, and it is still running as our storage for offline data.
There are snapshot capabilities in data protection available, but we did not use that feature because it consumes much space. We have only 150 terabytes of space and simply use it to create volumes without utilizing it for snapshots.
We use thin provisioning in Dell EqualLogic PS series, but I did not explore that feature further.
I do not have anything in mind regarding new capabilities for Dell products at this time.
I have been using Dell EqualLogic PS series for around six to seven years since we installed it.
We did not observe any failures. We did not experience any single drive failure in our seven years of operation. The product has been reliable.
In our last six to seven years, we did not face any failures, and the product we used was truly excellent. My experience has been positive.
Dell EqualLogic PS series is a good product. We did not experience any failures in the last six to seven years, and it is still running as our storage for offline data.
Dell EqualLogic PS series is easily scalable, and we can add extra boxes and storage.
The technical support from Dell has been excellent. I would describe it as excellent support.
The technical support from Dell was excellent, and I would rate it as 10 out of 10.
Positive
Tech Access was our vendor before switching to Dell.
It was easy to deploy during COVID.
Deploying Dell EqualLogic PS series is straightforward, with no complexity involved.
The team should be professional. In Pakistan, the deployment team needs training. When they deployed our cluster, they did not provide any documentation or low-level or high-level diagrams. They simply came, mounted the servers, and started installation without documentation, which is a negative point on the vendor side.
Vendors need training for deployment and should prepare documentation and diagrams.
Even after the deployment and throughout the last seven years we have used that product, we do not have any documentation of this deployment, which is a negative aspect.
I see some savings. The solution is able to save us some time and money.
It is a question about return on investment, and the answer is that there is definitely savings from the product. Before deploying it, we used public clouds for our services, facing latency and other issues with other vendors. After deploying this cluster, we were very satisfied and relieved.
Dell products are much better. However, in Pakistan, we face different challenges. We recently deployed the HP solution because they quoted a lower price that won the standard. In Pakistan, there is a significant focus on pricing. We advocated for Dell and prepared the RFP for Dell solutions, but ultimately HP was selected due to lower pricing. I remain satisfied with Dell, as their products are more reliable than HP.
I work with Dell EqualLogic PS series.
I am an end user and a customer for Dell.
I have experience only with Dell PowerEdge, and I do not work with other products like PowerScale or PowerStore.
Regarding PowerEdge products, I have experience with the R series, specifically R730, R410, and R420, which I have used.
I have experience only on the R series, specifically R730, R420, and R410 servers, and I have also worked with Dell EqualLogic PS series storage and their Quest backup appliance.
I have not used Data Domain; instead, I used their backup appliance called Quest.
I do not have experience with PowerProtect for SaaS backup.
I am not using XR, XE, or T series.
We have only a single unit and do not have multiple locations for data syncing.
I find Dell EqualLogic PS series to be an affordable product.
Dell actually resolved our issues in this regard.
Dell definitely resolved the issues that we faced before.
My overall rating for this product is 10 out of 10.
Dell EqualLogic PS series is the storage of our server, which serves our use case.
The deployment of Dell EqualLogic PS series takes about five days.
From Dell, we have storage, including a SAN, and we have three SANs from Dell.
We have chosen Dell in the past for storage because at the time of the choice, it had better virtualization compatibility.
We are using the Dell EqualLogic PS series product, specifically PS4 and PS6 series.
Our priority is reliability and high availability, which relates to virtualization.
It helps to manage our storage environment by allowing us to install new firmware or a new operating system on the SAN.
The storage tiering capabilities help to improve storage efficiency, but it's not a priority for us.
An improvement that could be made is to have a storage solution with all SSD hard disks, as we currently have a Dell EqualLogic PS series with traditional hard disks.
It's not simple to replace a hard disk; it's more simple and economical for us to replace the entire SAN and buy another new SAN with all SSD hard disks.
I have been working with Dell for about 10 to 12 years.
They were very difficult to install 12 years ago, as nothing was simple back then.
