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Dell PowerVault vs HPE EVA [EOL] comparison

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
7.1
Number of Reviews
23
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

SigfridCecillon - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good stability and simplicity
The room for improvement lies in the responsiveness and real-time feedback of the web server setup. 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. For the rest, we have a good organization for the platform. And it's working everywhere. Another area of improvement is duplication.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage."
"The Dell warranty is the most valuable feature."
"Dell PowerVault is cheap."
"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."
"The storage has been good."
"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."
"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.​"
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"​It is very stable."
 

Cons

"PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."
"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."
"Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
"The implementation process takes a while."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"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."
"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

"The solution is more cost-effective than the competitors. It’s an affordable option for small businesses."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
"I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."
"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."
"The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."
"Dell PowerVault's price is the tool's main attraction."
"It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?
Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?
I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?
The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level durin...
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...
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.
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. ...
 

Also Known As

PowerVault
EVA P6000 series, HP EVA
 

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Sample Customers

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