We performed a comparison between Dell EqualLogic PS series and IBM FlashSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product is very stable."
"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."
"If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center."
"You can always trust it. It is stable."
"It is extremely reliable."
"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."
"The performance of IBM FlashSystem is very good. The new technology and high throughput have given us more confidence in the solution. The management of the system has improved and we can control the monitoring system alerts and multiple FlashSystems with the Enterprise Cloud Edition, which is free. The migration of recently stored data to a new flash is much easier. You can move your data because you can utilize it externally."
"At the FlashSystem level, customers are especially fond of multi-tier and distributed rate systems, particularly the dynamic rate six arrays."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"It's a mature product. It's like a BMW that evolves consistently."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."
"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."
"The searchable online documentation is missing."
"The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle."
"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."
"The replication efficiency needs to be improved."
"The solution is out of date and the new version has a lot of advanced features."
"We need more space and we can't get any."
"I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic...Since I can't buy it anymore, I don't receive any updates on the solution. Also, this is the last year in which one can buy support for the solution."
"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"
"The solution is not able to replicate data in one-to-many scenario."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"The deduplication and compression ratio is not very good. It's not reaching a very high ratio."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"They can improve its initial configuration. The initial configuration is currently very difficult. There are multiple choices or alternative ways to configure based on the use case and what you are targeting out of the device, that is, more capacity or more performance. These multiple alternatives cause a lot of confusion. They should increase the processing part of the nodes. Currently, you can cluster up to eight nodes. From my experience and the workload that I am facing in my environment currently, I would like to see either a bigger or stronger node or a larger number of nodes that can be clustered together. We formally communicated to them that we need to see either this or that, and they are working on something."
"In the next release having the next level of high-speed performance would be great."
Dell EqualLogic PS series is ranked 7th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews. Dell EqualLogic PS series is rated 8.0, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell EqualLogic PS series writes "Allows peer-to-peer cloning of storage volume and helps users with hardware replication mechanism". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Dell EqualLogic PS series is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Dell EqualLogic PS series vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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