It's a little better now, but it's still difficult and can be quite complex.
The challenge lies in using a specific cable to ensure stability.
I would rate stability as six out of ten.
We have had some problems in the past.
We had issues with the Ethernet and network, resulting in many network problems.
Those problems are in the past, and now everything is resolved.
It offers scalability, but we have not tried to upgrade because all hard disks and all bays are full, so our only scalability is related to hard disks.
If I were to rate scalability from one to ten, I would give it a six.
Technical support is great.
I would rate support a ten, as we have four-hour support from Dell for storage.
Positive
We have experience with the SAN of Akapi, and it didn't have this functionality at the time of our first purchase from Dell.
At the time of launch, we bought the Dell EqualLogic PS series 12 years ago, and at this time, it was the best solution for virtualization to do snapshots, cold snapshots, and warm snapshots of all the data.
Our next refresh is on Hyper-V Azure Local, so we don't need Dell Ready Nodes.
I am not speaking about McAfee.
I'm not able to respond about whether we are using Adaptive Provisioning.
It's not a great advantage, but we can continue to use it even though it's not very easy.
I am speaking about money only.
There is no significant time saving.
The main focus is on price; we look for the most aggressive pricing.
In comparison, Dell is the least aggressive, while HP is in the middle.
Dell is not interested in making good prices.
I rate Dell EqualLogic PS series a seven out of ten.
I used the solution in my company since we had a virtual infrastructure, which served as our storage array with ESXi connections, which are also integrated with VMware solutions.
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the peer-to-peer cloning of storage volumes. My company tried to use Dell EqualLogic PS Series as a replication mechanism for our recovery sites where there is enough bandwidth available, and though geographically it is not separate, we were able to do a hardware replication mechanism with the tool's help.
The main issue was that when there were new storage solutions technologies available on the market, Dell EqualLogic PS Series was not compatible with the latest products. Right now, we have a storage device that offers deduplication along with uniform management software. The tool's front end was not unified, and it was an issue for my company.
The only challenging part in the tool was related to some site recovery area. In order to exploit the site recovery area, my company had to purchase additional VMware products. My company did not venture too deep into the tool because we were happy with the low-level integration offered by Dell EqualLogic PS Series. I wish Dell EqualLogic PS Series could integrate well with VMware or ESXi so that my company doesn't have to purchase additional licenses from VMware.
I have been using Dell EqualLogic PS Series for ten years. My company is a customer of Dell.
It is a stable solution.
My company did not face issues with the scalability part, and though there is a limitation to the number of devices you can have in each cluster, it did not pose an issue in our small deployment phase.
The technical support for the solution was really good. Dell offers support as a service while selling a product, so it is really very nice, especially considering that with new devices, there are automatic monitoring capabilities. If Dell's support team sees something bad happening in a certain device, Dell's team contacts our company. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
Positive
In our company, after we stopped the use of Dell EqualLogic PS Series, we started to use Dell Compellent Storage Center. Right now, my company uses Dell PowerStore.
Our company operates on a not-for-profit model, so we didn't focus on ROI. My company gets what is required from the product to help us in the area of healthcare. The return on investment is really at least better than the cloud services offered by other tools. My company has a small team with which we are able to manage everything since we have people wearing different hats every day, which is why we were able to manage the product efficiently and save money.
I don't think I would say that the product is less expensive. My company has established a relationship with Dell, and we have also tried to move to tools from HP, but right now, we are still with Dell. The product's price is not an issue for our company, considering the relationship we have with Dell and the customer support we receive. Our organization's manpower found it really comfortable to use Dell EqualLogic PS Series.
My company did not use the tool's auto-tiering capability. My company's main issue was just the speed of the storage device, but its ability to replicate volumes with other storage arrays was working well.
At this point in time, I would not recommend the product to others since it is an already phased out technology. At the time my company purchased the product, we did not face any issues with it.
I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
In my organization, we use the solution in our environment.
