Dell ObjectScale vs IBM Public Cloud comparison

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The compared Dell Technologies and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #6 in FaOS , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 5.1% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #14 in PSP , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Everpure FlashArray

Mindshare comparison

File and Object Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell ObjectScale	5.1%
Red Hat Ceph Storage	10.7%
MinIO	9.9%
Other	74.3%

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PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Public Cloud	3.4%
Amazon AWS	13.3%
Microsoft Azure	11.3%
Other	72.0%

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Cristian Ion

Senior Information Technology Engineer at Eta2u

All-flash storage has unified my clients’ workloads and has reduced TCO through efficient data services

The pricing and licensing of Everpure FlashArray is a problem because Everpure is considered more expensive than competitors. IBM, Lenovo, and Dell are more aggressive on prices. It is a very complicated market, especially now, and I understand the prices are higher at Everpure because of the software and all the enhancements it has. However, in this competitive market, we have a big problem selling to customers that are on a tight budget. A product with better pricing would be a win in the end. The RC or C20, for example, was a very good product that I could sell more easily than other options. Everpure FlashArray//C is sufficient for most workloads and virtualization workloads if you do not have very large databases. A product like that helps, and perhaps a new product in the future that is a little cheaper than the current options would be a possibility to gain more market share. I see the return on investment clearly from using Everpure FlashArray, but the challenge is selling it to customers for the first time. There are many customers who fall in the sweet spot where they are too small for an X or even a C model. They need something a little cheaper, they have the money for a cheaper version, and they need the performance of a Pure system. These customers could be more easily approached if Everpure offers a version of a local device in the future that is even cheaper than the C-class. I am trying now to help customers understand the concept behind AG1. I know that AG1 is not profitable if capacity is less than 50 terabytes. However, some customers would be very willing to pay for 25 terabytes in a cloud operated by Pure and to have it accessible with very good speed. We will see what the future brings.

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Arun Mohanty

Associate Vice President at Yotta Infrastructure Solutions LLP

Solution provides stable and efficient object storage with extensive API support

We have huge data of image and video files and we needed a solution for our customers. We were looking for object storage and found Dell ECS to be a very good solution Dell ECS is a very stable solution and most of the S3 APIs are supported. It is power-efficient and fits into a small space due…

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Premnath Jaganathan

Product Manager at Uop Ipl

Affordability and security improve our cloud experience while learning new systems

I'm not working with any AI features in IBM Public Cloud, but they are in the process of building it.I am very satisfied with the security that IBM Public Cloud provides. I would rate IBM Public Cloud eight out of ten, where one is worst and ten is the best.

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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

"The experience has been very good so far for the company."

"You get what you pay for; it is expensive, but it really works, so I would really recommend using Pure Storage."

"We also like the compactness, the small footprint. It takes up very little space in a data center and uses little power."

"Like I tell everybody else that I deal with, if you want to focus your time on doing more valuable things for your company, and you deal with storage on a day-to-day basis like I do, the best thing you can do is put Pure in your environment."

"We have seen savings in our storage, and the speed of deployment has gone from several days to a few minutes, reducing backup and restore times from 93 days to minutes and simplifying storage for us."

"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."

"After switching to Everpure FlashArray, we saw significant results, as whatever hardware we used before is now compressed to 80%, maximizing space utilization in a single system."

"This solution is very scalable."

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"Dell ECS is a very stable solution and most of the S3 APIs are supported."

"The setup was straightforward."

"It is a stable solution."

"We have had a few issues but the support has been very good."

"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."

"The support from Dell ECS is better than NetApp."

"The tool is easy to use."

"The technology is very good, it performs well."

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"Regarding advice, I would recommend others choose IBM Public Cloud because it's straightforward, has a good environment, and is cost-effective."

"There is no installation for this product because it is a cloud product."

"Overall, I would say that IBM Cloud is stable, straightforward, and is a good service."

"Anytime I need something they are dependable and willing to help me out."

"I am very much satisfied with the technical support team at IBM Public Cloud."

"For non-complex applications, the IBM Cloud works fine and the price is much lower than the competitors."

"I've found the stability to be excellent. The performance is good."

"On the production side, we are seeing a 200% ROI."

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Cons

"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."

"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."

