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As of May 2025, the mindshare of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) in the NAS category stands at 17.8%, up from 17.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Government
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Healthcare Company
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University
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Comms Service Provider
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Retailer
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Construction Company
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Systems Engineer at Unisity LLC
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 22, 2025
Product version discussed: Our use case with Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is that we do large data storage for that platform. That's probably the best way to explain what it does. For us, it's a big silo, so we can store a ton of data, and then basically retrieve it for our analytic platforms.
Flexibility and reliability have supported seamless data growth

Pros

"Based on the flexibility of the system itself, it was easy for us to manage the growth by buying individual nodes as needed."

Cons

"The hardest challenge we have is due to how we've bought things over time. The way that we moved to the PowerEdge platform for the newer systems creates a scale problem as I still buy the older style systems, which are more dense storage. "
CS
Storage & Data Protection Specialist at General Dynamics Land Systems
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 20, 2025
User interface and scripting enable automation, providing consistent support

Pros

"My experience when deploying Dell PowerScale (Isilon) was very straightforward, as we had Dell come on site to do all the actual setup, which was a big help."

Cons

"I would want to see more AI features with Dell PowerScale (Isilon)."
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IT Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 27, 2025
Product version discussed: We have been using Dell PowerScale (Isilon) for about seven years overall, and we have just bought a new Dell PowerScale (Isilon) H7000.
Multi-protocol performance enables seamless data analysis and storage flexibility

Pros

"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is a platform that is very easy for teams to work with."

Cons

"We have issues in Brazil with the procurement of solutions because we have to check the entire market and justify the pricing to our audit institutions, making it difficult to keep with the same vendor."
AR
Director, Information & Communication Technology & Digital Transformation at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 28, 2025
Capacity and scalability have been excellent for managing our data needs

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"The capacity and scalability are what I appreciate the most about it; that was huge for us. We saw its benefits immediately after we started using it."

Cons

"We're still fairly new with it. It's been a pretty positive experience thus far. However, they could improve implementation, as we had to rack and stack it ourselves."
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Senior System Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 20, 2025
Accessibility and configurability expand capabilities for unstructured data solution

Pros

"Certainly, we have seen return on investment and peace of mind, especially with our two clusters that are linked together, where one is a disaster recovery solution for the other. "

Cons

"If I could improve one thing on Dell PowerScale (Isilon), it would be better object storage as it recently breached into S3, and that capability could be broadened."
MH
IT Manager at Regional Health Services
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
Dec 30, 2024
Product version discussed: The hardware is the A200, H500, and H700.
Snapshot feature enhances data protection and malware monitoring

Pros

"Eyeglass is used to monitor for malware, which is very useful for us."

Cons

"Improvements could be made to reduce the costs and the high level of knowledge needed to maintain and use them. "
UB
Storage Architect at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 20, 2025
Scalable and reliable data management enables seamless growth across extensive storage

Pros

"My advice to other companies considering Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is that it takes a little time to understand the product, but once you have it set up and running, it will run stable for all its lifetime."

Cons

"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) could improve in terms of having some problems with using IPv6 and IPv4 on the same namespace at the same time, which is one of our biggest problems as you have to do some really bad workarounds to get that working."
ST
Senior Infrastructure Specialist at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Dell PowerScale (Isilon)
May 21, 2025
Manages large data sets efficiently with hybrid cloud integration

Pros

"Customer service has been really good."

Cons

"Pricing is an issue. It's quite expensive for the amount of storage we have."