Feature-wise, I feel that the solution is stable.
Regarding an area to improve, I would say that from Dell EqualLogic family, I can't buy Dell EqualLogic PS series.
I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic, so the solution will have to make certain improvements in the future. Since we can't buy anything from EqualLogic in our company, we plan to move to another solution. 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.
I have been using Dell EqualLogic PS series since 2014. Also, I am a customer and an end-user of the solution.
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Around 2000 end-users are using the services provided by the solution.
Dell offers very good technical support to its users. The solution's technical support team is very fast. I rate the technical support team of the solution a ten out of ten.
Positive
The solution's initial setup process was straightforward. On a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is very easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a nine out of ten. I don't know how long the deployment process took since it was already deployed before I joined the organization. Also, the solution requires very little maintenance. A person who is a specialist or an IT technician can take care of the maintenance.
Price-wise, the solution is cheap. I rate it a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive. The licensing for the solution needs to be taken care of on a yearly basis. Our company has an IT person who takes care of the payment part of the solution.
The next generation of Dell EqualLogic is Dell PowerStore.
It is meaningless for me to advise those planning to buy the solution since no one can buy it anymore. Personally, I recommend the solution to others. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
We mostly use the Dell EqualLogic PS series for databases and other high-performance IOPS requirements. For example, Oracle database, SQL database, and any requirement which requires higher IOPS.
The Dell EqualLogic PS series has benefited our organization because it is scale-out SAN Storage. When my capacity increases, the solution does not only add the storage but the controllers which provide more processing power to the storage. When you expand your capacity, the performance will also increase.
The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series is the scale-out performance and Auto Tiering. By using Auto Tiering, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget.
Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve by providing Fibre Channel connectivity. Fibre Channel connectivity is not supported, which is a requirement of advanced applications, such as SAP HANA. SAP HANA recommends Fibre Channel connectivity, but the Dell EqualLogic PS series is only an ISCSI data storage.
I used the Dell EqualLogic PS series within the last 12 months.
I have never had a problem with the solution.
I rate the stability of the Dell EqualLogic PS series a nine out of ten.
I rate the scalability of the Dell EqualLogic PS series an eight out of ten.
We only have a few customers left using this solution because they do not sell it anymore.
The technical support from the Dell EqualLogic PS series is excellent.
The initial setup of the Dell EqualLogic PS series is simple. The physical connectivity and rack mounting time depend on the size of the deployment. For example, if we have five of the Dell EqualLogic PS series we can mount and do the cabling within two hours. The initial configuration can be done within an hour. The estimated time to deploy from start to finish in this scenario is four to five hours maximum.
One person can do most of the deployment, such as configuration, but a helper is needed to do the mounting of the cables.
We do the deployment of this solution.
Dell EqualLogic PS series can improve its scale-out feature. Sometimes the customer has a limited budget for storage expansion. When they want to expand their capacity, they need to buy a complete controller plus storage capacity, which sometimes is out of their budget. If Dell EqualLogic PS series support could scale up the environment in which only hard drive extension controllers should be supported, then customers can expand within a lower budget.
There are far more advanced solutions on the market than the Dell EqualLogic PS series. I would not advise people to buy it anymore because it is not out of life now. The Dell PowerStore and Dell EMC Unity are much better, this is not because the Dell EqualLogic PS series was not good, but because these are advanced and newer models.
I rate the price from Dell EqualLogic PS series a six out of ten.
We evaluated other solutions before choosing the Dell EqualLogic PS series, such as the Dell EMC SC series, which is more advanced.
The Dell EqualLogic PS series is an obsolete solution.
The solution does not take a lot of maintenance and can be done by one person.
I rate the Dell EqualLogic PS series an eight out of ten.
I am using the Dell EqualLogic PS series for file storage. We keep our VMware on the solution but we do not use many of the features of this solution, we mainly use it for storage.
The solution has been working well overall.
The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features.
I have been using the Dell EqualLogic PS series for approximately 18 years.
