We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Quantum ActiveScale based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MinIO, Dell Technologies, Red Hat and others in File and Object Storage."This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"We face very few hardware failures."
"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."
"The performance is good."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"The tool is easy to use."
"It is a stable platform."
"The technology is very good, it performs well."
"The technology is stable which is good."
"Workflow is easy to manage and maintain."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service."
"The disaster recovery could be improved because there should be something in-built within the ECS. Search and recovery should be in-built. Right now, we have to use some external tools for performing the recovery itself. For example, we're using Atempo or deploying Golden Superna, so it has dependency on the external third party vendors."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"The troubleshooting feature of this solution needs to be improved, to allow organizations to fix issues without having to contact the support team."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Dell ECS could improve the price of the solution. It is expensive."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"Lacks some ability to integrate with different systems."
"We would like to see a self-sufficient installation."
Earn 20 points
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Quantum ActiveScale is ranked 20th in File and Object Storage. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Quantum ActiveScale is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quantum ActiveScale writes "Good performance and reliable but the setup is complex". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Qumulo, whereas Quantum ActiveScale is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Qumulo and MinIO.
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