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

Dell PowerVault

HPE EVA [EOL]

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)

HPE EVA [EOL]

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

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

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

"It is an inexpensive storage solution."

"The initial setup was easy and simple."

"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."

"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."

"My advice to others who are considering using Dell PowerVault is that it is definitely a reliable, stable platform and an extremely robust player to be considered in any type of project, whether in those where the storage or even performance demand is lower, as well as in projects where the amount of available space is huge and the need for performance is extremely high."

"Dell is a good company to work with."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"It has established itself well, proven itself well, and continues to be very well received by smaller mid-sized companies."

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"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."

"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."

"It is very stable."

"The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."

Cons

"We could set up the installation through a web server, but it's not very reactive on the web server. For example, when you launch a task, and you don't know exactly if the task has begun or if the task is in progress, or if it's finished. You have to wait for three to five to ten minutes to be sure that the task is running or in progress or finished. So at that point, it's not very good."

"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."

"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."

"For Dell PowerVault, the deduplication and compression features need improvement."

"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."

"The price of the solution could be lower."

"In most instances, clients are using Dell PowerVault with tape drives, but we want to transition them away from tape drives due to the risk of data loss."

"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."

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"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."

"I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."

"I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."

"The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."

"The product is inexpensive."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."

"I rate the price of Dell PowerVault a nine out of ten."

"Dell PowerVault's price is the tool's main attraction."

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Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	13

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

The cost depends on which model you use for Dell PowerVault. If you use a PowerVault with SSD hard disk, it begins to be rather expensive. If you use it with an ordinary standard hard disk, the pri...

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

If we speak about the negative side of Dell PowerVault, I do see some areas for improvement. A quicker management user interface would be beneficial. It is a bit slow, but it is acceptable. It stil...

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What is your primary use case for Dell PowerVault?

A few use cases for Dell PowerVault that I would mention are backup, storage, and VMware vSphere. Dell PowerVault helps the company streamline workflows, and in general, we use it more as a file se...

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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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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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