I have not had any bugs or glitches, the solution has been stable.
The Dell EqualLogic PS series is simple to scale, and we have approximately 110 users using this solution.
I have used technical support before because the controller that the solution uses needed to be replaced. They sent out a replacement for us very quickly the next day. We have not had any other problems.
The initial setup was simple.
Dell EqualLogic PS series that we have is at its end of life and we are replacing it soon.
My advice to others is this is a good product.
I rate the Dell EqualLogic PS series an eight out of ten.
It connects to our VMware vSphere environment. I am working with the latest version.
You can always trust it. It is stable.
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.
I have been using this solution for seven years.
It works all the time. It is very stable.
It is very easily scalable. You can add more EqualLogic storage boxes, so it is rather easy to expand.
Currently, I am the only one who is working with it.
When I need it, Dell provides good support. I'm satisfied with their support.
It was before my time, but I think it was easy to configure. It is not a difficult solution, so it is easy to set up and work with it. The maintenance it requires comprises regular updates.
I didn't buy it. It was another person seven years ago. So, I don't really know, but all storage platforms cost a lot of money. It is probably in the mid-range, but you get what you pay for.
I am satisfied with it. It works very fine for our purpose, and its performance is enough for our needs. It is not very fast. It is not delivering the best performance, but it is okay for us.
I would rate it a nine out of 10.
We primarily use the solution for storage, and for its fan.
The initial setup is straightforward.
The solution can scale.
Technical support is helpful.
The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble.
The solution needs to have smart data disks and a smarter way to find those disks on certain drives. We are having some issues right now where some of the database operations are recovering and we find there are so many IOPS that EqualLogic fans cannot handle it. That's why we are moving towards a Nimble fan and Nimble is performing way better than EqualLogic.
We've been using the solution for 16 years.
The stability isn't as reliable as a Nible device.
I can scale right now. If I want EqualLogic, I can just buy another one and plug it in and set it up. It's pretty straightforward.
We've dealt with technical support and have found them to be helpful and responsive. We're satisfied with the level of service provided to us.
I also have experience using Nimble.
We have found the initial setup to be easy. It's straightforward. A company shouldn't have any issues with the process.
I don't have any insights into the licensing costs or how often we pay any licensing fees.
We are resellers.
If a company is looking for any hard workload or anything like that, for example, if they want to run only specific amounts and things like that, then they can go with EqualLogic. However, if they want to put some heavy load on the system, then they should go with Nimble.
I'd rate the solution at a five out of ten, as it's not as powerful as I would like it to be.
This is like a primary storage area for all our machines. We have a virtual environment where we have a number of virtual machines and a number of ESX hosts. We are in basically a VM-ware environment. Therefore, we have ESX hosts there, and those hosts are connected. All the virtual machines and user data and everything is stored on this.
The solution offers very good read capacities.
The size of the box we have is pretty decent.
The speed on offer is very good.
We've found the initial setup to be fairly straightforward.
Dell's technical support is very good.
The number one is probably the scalability potential of the product. If I need to increase the capacity, I cannot. That's the main problem for us. If I need to have more space or more capacity, I need to replace the product. It would be ideal if we could scale without replacing the box itself.
We've been using the solution for the past six years at this point. I would say that it's been a good amount of time.
The product is quite stable. We've used it for many years at this point without issue. It doesn't crash or freeze. There aren't bugs or glitches. It's reliable.
The solution does not scale well at all. It's a box, so we only have so much space to work with. If you need more space, you need to replace it with a bigger box.
Depending on which project we are working on, we have about 150-200 people who use the solution. While it may just be something that's in the background, everyone is using it.
Right now technical support is not under Dell's support as Dell just supports the solution for up to five years. After that, we have to get support from a third party.
While we did have Dell support, it was great. We were extremely satisfied with their level of service. Third party support has its limitations, to be honest. However, we're basically just using them to get hardware replacements and not software support.
We're currently on the hunt for a solution that would offer lower pricing.
