We performed a comparison between Cisco MDS Series and Dell PowerVault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise SAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of this solution are the devices, databases, and zoning."
"The issues with these switches are extremely rare, and the whole product line is very predictable and stable."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco MDS Series is its reliability, support, and scalability."
"The product is easy to use."
"The features I found most valuable are the ease of deployment, it's easy to upgrade, easy to configure and easy to administer. There is no need for vendor professional services which saves project cost. The usage of WebUI for all primary features like hostname, IP address, SNMP traps, zone sets, addition and deletion of zone members or zone sets, backup of switch DB is very simple."
"SAN switches in Cisco MDS Series are a valuable feature of the solution for our company."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco MDS Series is security."
"It is an inexpensive storage solution."
"Dell PowerVault is cheap."
"The storage has been good."
"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
"I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"The stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."
"The solution is reliable and stable."
"The solution's management interface and GUI need improvement."
"The licensing model could be less complicated."
"The product is very expensive."
"Cisco MDS Series can improve by having API functionality for automation and programming."
"It is quite a stable product. It should be shipped with the latest firmware to avoid download and upload schema at the beginning of the initial setup. There should also be the possibility of downgrading the firmware when required. WebUI needs DCNM instead a web-based GUI should be made available like Brocade san switch."
"The GUI client is Java-based and we know that Java is not secure, so everyone disables it."
"Cisco MDS Series could improve by adding more gigahertz. However, they are doing this over time."
"I would like to see improvements made to the user interface."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"The high prices of the solution are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The price of the solution could be lower."
"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
"Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added."
"Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
"In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."
Cisco MDS Series is ranked 1st in Enterprise SAN with 8 reviews while Dell PowerVault is ranked 2nd in Enterprise SAN with 23 reviews. Cisco MDS Series is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerVault is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco MDS Series writes "Simple deployment, reliable, and scales well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerVault writes "Easy to use with good integrations and reasonable pricing". Cisco MDS Series is most compared with Dell Connectrix, HPE SN6000, IBM SAN384B and Pure Storage FlashArray, whereas Dell PowerVault is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Lenovo Storage V Series and Huawei OceanStor SNS. See our Cisco MDS Series vs. Dell PowerVault report.
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