"FlashArray could improve on the administrative side. For example, when you need to upgrade the boxes, we can't do that ourselves. We need to open a ticket with support and have them do that for us. You don't need to be on the call with them. We tell them we have a slot that we want to upgrade, and they send us an email when it's done."

"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."

"They could improve the price."

"I have been primarily working with storage and have not fully explored other areas, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to performance reporting."

"The main disadvantage of Pure Storage FlashArray is the price."

"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."

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"Dell ECS is not fully compatible with S3, as it supports around ninety percent of S3 APIs, which can be improved. Additionally, sometimes there is an issue with memory where it hangs, and they can improve garbage collection, which takes up a lot of space during cleanup."

"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."

"There are some limitations with integration with certain cloud providers, particularly with Google Cloud Platform in Saudi Arabia."

"Dell EMC ECS should support segregation of duty, particularly for role-based access controls. Having a single pane of glass for smarter observation and better control mechanism would also make this solution better."

"We have had issues when the ECS is expiring or the NetBackup is expiring images."

"Technical support needs to be improved."

"If Dell ECS would be available as standalone software, so you can use any hardware with it, would make the solution better. It would also be good if Dell ECS had more integrations with other products."

"There are certain utility processes that come from the boot, and there isn't any user who can execute them."

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"It will be challenging to implement if you do not have any experience."

"I would like to see a more user-friendly deployment process in the next release of this solution."

"They could improve on customizing reporting capabilities."

"Support could be improved."

"Recently, we just faced some issues with the operating system due to the end of life of CentOS 6...So, then the client wanted to try it out under AWS instead of IBM. In short, it has some complexities."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"The initial setup and the pricing are areas that need improvement."

"The deployment can be a bit of a pain. There are a lot of packages and a lot of options and it can require complex configuration to get it right."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost-wise, it's been very effective."

"We have seen a reduction in TCO."

"No storage device is cheap, but Pure Storage is fairly priced and offers what you pay for. You get all the licenses in the future when you purchase a license."

"Our Evergreen Storage subscription is supposed to be good when we go to upgrade."

"It's a good price point and it's a solid product for the price."

"There are no licensing fees aside from the support."

"In terms of other contemporary arrays, Pure is something you need to have a use case for, as it's not priced for you to buy one off-the-shelf. If you have a use case, heavy lift Oracle Databases, any type of noticeable virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), or need low latency and high throughput, you should consider all-flash at least and probably Pure Storage."

"While more expensive than NetApp, Pure Storage FlashArray offers superior performance that often justifies the higher cost and adds value overall."

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"Dell ECS is a cost-effective solution."

"It is an inexpensive product."

"The price of Dell ECS should be reduced."

"The solution could be cheaper."

"If I remember correctly, Dell ECS is an appliance, so if you buy Dell ECS, you also have to buy the hardware, while IBM is standalone software, so you can buy IBM as software only without needing to buy the hardware. On a scale of one to five, I'm rating the pricing for Dell ECS a four."

"It's a lease-based model, so it's capacity-based. We already negotiated the price a lot, but we're still doing that with Dell because somehow the product was not installed successfully, so there was a lot of struggle in the distributor territory between Dell and the environment itself. I would give the solution a 6 out of 10 for the pricing. There's a little room for improvement."

"Dell EMC ECS is too expensive."

"It is an expensive solution. There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."

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"The licensing fees are straightforward and predictable."

"The price of IBM Cloud is very cheap compared to competitors AWS and Azure."

"We are using the trial version of this solution, so we have not paid anything."

"In order to be competitive, you have to commit to a contract for at least one year, but you pay a fixed monthly fee."

"Pricing is not as fair as Amazon or Azure."

"IBM has a lesser price compared to other cloud service providers like Azure and AWS."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

"IBM Public Cloud is pretty cheap. They have an ongoing free tier that basically won't expire, so as long as your solution is small enough, you can have a test set that you can use for demos, which will cost you almost nothing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

11%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	74
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	161

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashArray?

When comparing cost, I find that the cost is either the same or slightly higher, but that is returned by the ease of ...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashArray?

The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC ECS?

The pricing is moderate and at par with the market. As a service provider, we receive good margins, indicating a favo...

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What needs improvement with Dell EMC ECS?