The initials setup is not complex at all. It's pretty straightforward. We found it to be easy. We didn't run into difficulties.
Most are very easy setups compared to the technology that was available six years ago. They've really improved a lot of the setup since then.
Deployment is pretty fast. You can have everything up and running within a week or two.
We pay for licensing on a monthly basis.
Over the six years we've had the solution, the pricing has been rather reasonable. That said, we're always looking for solutions that allow us to lower costs.
We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with Dell.
We're working with model PS 4100.
While this is an older model, and technically no longer available, Dell does have other great models that are very useful. I'd definitely recommend this solution is the environment was the right fit.
In general, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
Our primary use case is as shared storage for VMware virtual environments.
The most valuable parts of the solution have been the stability, which it has maintained for eight or nine years, and the scalability, which has met our needs as we grow.
EqualLogic has room for improvement but it is not likely a lot will happen because Dell is phasing the product out for end-of-life.
What could be improved is their replication efficiency. I forgot what the minimum block size was, but I think it was maybe 64K blocks for replication. To make the effort to get that down to something smaller — even to the bit level — will allow the replication to be more bandwidth-efficient. When it is more efficient it will not require as much time, and that is critical. Right now, the block size is generally larger than their competitors. Because of that, it takes more bandwidth to do SAN (Storage Area Network) replication than other solutions. That has been an ongoing issue.
Of course, as data sets grow in size, your backup window — the off-production hours for the environment — stays fixed. You have to push whatever amount of data you need to have backed up to the remote DR (Disaster Recovery) site within that window. We have had some of the replication jobs on EqualLogic run into the daytime production hours and that has caused issues. That they need to concentrate on more efficient replication is a way to summarize that, I guess. It just has to get pushed faster.
There is also no onboard, inline deduplication capability. That is probably the biggest issue. Inline deduplication is something you have to do that on the fly. The deduplication capability is key to this type of solution now.
We have been using Dell EqualLogic PS Series since 2011. We have upgraded since we started in 2011 and right now we have gotten to a point where all we have are 6210XS units as our primary storage arrays.
The stability is very good. I have no complaints there. It has been stable all the time that we have been using it.
For our use case, it has provided scalability. The product services our entire organization and we are using this solution on a daily basis. That means it is currently serving 330 of us. From the end-user perspective, it is serving up data for the entire court and has been since inception.
The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding. They have met our needs, resolved our issues, and answered our questions.
We are actually moving away from EqualLogic. Nimble Arrays is going to replace all of our EqualLogic arrays. A single Nimble array is going to replace three EqualLogic arrays.
One of the reasons why we are going with Nimble Arrays to replace all of our EqualLogic arrays is that EqualLogic is not in a good place. It is not really helping our survey from the perspective that they are in their end-of-life cycle and they are getting ready to go away.
The initial installation and setup in 2011 was straightforward. EqualLogic is pretty simple in that way.
With the initial deployment, we did use Dell Consulting Services to help. They know their own products.
We always do the original acquisition with five years of maintenance. That package includes all upgrades and whatnot. There are annual maintenance costs beyond the original licensing period. So beyond year five, if we do keep an array beyond that, it is about $5,000 per array. That would be probably about $15,000 annually for arrays that we plan to keep into year six and year seven.
The advice that I would you give to others looking into implementing the Dell EqualLogic PS Series is a bit dependent on whether or not I ignore the end-of-life of the product. If it were still a current product line, I would maybe give it C-rating only because of what is currently available and how the current capabilities of other products have surpassed EqualLogic in technological advancement. EqualLogic is really not going to be relevant in the marketplace too much longer.
Having something with onboard deduplication is extremely valuable and also getting the latency down makes a difference for this kind of solution. Knowing what you need as far as features to take care of your situation is important before making decisions as to what to go with.
On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate the Dell EqualLogic PS Series as probably a seven-out-of-ten. This would be based on current utility and ignoring that it is being phased out.
