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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
    6.7
    Number of Reviews
    27
    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

    RichardLynch - PeerSpot reviewer
    Administrative ease and dependable support consistently enhance our operations
    I would say my favorite features of Dell PowerVault are that it's pretty easy to use. It has been pretty stable. Firmware updates have been pretty easy to install and updates are pretty easy to do. Replacing a bad drive is fairly simple. It is just fairly easy to administer it.
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    reviewer2268315 - PeerSpot reviewer
    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 stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."
    "Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
    "For us, the initial setup was easy."
    "The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance."
    "Dell PowerVault is cheap."
    "I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
    "The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its ability to provide small to medium-range storage. It doesn't have any specific standout features, but it's great for applications, such as surveillance where a large number of videos need to be recorded and performance isn't a priority."
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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

    "The tool needs to improve its UI."
    "If the solution came with a synchronous application, it would be particularly advantageous for small businesses operating across multiple sites."
    "The high prices of the solution are an area of concern where improvements are required."
    "Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added."
    "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."
    "The product could support an NVMe hard disk."
    "Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
    "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."
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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

    "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."
    "I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
    "The solution is more cost-effective than the competitors. It’s an affordable option for small businesses."
    "The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."
    "Dell PowerVault's price is the tool's main attraction."
    "They are offering a wide range of support models for the customers such as basic support that is budget-friendly, but they also provide a professional support solution that is a bit costly"
    "The product is inexpensive."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Manufacturing Company
    14%
    Computer Software Company
    13%
    Government
    9%
    Comms Service Provider
    6%
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    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business11
    Midsize Enterprise7
    Large Enterprise11
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    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?
    Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.
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    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?
    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 cos...
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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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