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Dell PowerStore vs Kovair Data Lake comparison

Dell Technologies and Kovair are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Dell Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8, while Kovair is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.0. Dell Technologies holds a 1.2% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to Kovair’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Kovair users who would recommend it.
Dell PowerStore
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Kovair Data Lake and Dell PowerStore are competitors in the data management and storage space. Dell PowerStore appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced storage capabilities and efficiency, despite Kovair's competitive pricing.

Features: Kovair Data Lake provides flexible data integration, comprehensive analytics, and high versatility. Dell PowerStore offers powerful storage optimization, scalability, and efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Kovair Data Lake is straightforward to deploy with responsive support, ensuring easy integration into existing systems. Dell PowerStore requires a more complex setup but provides detailed guidance and strong customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Kovair Data Lake presents a cost-effective solution with promising ROI through its integration strengths. Dell PowerStore has higher setup costs yet delivers significant ROI from its superior storage capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore
Ranking in Data Warehouse
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
119
Ranking in other categories
NAS (1st), Enterprise SAN (1st), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)
Kovair Data Lake
Ranking in Data Warehouse
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 1.2%. The mindshare of Kovair Data Lake is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Hassan_Zaki - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrated AI and clustering enhance storage operations effectively
I promote and recommend Dell PowerStore for all workloads to my clients and customers. Most of my customers have one appliance per site. Approximately 80% of my customers have Dell PowerStore implemented in their data centers. We always use CLS as another Dell solution for cybersecurity and data security. The CLS is integrated with the Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain, not with Dell PowerStore. Windows, Linux, and some customers use Red Hat or SUSE. We have many operating systems working with Dell PowerStore in the same environments and data centers. CloudIQ and Storage IQ are used by some customers, but Apex AIOps has not been widely adopted yet. Dell PowerStore has integration with VMware and Kubernetes. Most workloads work fine and have very good integration with Dell PowerStore, except for one or two specific workloads in the market. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Dell PowerStore a nine.
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LuizKazan - PeerSpot reviewer
Ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class
The deployment process is very fast. We have prepared the product to be easily installed, and we have had successful cases where it could be implemented in less than a few weeks. Moreover, Around three or four people in a call center are involved in maintaining the solution. We have a project manager, a service manager, and at least two or three system analysts who handle the maintenance. If there are any issues, we can open a support ticket for them to address.
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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 feature of integrated AI and machine learning enhances the usage and operations of the storage, making it one of the key features of Dell PowerStore."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"With Dell PowerStore, we're getting close to 200,000 IOPS, which has doubled our performance."
"The stability has been excellent."
"That's the value Dell creates; you invest less, and you get a better ROI."
"I like the performance of the PowerStore. When you talk about PowerStore, it's mainly about flash systems and high-end IOPS. The 1000T is a midsize box, in terms of the way the vendor positions it, but it is more than enough for our needs."
"Moving and optimizing workloads within the cluster is quite easy based on my experience with Dell PowerStore."
"The pricing of Dell PowerStore is quite on point and very competitive overall."
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"The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class."
 

Cons

"Many customers are looking for a cyber recovery feature included in PowerStore. We would like to see this added in a future release."
"There are many vulnerabilities that we cannot mitigate related to the administration interface."
"Users can be enrolled in lifecycle extension with pro support. The pricing for that is too high for PowerStore."
"If I could improve Dell PowerStore in any way, I would enhance the socialization of the good skills this equipment has, improving communication with partners as the good features are inside Dell PowerStore, however, many customers don't know how powerful it is."
"If I could improve the product in any way, I would add features that make it look nicer compared to the DisplayPort."
"We used to be able to see the metrics for our customers. On Compellent, we could look up that customer and see all the metrics. That is not allowed for us now. We cannot do that anymore. I have to be explicitly allowed by the customer to do that, and some companies' security does not allow that."
"The customer support is slow and has room for improvement."
"Other products have better management and analytics features."
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"The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities."
"Maybe the chat conversation feature could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As compared to others, PowerStore is cheaper."
"It is very expensive though when you get to this point of using the 3000 with a client. They will start to think about using another vendor. There are a lot of solutions similar to PowerStore in regards to networking capacity and their prices are very cheap compared to PowerStore."
"The pricing structure and licensing model of Dell PowerStore are very good and I like it. We chose it because it was reasonably priced and met our requirements"
"With compression, we were able to have a solution within our company's budget. We include a clause in the contract with Dell that states if the compression ratio is not met, we will adjust the workload accordingly."
"HCL Tech has a TLA with Dell, so in terms of price point, we are very competitive. Based on my experience, the cost of Dell PowerStore for around 500 GB of capacity is very competitive compared to any other platform in the market."
"Dealing with the licensing part of the product is very simple, especially considering the fact that we don't have many licenses associated with the tool."
"The pricing is good. There's no need to pay for a license; it's all-inclusive."
"The price is high compared to the Tunisian market."
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"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
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Questions from the Community

