We performed a comparison between DataCore Swarm and Dell ECS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The first feature is compatibility with the S3 protocol. DataCore SWARM allows you to quickly have an on-premise, robust and scalable environment that is natively compatible with the S3 protocol. The functionalities used are therefore derived from the S3 protocol, notably versioning and therefore the possibility of configuring immutability in governance or compliance mode. The object metada can be enriched with the addition of tags to subsequently enable filtering and searching. Configuring and using DataCore SWARM is simple and flexible. It is very easy to create domains, tenants and buckets for different use cases with various authentications. The cluster architecture also allows replication between different clusters at different configured levels (Cluster / Domains / ...) A web interface for browsing the content of existing buckets allows simple and rapid manipulation of certain objects such as sharing via a link or cropping a video. Finally, the physical architecture of the solution is based on an x86 server and its scale-up or scale-out evolution is very simple by adding disks or servers."
"The ability for the solution to use any new hardware quickly and without administration is a great thing in the context of hosting."
"I find its flexibility valuable."
"What I like best about Dell ECS is its stability. I also like that you can use it for large-scale data purposes. The solution works fine for me, and I haven't encountered any issues with it."
"We face very few hardware failures."
"Dell's technical support team is good."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"I like that the solution is easy to scale and that's its stable."
"The performance is good."
"The performance is good."
"The technology is very good, it performs well."
"The pricing can definitely be better."
"The solution needs simpler architecture."
"The product currently requires a significant number of servers to start. There are also network prerequisites to be met in order to guarantee good security of the architecture, which means that the product is only available to large customers. Besides, the license starts at 100TB. An Appliance version is being developed with an architecture based on containers which will make it possible to offer DataCore SWARM to everyone. The product has been evolving since the acquisition by DataCore, but maintaining and updating the product is not always easy and needs to be improved. For now, we only use DataCore SWARM for a few use cases and therefore a small part of the existing functionalities. With use we will perhaps have more criticism of the product but not for the moment!"
"You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"They need to ensure that the system will work if a site goes down."
"If Dell ECS would be available as standalone software, so you can use any hardware with it, would make the solution better. It would also be good if Dell ECS had more integrations with other products."
"The setup is very complex."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
DataCore Swarm is ranked 14th in File and Object Storage with 3 reviews while Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 24 reviews. DataCore Swarm is rated 9.6, while Dell ECS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DataCore Swarm writes "An On-premises object storage platform that provides data protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". DataCore Swarm is most compared with MinIO, whereas Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Red Hat Ceph Storage. See our DataCore Swarm vs. Dell ECS report.
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