I cannot think of anything as an area for improvement with Dell ECS. I do not see any pricing or usability concerns.

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What is your primary use case for Dell EMC ECS?

Some valuable features with Dell ECS include its support for various use cases, but I would say the best features her...

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Which is preferable - IBM Public Cloud or Microsoft Azure?

IBM Public Cloud is IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service. It aims to provide organizations with a secure cloud environment to ...

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What needs improvement with IBM Public Cloud?

The connectivity and speed of IBM Public Cloud are much lower compared to the competition.

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What is your primary use case for IBM Public Cloud?

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

EMC ECS, Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)

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Overview

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

Dell ObjectScale is AI-optimized, S3-compatible enterprise object storage with a proven exascale architecture and is a storage engine in the Dell AI Data Platform. ObjectScale delivers S3 over RDMA with GPU-direct access—achieving up to 230% higher throughput and up to 80% lower latency than traditional S3—making it purpose-built for GenAI training, inferencing, checkpointing, and data lake workloads. ObjectScale provides up to 80% lower TCO than public cloud with up to 2.95 PB in a 2U form factor. Features include S3 Tables, native vector search (S3 Vector), KV Cache offloading, and multi-site geo-replication. CRN 2025 Product of the Year (Storage—Enterprise-Class category).

Dell ObjectScale implements the S3 protocol, integrating smoothly with Dell EMC solutions like ISILON. Its architecture supports data compression and interoperates with multiple protocols for enhanced performance. Enterprise features include immutability, geo-replication, and user-friendly management. However, it needs better integration with other systems, enhanced security, and disaster recovery. Write performance and scalability improvements, competitive pricing, and documentation enhancements are key areas for progress. The interface could be more straightforward, with more remote management features and native analytics.

What features does Dell ObjectScale offer?

S3 Protocol Implementation: Brings industry-standard access with wide application compatibility
Seamless Dell EMC Integration: Ensures stability and ease of use with existing systems
Data Compression and Protocol Interoperability: Enhances performance and storage efficiency
Immutability and Geo-Replication: Provides enterprise-level data protection
Optimized Pricing: Balances cost with comprehensive support

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Scalability: Supports expanding data requirements effectively
Integration Flexibility: Works with many existing systems for better interoperability
Ease of Management: Streamlines hardware and software operations
Enterprise-Level Features: Delivers advanced protection and efficiency

Industries leverage Dell ObjectScale for cloud-based object storage, archiving, and backups. It's favored for unstructured data management, CCTV integration, and document archiving. Strong in data analytics, it integrates well with high-capacity applications, enhancing data retention strategies across fields.

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IBM Public Cloud combines reliability, scalability, and security, offering dedicated hosting with flexible hardware and network configurations. AI integrations and workload management make it a valuable asset for tech environments, ensuring excellent performance with 24/7 customer support.

IBM Public Cloud is noted for its robust offerings, including bare metal servers and strong security measures, appealing to businesses seeking dedicated hosting and server management solutions. Though cost-effective and user-friendly, there are areas for improvement in computing power and deployment processes. The lack of restrictions on data transfers in serverless functions sets it apart from competitors. Users have highlighted issues with configuration complexity and the need for better documentation. While the Cloud Foundry deprecation posed challenges, industries continue to employ IBM Public Cloud for hosting, SaaS infrastructure, and digital laboratories, thanks to its flexibility and resource-intensive data management capabilities.

What are the key features of IBM Public Cloud?

Scalability: Offers flexible hardware ordering and network design.
Security: Enhances protection for sensitive data handling.
Performance: High availability and workload management.
AI Integrations: Supports modern AI-driven solutions.
24/7 Support: Responsive customer assistance.

What benefits and ROI can users expect from IBM Public Cloud?

Cost Efficiency: Provides competitive pricing for services.
Data Transfer: Allows unrestricted serverless function transfers.
Flexibility: Adapts to hosting and SaaS infrastructure needs.
Resource Handling: Optimal for data processing and network tasks.

IBM Public Cloud finds widespread application across industries such as telecommunications, education, and analytics. Organizations utilize it for developing SaaS infrastructure, dedicated server hosting, teaching agreements, and microservices. It plays a crucial role in sensitive data management, disaster recovery, and supporting hybrid architectures.

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Atos

Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County

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