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Dell EqualLogic PS series vs NetApp V-Series [EOL] comparison

 

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Dell EqualLogic PS series
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (7th)
NetApp V-Series [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
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Q&A Highlights

it_user114933 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 18, 2014
 

Featured Reviews

HansThilen - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly scalable and astoundingly stable solution offering its users an extremely good technical support
Regarding an area to improve, I would say that from Dell EqualLogic family, I can't buy Dell EqualLogic PS series. I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic, so the solution will have to make certain improvements in the future. Since we can't buy anything from EqualLogic in our company, we plan to move to another solution. 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.
it_user487899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible, allowing us to provide NAS and SAN solutions with the same hardware
According to my experience, for certain HPC environments, we encounter certain Memory/CPU limitations when we have a large number of IOPS. This is why, in order to support such loads, several cabs are required in parallel, complicating the configuration and administration. Another handicap is the management of the LACP that, when we are talking about environments with less than 20 calculation nodes, may not balance correctly despite setting the RR option.
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it_user114933 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 18, 2014
Jun 18, 2014
Hi, I agree with the feed back above. I have recently been involved in a lengthy project to review all SAN vendors on the market (both Generic and new Hybrid/Flash) and they basically all do the same thing. Some vendors have a few niche technologies/support here and there. It all comes down to what SAN technology is critical to your business/project i.e. DR, Think clones etc. and also the b...
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it_user109707 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2014
Dell Equallogic very cost effective, block storage, iSCSI attached only very good support and demos available Nettapp block and file lots of sw options like Equallogic but multi protocol attach demos available HP 3PAR most efficient block multi protocol attach demos available IBMStorwize Range can include block and file external virtualisation EMC VNXe block and file demos available All are excellent products all with excellent support the question to be addressed is actually what the storage is required for? What is the user skilll set? Happy to discuss further by telephone, or email.
it_user129465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2014
Hi, as Trevor says all are excellent products, but you have to know which one is that fits your project. Because maybe you don´t need the top brand product (size, IOPS) also you have to be aware for the cost for future growth, you can ask your service provider or professional services to help you consider future growth so you can have a complete picture. We have been working with HP 3PAR, VNX and Netapp and all of this storages have a very good support, options and demos.
 

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Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell EqualLogic PS series?
The technical support for the solution was really good.
What needs improvement with Dell EqualLogic PS series?
An improvement that could be made is to have a storage solution with all SSD hard disks, as we currently have a Dell EqualLogic PS series with traditional hard disks. It's not simple to replace a h...
What is your primary use case for Dell EqualLogic PS series?
Dell EqualLogic PS series is the storage of our server, which serves our use case. The deployment of Dell EqualLogic PS series takes about five days.
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