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CA 1 Tape Management vs Dell VPLEX comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CA 1 Tape Management
Ranking in Storage Management
5th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell VPLEX
Ranking in Storage Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.7%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell VPLEX is 4.9%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell VPLEX4.9%
CA 1 Tape Management5.7%
Other89.4%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Beyza Aksöz - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe System Programmer at Türkiye İş Bankası
An easy-to-use solution with good technical support services
We use the solution to manage virtual tape volumes The solution is easy to use. The solution's pricing could be better. We have been using the solution for eight years. I rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten. We have 20 solution users in our organization. Also, we plan to…
Shailendra Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Has supported enterprise projects consistently but pricing remains a challenge for broader adoption
We are system integrators and resell the HCI solution. We have worked with Dell VPLEX for approximately two to three years. We have been in several RFCs, and Dell VPLEX is implemented in the enterprise segment only. The solution is expensive and requires more budget, so people in the SMB segment do not prefer it. We typically recommend Dell VPLEX for customers who already work with other Dell products.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"CA 1 is our intake management system, and it's just one of the best products out there."
"The Vault Management function keeps track of where a tape should be and tells the operators which tapes should be sent offsite, and which ones should return."
"It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data, it helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place."
"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."
"Literally everything about the product is great!"
"With this product, it all becomes automatic: locating the data, backing up the data, restoring the data. We can automate all that with it."
"It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data. It helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place."
"We have see performance improvement in our databases."
"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."
"The business continuity is sorted, as the data is in two data centers, i.e., readable and writable, and if one side goes down, there is no downtime and the other side continues non-disruptively."
"VPLEX offers a large compatibility matrix and valuable features."
"With VPLEX, we are able to automate this process where failovers between sites now occur automatically."
"The capacity to migrate machines onto VPLEX is great — it's very clean. We can migrate machines and add arrays easily."
"Storage virtualization and geographic resilience for Metro Sans, plus a great performance improvement."
"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."
 

Cons

"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"Sometimes it does not detect all chaining errors and the reporting on them could be improved as well."
"Installation and customization could be improved."
"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."
"The initial setup is complex."
"With Dell VPLEX, there are some bugs with Broadcom."
"VPLEX hardware migration to spare equipment in case of major disruption."
"Initial setup was a little bit complex when connecting to VMAX."
"I would like to have site-to-site replication capability for applications."
"There can be delays in getting performance reports."
"It needs to improve the thin reclaim on certain arrays."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price could be better."
"We struck a great deal with Dell EMC, so for us, VPLEX was not very expensive."
"VPLEX is a little bit expensive in my personal opinion."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Insurance Company
14%
Hospitality Company
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Healthcare Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Dell VPLEX?
Some of the products are very easy to implement, while others are more difficult, and our team seeks support help when required. Regarding the integration part, the delivery team handles all integr...
What is your primary use case for Dell VPLEX?
We are implementing Cohesity, Hitachi, Dell, and Nutanix, VMware, vSAN; multiple products. We have recently started working with Cohesity because there was not much presence in India for Cohesity, ...
What advice do you have for others considering Dell VPLEX?
Hitachi Systems Microclinic has been renamed to Hitachi Systems India Private Limited. The email address has been changed to shailendra.chaudhry.hd at hitachi-systems.com from shailendra_singh.chau...
 

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Sample Customers

TravelPort, AlphaServe, Rogers Communication
Kindred Healthcare, Regis Aged Care, WeBank SpA, Panduit, Munson Healthcare
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