We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon), HPE 3PAR StoreServ, and HPE StoreEasy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The single pane of glass for both IT and for the end-user is a valuable feature. On the IT side, I can actually control where things are stored, whether something is stored on solid-state drives or spinning drives... The single pane of glass makes it very easy to use and very easy to understand. We started at 100 terabytes and we moved to 250 and it still feels like the exact same system and we're able to move data as needed."
"PowerScale helped free up our employees' time to focus on other business priorities. There are now automated jobs such as backing up and replicating data, that reduce the footprint we have. Those types of tasks were previously done manually."
"It has allowed us to have more consistent quality controls. It has also allowed us to expand the number of servers in clients processing and accessing data, allowing us to get a lot bigger projects out the door."
"I don't have to rebuild the cluster to add a node."
"This is the best platform that we could have for storage utilization. It is affordable and scalable. At the end of the day, it's something that we find very easy to use."
"The tool comes with cheap disks and works fast for video content."
"Its most valuable feature is the DR capabilities replication."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"It has helped a lot for times when our customers do DR testing. Instead of having to spin down and spin up, I can do it live and seamless. I do not have to schedule downtime with an organization."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"With the HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, we can grow as required."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"The most valuable features for me are the simple management of the platform and its performance."
"We have been able to back up our data more frequently now that we have everything on flash. It responds a lot faster, so the IOPs are a lot faster."
"It has helped with more than just serving data, but also with recovery."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreEasy is the storing of virtual machines."
"I can use both the on-premises and cloud storage options. I need to have an APR extension from StoreEasy, and it's that simple."
"This solution allows me to better and more easily manage user data without impacting my primary storage."
"I like the user quotas, integrations, and separations for storage."
"I like the tool's provisioning feature and OneView."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the duplication."
"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) could improve the load distribution capability. For example, in some cases, the system load is not distributed automatically on all the nodes but is concentrated only on one. You have a peak request on only one node and the others don't do anything."
"I'd like to see more Iceland products in the cloud so that we can port our data into different environments if needed. I would also like to see a virtual appliance or software-defined Iceland product."
"I would like to see increased reporting and statistics functionalities."
"We lost our technical sales reps about two years ago. We haven't gotten one assigned to us and we'd love to have one."
"The replication could lend itself to some improvement around encryption in transit and managing the racing of large volumes of data. The process of file over and file back can be tedious. Hopefully, you never end up going into a DR. If you do go into a DR, you know the data is there on the remote site. However, in terms of the process of setting up the replicates and filing them back, that is just very tedious and could definitely do with some improvement."
"There is room for improvement in its handling of object storage."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"We used to have a chat feature available on the support site. It's not available to us anymore."
"I think cloud integration would probably be the biggest part, because that's where everyone is going and the seamless integration between on-premise and cloud is an important part of any IT strategy today."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"The price is a little bit high."
"We are waiting for compression."
"We are seeing that there are some enhancements which are required in the SSMC console. There are some features that we do not see in the dashboard."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
"I would like to improve the tool's technical support. I would also like to see the product's hybrid cloud version."
"The support of HPE StoreEasy can improve its responsiveness. Dell support is better."
"When I configure the StoreEasy in a complex environment I have problems finding compatibility with all the software."
"It would be better if it were more scalable. In the next release, I would like to access some Microsoft Windows storage server features. I guess the newest version of Windows Server has some restrictions."
"We need some monitoring tools and it would be helpful if they were included."
"The cluster service is not available in the latest version of HPE StoreEasy."
