We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and HPE Primera based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"The solution is easy to scale. I'm running two environments right now, so I need to scale. I'm running a part technology. I've got an A-side and a B-side."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"We can store more for a cheaper price as opposed to paying for larger devices and larger rack spaces which get outdated sooner and which we'd have to change every two years. It simplifies storage for us."
"It's just very easy for general block storage."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"We see very low latency with very high IOPS for mixed workloads."
"This solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replicate. We are running a financial company and it needs to be available 24/7. We can't afford any downtime."
"We replicate between SAN to SAN for a lot of features and supportability. It also helps us when we want to upgrade to a newer SC Series or move the data from one data center to another."
"One time, we had a drive fail and we were notified before we even saw it on the device."
"The solution is stable; we've had no problems at all."
"Easy management of volumes: You can create volumes and easily assign them to VMware clusters, increasing their size."
"The Dell support is helpful and the response is quick. The agents' knowledge is very good."
"We sold Primera to a public university, and they're happy with it. They have been using it for about four months with no significant problems."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"HPE Primera is an all-flash storage product that's very stable and has a higher storage capacity. It can also give better ROI compared to NetApp."
"HPE provides good support through their customer service."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of deployment."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable feature is an all-flash system, which means the data access speed is amazing while the latency is almost nothing, and it can deliver IOPS up to 16,000."
"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"The solution is not cheap."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"While the price is competitive, in the next release it would be better if they could reduce the fees."
"The SC Series doesn't support NVMe storage."
"From a performance point of view, it's getting a bit old."
"The lower model, the 3000, should have duplication. It doesn't right now. It's only from 5000 that this is offered, but it depends on the performance. It could be they don't offer it on lower models because the duplication is too much of a burden to the performance."
"We have seen some degraded throughput with mixed workloads. We have been working with Dell EMC to correct some of these latency issues."
"Licensing, especially on the storage line, could use some simplification. It's not terrible, but, for example, with the Isilon series, they've gone to completely a la carte. A la carte is very difficult to traverse, as to what you need. It would be more beneficial, at least from my point of view as a customer, if they did it more like car companies do, where there are package lines"
"In some customer cases, customers experienced more performance or latency."
"An issue we had was that the controller went down during an upgrade because of their upgrading the code. One side of the switch was down."
"The reporting console can be improved with out of the box reports."
"HPE Primera's pricing model is an area of concern and can be considered for improvement."
"On the controller side, I would like to see NAS capabilities."
"The IOPS and throughput could be better. That's the only drawback compared to other vendors."
"HPE Primera's deduplication area is not as good as the one offered by Dell PowerStore, making it an area where improvements are required."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"The product's stale snapshots feature needs improvement."
"This solution would be expensive for small business and it could be priced more competitively for that market."
Dell SC Series is ranked 24th in All-Flash Storage with 49 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Huawei OceanStor and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Dell Unity XT. See our Dell SC Series vs. HPE Primera report.
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