We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and VAST Data 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."Competitive object storage platform that's stable and scalable."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"It is a stable solution."
"Dell ECS is a cost-effective solution that provides ease of use and availability."
"It's definitely good for unstructured data. In earlier days, we had Centera, so for the DR it's really good. It has load balancing facility, and we're using it with the Kemp Load Balancer."
"This product is very competitive."
"Dell's technical support team is good."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"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."
"The initial setup is not so easy."
"You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%."
"The troubleshooting feature of this solution needs to be improved, to allow organizations to fix issues without having to contact the support team."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."
"In Taiwan, they don't have professional technical support."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 12th in File and Object Storage with 2 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Red Hat Ceph Storage, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo and Dell PowerScale (Isilon).
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