What do you think about Dell EMC PowerStore? Is it actually a new product?
PowerStore is flexible, scalable, simple, and performant with market-leading economics for a wide range of legacy and next-gen apps. It is only Flash and can support many workloads from today's app...
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How does Dell's EMC PowerStore compare with its EMC Unity XT?
Dell EMC PowerStore is a unified storage platform that has the added benefit of being scalable. The automated management of resources feature provides a more simple administration. I found the flex...
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What's the difference between DELL EMC Powerstore and Powermax NVMe?
Dell PowerStore is an all-solid-state midrange storage system. It has many internal elements taken from other Dell offerings and integrated into the PowerStoreOS. The installation and setup have a ...
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What do you like most about Kovair Data Lake?
The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities.
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What needs improvement with Kovair Data Lake?
The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities.
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What is your primary use case for Kovair Data Lake?
I primarily use Kovair Data Lake for data analytics use cases. This involves data cleansing and gaining business intelligence.
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Overview

Dell PowerStore stands out for its high performance, flexibility, and easy integration with VMware. It offers notable data compression and deduplication capabilities while providing powerful NVMe support and machine learning to optimize IT operations.

Dell PowerStore is designed to offer a comprehensive approach to IT infrastructure by enhancing performance and simplifying management. It is particularly suitable for companies that require scalable solutions to increase compute or capacity independently. Featuring built-in intelligence, PowerStore allows efficient storage consolidation and reduced footprint, while integration with CloudIQ enhances monitoring and analytics. However, there are areas for improvement, such as stability, enterprise features, and the user interface. Pricing is high, and support responsiveness needs attention. Organizations primarily use PowerStore for VMware environments, storage, and data protection, supporting high-performance databases and VMware workloads. It is utilized in data centers for disaster recovery and hybrid setups.

What are the key features of Dell PowerStore?
  • Flexibility: Independently scales compute or capacity
  • High Performance: Offers powerful NVMe support and machine learning
  • Integration: Easily integrates with VMware
  • Data Efficiency: Provides data compression and deduplication
  • Simplified Management: Built-in intelligence for efficient storage management
What benefits should users consider?
  • Performance Optimization: Enhance IT operations with machine learning
  • Scalability: Increase compute or storage capacity as needed
  • Integration Potential: Improve efficiency with VMware and CloudIQ
  • Data Protection: Reliable for disaster recovery and hybrid environments

In industries like IT, finance, and healthcare, Dell PowerStore supports efficient data management and enhances infrastructure performance. Organizations leverage it to manage extensive data, streamline virtualization processes, and facilitate migration from legacy systems, while integrating cloud and on-premises infrastructures for improved operations.

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Kovair Data Lake is a central database that comes with SQL server support. This makes it capable of storing data from multiple projects residing in diversified tools used by an organization. Based on organizational needs, the stored data is then segregated by departments or business units. Kovair Data Lake also comes with a very intuitive UI interface for managing and monitoring of the Data Lake.

Many organizations use enterprise data warehouses to meet both operational and reporting needs. However, apart from offering a storage and management facilities, there are certain limitations that organizations continue to face. These are –

- Real-time synchronization of data within a centralized data storage

- Traceability and governance of stored data

- Low-cost storage infrastructure compared to Big Data or Data Warehouse

- Handling of low volume but highly diversified data

- Prescriptive analytics that will aid in taking data-driven decisions and on-time service delivery

    Kovair has been a market leader in the domain of data integration with a marquee of clients from networking, semiconductor, telecom, manufacturing, banking and finance. Over the recent years, it has witnessed a shift in focus for organizations using multiple tools and different teams. While Kovair Omnibus provides the support for features like traceability, cross tool reporting, and task-based workflow that is simply not enough! Customers today are looking for central data store where data coming from different tools used in an organization could be accumulated in its native format.

    Data Lake presents a low-cost alternative to exploding storage and processing costs of traditional warehouses.

    While traditional data warehouses store data in hierarchical format. Data Lake offers a central database repository with a flat architecture for storing the data. This protects the data from unwanted manipulation, enabling businesses to take informed decisions accurately and building a better business-customer relationship.

    Product Highlights:

    - Large Data Repository for Central Administration

    - Tool Extractors with WS/SQL Communication Support

    - Web-based Data Lake Portal

      More details - https://www.kovair.com/data-lake/

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      Sample Customers

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      HSBC, NVIDIA, APPLIED MATERIALS, Allscripts, CISCO, Honeywell
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