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Pros
"Mobility enables us to carry out an internal migration of data.""The capacity to migrate machines onto VPLEX is great — it's very clean. We can migrate machines and add arrays easily.""Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract.""The most valuable feature is deduplication, as we have no duplication in the snapshots.""Its mirroring capabilities allow for data to be mirrored across two different data centers, so if one center were to crash or fail, the other center could take over and keep everything running smoothly.""The best feature of VPLEX storage is its ability to consolidate storage. It also provides the highest RPO and RTOs for replication technology. VPLEX enables application mobility.""Storage virtualization and geographic resilience for Metro Sans, plus a great performance improvement.""The solution works well. It's very reliable."

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"The initial setup is very straightforward."

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Cons
"I would like to have site-to-site replication capability for applications.""VPLEX hardware migration to spare equipment in case of major disruption.""The price is a problem with EMC due to the fact that it's more expensive than the other vendors.""There can be delays in getting performance reports.""The initial setup is complex.""Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure.""VPLEX's engine-based architecture is complex, so the implementation is challenging and takes more time. It's also difficult to fix hardware issues. When an appliance fails, it takes Dell EMC a long time to fix it because spare parts are in short supply.""Today, it needs a huge effort that is not acceptable during disaster recovery."

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"The solution could always be more easily scalable."

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  • "We struck a great deal with Dell EMC, so for us, VPLEX was not very expensive."
  • "VPLEX is a little bit expensive in my personal opinion."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract.
    Top Answer:This is an enterprise solution so licensing costs are generally on the higher side. There will be additional costs if you want to do a network cluster for business servers.
    Top Answer:Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure. Any EMX product, be it PowerMax, VMAX, or DMAX, works based on the CLI. A person has to be very good at running… more »
    Top Answer:The initial setup is very straightforward.
    Top Answer:I don't have any details related to cost or licensing.
    Top Answer:Some of my clients complain that their arrays are working fine, yet, in SolarWinds, they show me as unreachable as the status. When I ask my client what the status actually is, they say it's running… more »
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    1st
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    7.3
    11th
    out of 26 in Storage Management
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    Also Known As
    SolarWinds SRM
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    Overview
    Wth EMC VPLEX you can deploy next-generation virtualization architecture to enable simultaneous information access within, between, and across data centers, move applications, virtual machines, and data in and between data centers without impacting users and deliver application and data availability within the data center and over distance with full infrastructure utilization and zero downtime.

    The storage monitoring and capacity management software from SolarWinds gives you deep visibility into the performance of your multi-vendor storage arrays, and helps you closely watch the application stack for storage issues that affect application performance.

    Sample Customers
    Kindred Healthcare, Regis Aged Care, WeBank SpA, Panduit, Munson Healthcare
    NetSuite, Youngs Seafood, APS Bank, Sven Meinks
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider38%
    Healthcare Company25%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Government14%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Healthcare Company6%
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    Educational Organization73%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Government3%
    University3%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise77%
    Large Enterprise16%
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    March 2024
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    Dell VPLEX is ranked 1st in Storage Management with 18 reviews while SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is ranked 11th in Storage Management with 2 reviews. Dell VPLEX is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell VPLEX writes "It's an excellent solution for data mobility and disaster recovery, but the CLI can be difficult for beginners". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor writes "Provides a visual representation and drill down into your environment". Dell VPLEX is most compared with IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM SAN Volume Control and NetApp OnCommand, whereas SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and NetApp OnCommand.

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