Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) vs NetApp OnCommand [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Additionally, 66% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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66% willing to recommend

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80% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Storage Resource Manag...

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

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Storage Management (2nd)

NetApp OnCommand [EOL]

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

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Featured Reviews

Kazi Amranul Houqe

First Assistant Vice President (FAVP) & Unit Head of Server & Storage Management Unit at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has streamlined provisioning and enabled centralized monitoring across hybrid environments

Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on data security and cybersecurity, as it is the most significant concern. I work in a bank, and for financial organizations, much focus is spotlighted on how to protect data, secure data, and prevent any kind of fraud. Many financial organizations' data is corrupted and hacked by third parties, so it's crucial to find ways to protect data security and save data by creating an air-gap solution. Having ideas on an air-gap solution to prevent data leakage without a network layer would be beneficial. Maintaining a security layer is important, so this is my expectation for Dell.

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Henry Aragon

Storage Administrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

Versatile data protocols improve efficiency while execution capabilities need enhancement

The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe. NetApp's data efficiency protocols are unmatched in the industry. ActiveIQ offers significant improvements in data monitoring and error notification. It provides crucial data management features and has versatile support for various protocols and standards, making it a one-size-fits-all storage solution.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is easy to control the storage."

"It's all about ease of use and reliability."

"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."

"The partitions function well for backup storage."

"In OnCommand Unified Manager, we can monitor the entire cluster as well as configure data protection through Unified Manager."

"I am impressed with the product's ability to warn us whenever something is wrong with the system. It is connected with Active Directory and Exchange. Whenever there is anything wrong with NetApp, the solution will alert you to an event error, post which you can start to troubleshoot."

"Snapshot is a valuable feature."

"The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe."

"One of the main features is the ability to run the block and file storage from the same system."

Cons

"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."

"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."

"Technical support is inadequate."

"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."

"ActiveIQ only provides read access and does not allow making changes directly."

"There could be better performance in block storage and the GUI could be improved because not every operation is available. You need some operations in the CLI."

"At present, OnCommand Unified Manager has just the monitoring and data protection features. It would be better to add some features for entire cluster management and storage management. Automation should also be included so that instead of separately accessing Unified Manager and OnCommand Workflow Automation, we can work in a single window. It is very much required."

"The solution lacks the ability to generate reports from Snapshot."

"The tool is not intuitive and the menus are confusing, especially the snapshot view."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is mid-priced."

"There are no licensing costs for this product."

"The tool is cheaper than EMC but more expensive than HP and Pure Storage. I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"When we compare with other similar kinds of products from Dell EMC and HP, the price of NetApp OnCommand is reasonable."

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it_user114702

Architect at Microsoft

Feb 26, 2017

EMC ViPR SRM vs. NetApp OnCommand Insight vs. EMC Control Center

The most valuable features of either of the SRM tools, were the reporting and real-time ability to show management that additional storage was required or in regards to who was using what storage and bandwidth. All the attributes of the tool had real importance, when you needed time to create some…

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Manufacturing Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Recruiting/Hr Firm

11%

Insurance Company

10%

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Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp OnCommand?

NetApp collaborates with us to provide deals when possible, optimizing storage based on business requirements, allowing us to save on costs for unnecessary storage space.

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What needs improvement with NetApp OnCommand?

ActiveIQ only provides read access and does not allow making changes directly. Making it capable of executing changes to NetApp would be beneficial.

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What advice do you have for others considering NetApp OnCommand?

My overall rating for NetApp OnCommand is seven out of ten. The solution offers unmatched data efficiency protocols. Improving ActiveIQ by allowing it to execute changes to NetApp would make it eve...

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Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere

NetApp Operations Manager, NetApp SANscreen

Overview

ViPR SRM is a software solution that provides multi-vendor capacity, performance, and configuration dashboards and reports for traditional and software-defined storage resources.

Dell Technologies

NetApp OnCommand data management software allows you to gain a new level of control over your shared storage infrastructure, and gives you the visibility you need to achieve common data management across resources in the Data Fabric.

This suite of industry-leading management products unleashes the power of the ONTAP software, to help maximize system utilization, meet storage SLAs, minimize risks, and boost performance. Use the OnCommand portfolio’s intuitive graphical user interfaces, automation, and integration to simplify data management of your on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.

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HNTB Corporation

Norfolk County Council, Yahoo Japan, Sheridan College, Citrix Systems, Avanade, Quasar Data Center, DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd.

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