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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]
Read 4 HPE EVA [EOL] reviews
    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
    8.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.6
    Number of Reviews
    35
    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

    FM
    Fmontenegro Montenegro
    CTO at To Be
    Storage has supported long-term CCTV archiving and improves on-premises application performance
    I think it would be good regarding how Dell PowerVault could improve to have, in addition to the excellent support service that exists, some training courses, forums, and a training school for using these tools. Many people specialize only in this kind of equipment, and others have no idea how to configure them or how they work and always end up depending on people who have spent a long time working with these systems and know how to handle them more because of experience than because of information that can be easily obtained about using this equipment. Everything regarding additional aspects that could be improved in Dell PowerVault has already been mentioned.
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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

    "Dell PowerVault is cheap."
    "It has established itself well, proven itself well, and continues to be very well received by smaller mid-sized companies."
    "I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
    "Dell PowerVault is cost-effective as a storage solution, and I see it has competitive pricing with other vendors."
    "The security of the backup and the overall system that Dell PowerVault brings to the table is definitely the most valuable feature."
    "Dell PowerVault has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to scale infrastructure, saving us cloud storage costs by moving them to high availability in physical storage."
    "Dell is a good company to work with."
    "The MD3260 is a great unit, inexpensive, hold tons of drives, its expandable, and the cost is low."
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    "​HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement.​"
    "We cannot stop this SAN array; it has never failed since it was started, and we have not had a problem with it at all."
    "My most important criteria when selecting a vendor are price, dedupe, and compression."
    "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."
    "​It is very stable."
    "It's fast, reliable, and it's very good for the price."
     

    Cons

    "For Dell PowerVault, the deduplication and compression features need improvement."
    "In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."
    "Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added."
    "The tool needs to improve its UI."
    "PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud."
    "If the solution came with a synchronous application, it would be particularly advantageous for small businesses operating across multiple sites."
    "Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
    "I could not recommend this solution to others, because the technology is old."
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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."
    "In general, my boss feels that HPE's prices are very high."
    "It could be just this particular model, but the storage is not so stable."
    "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."
    "The solution is more cost-effective than the competitors. It’s an affordable option for small businesses."
    "I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."
    "I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."
    "The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."
    "Dell PowerVault's price is the tool's main attraction."
    "I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
    "The price of Dell PowerVault could be reduced. It is more expensive than some IBM solutions."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Manufacturing Company
    16%
    Computer Software Company
    9%
    Outsourcing Company
    7%
    Government
    7%
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    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business15
    Midsize Enterprise9
    Large Enterprise13
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    Questions from the Community

    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?
    I think the price, implementation cost, and licensing of Dell PowerVault is reasonable. Considering the resources it delivers, the security, and the reliability the platform gives us, all the costs...
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    What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?
    Something that could be improved or enhanced by Dell is more exchange of new information about the technology itself, a broader exchange of suggestions, new contributions, and new insights that we ...
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    What is your primary use case for Dell PowerVault?
    Dell PowerVault is our main storage and is responsible for storing all productive data of the company in Latin America. Since Dell PowerVault is responsible for all productive data, that includes i...
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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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