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Dell PowerVault vs HPE EVA [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Fibre Channel category. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 60% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.
Dell PowerVault
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100% willing to recommend
HPE EVA [EOL]
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    60% willing to recommend

    Review summaries and opinions

    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Categories and Ranking

    Dell PowerVault
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.5
    Number of Reviews
    32
    Ranking in other categories
    Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)
    HPE EVA [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Number of Reviews
    4
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
     

    Featured Reviews

    Erhan Parlaz - PeerSpot reviewer
    Erhan Parlaz
    Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group
    Reliable midmarket backups have supported disaster recovery while centralized management needs work
    Areas where I feel Dell PowerVault could be improved include especially the enterprise area and multiple interfaces in other areas, for example, backup software solutions and their integration. Handling extensive storage management functions such as snapshots, replication, and provisioning with Dell PowerVault is very well suited for the midmarket or even smaller midmarket environments. Only when environments become more complex, especially in the enterprise area, does Dell PowerVault struggle in the software area, including centralized management. I would welcome it if Dell PowerVault were a bit easier to manage in centralized management via the GUI, as it was in the past, because at the moment mid-sized companies find it not so straightforward to clearly calculate things such as how and where to use something, especially in the snapshot area. There is still room for improvement due to the missing interfaces and also the flexibility.
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    reviewer2268315 - PeerSpot reviewer
    reviewer2268315
    Deputy General Manager & Enterprise Head at a security firm with 501-1,000 employees
    Has the ability to automatically deal with faulty disks
    In terms of the most beneficial features of the product, I would say that during the faulty disk replacement process, the tool automatically ungroups the faulty disk, so from the tool itself, anybody can identify which disk is faulty and then repair it. The data replication part is not enabled in the product that I use since the DRP feature is not enabled. I work with the product's high availability feature. Considering the size of the environment where the product is used, the product offers around 80 to 90 TB of storage space. I won't recommend the product to others who plan to use it. The implementation process of the product would be as per the standard of the organization where it is going to be used. Everyone should have their own organizational data structure as per the data orientation needs. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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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

    "Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
    "The most valuable features are stability and response time."
    "For the video use case where expansion is sometimes required quickly, Dell PowerVault proves to be an excellent solution due to its significant capacity and scalability over time."
    "Dell PowerVault is cheap."
    "For us, the initial setup was easy."
    "It is an inexpensive storage solution."
    "We've even used PowerVault series that we intended to use for five years for almost eight years, and it was still working fine, providing good ROI compared to any other brand, which are the overall advantages of Dell PowerVault."
    "The solution is reliable and stable."
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    "There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
    "The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."
    "​HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement.​"
    "​It is very stable."
     

    Cons

    "PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
    "Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
    "The implementation process takes a while."
    "There is room for improvement with Dell PowerVault as we did have some promises about dedupe and compression that did not turn out as promised, but Dell trued up and gave us more storage for no cost."
    "The scalability is present but it is a bit complex to scale to the desired level. When we needed to increase the performance, we faced some issues."
    "For Dell PowerVault, the deduplication and compression features need improvement."
    "I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers."
    "PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud."
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    "I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."
    "Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."
    "The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."
    "It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."
    "The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."
    "The price of Dell PowerVault could be reduced. It is more expensive than some IBM solutions."
    "I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
    "I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."
    "I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Manufacturing Company
    15%
    Computer Software Company
    10%
    Outsourcing Company
    7%
    Government
    7%
    No data available
     

    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business14
    Midsize Enterprise8
    Large Enterprise13
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    Questions from the Community

    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?
    I don't get involved in the negotiations for price for Dell PowerVault. We get a pretty good discount. I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.
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    What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?
    Areas where I feel Dell PowerVault could be improved include especially the enterprise area and multiple interfaces in other areas, for example, backup software solutions and their integration. Han...
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    What is your primary use case for Dell PowerVault?
    My use cases for Dell PowerVault mainly focus on the backup area and disaster recovery in data centers in the midmarket.
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    What is your primary use case for HPE EVA?
    I use the solution for almost 36 servers since it has a huge storage capacity. In HPE EVA, my company has created two pools of different capacities in terms of disk sizes. In the different pools, m...
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    What do you like most about HPE EVA?
    The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers.
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    What needs improvement with HPE EVA?
    I don't want to make many improvements to the product because it is an entry-level storage product. There are a lot of storage products available on the market, such as Nimble Flash Array Storage. ...
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    Product Reports

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    Also Known As

    PowerVault
    EVA P6000 series, HP EVA
     

    Overview

    PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.
    Dell Technologies

    Lean IT budgets require more efficient ways of managing data. Driving business growth and agility requires simple yet flexible storage that reduces costs while maintaining application availability. With an installed base of over 100,000, mid-sized organizations count on HP EVA Storage. This fifth-generation, virtualized storage array provides availability while increasing productivity and capacity utilization.

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise
     

    Sample Customers

    Dayco, FAW Foundry, University of Cambridge, Finder, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co.
    Bank Simpanan Nasional, EDF, Saint Mary's University, Thomson Reuters
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