We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Dell Unity XT based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The solution is stable."
"What is most valuable about the Dell EMC SC Series system was its reliability."
"One time, we had a drive fail and we were notified before we even saw it on the device."
"The flexibility of this solution has been valuable for our business."
"Its leading feature is the price-performance ratio, which is very good."
"The Dell support is helpful and the response is quick. The agents' knowledge is very good."
"One of the most valuable features is the capability to switch between all-flash to hybrid, which have have actually done for one of our arrays. We started with the hybrid, with the limited if I'm not mistaken, and then over a period of time, we swapped all the hybrids with the SSDs. This was one of the big features because it gave us the capability to not stick with just one kind of media. Secondly, since it has sorted clustering, we were able to bring in the newer boxes and have it all clustered together. These were the two main features that we really looked into, which benefited our use case from an expansion/growth perspective. Another valuable feature is the ease of management."
"They have a feature called Live Migrate; it's been very, very useful."
"I like how it separates the iSCSI drives from the standard shares. It has two different routes to it. I know most of the other solutions do this, but I just like the way that Dell EMC does it."
"The setup and installation procedures are easy."
"The high availability of Dell EMC Unity XT has been the most important feature."
"The solution overall has high performance."
"When I have an issue and need technical support, I reach out to them either through chat or by submitting a service request, and the response is good."
"I have had no problem at all. I think this is one of the most important things. It is very good. Maintaining it and deploying updates require very low maintenance. We haven't had problems. We had to replace a couple of disks in all these years, but it was pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is that the solution is a hybrid system, so you can do both block and file storage."
"Stable flash storage platform with good scalability, efficiency, and speed."
"In some customer cases, customers experienced more performance or latency."
"The price could be improved."
"While the scalability is good, there are certain limitations."
"From a performance point of view, it's getting a bit old."
"This product should be a lot more user-friendly."
"The configuration could be easier in Dell EMC SC Series."
"The lack of reporting would be the main issue."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex and should be made simpler to do."
"Dell Unity XT could improve the compatibility of some of the features. Some of my customers had some problems. Additionally, it would be beneficial for the solution to have advanced AI and ML features."
"Our request to Dell EMC for improvement was in the reporting and monitoring areas. Dell EMC built up a cloud ID so that we could see the overall storage numbers. We needed to have the proper KPIs to be able to see and manage things."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say its capacity and its connection."
"Dell Unity XT could add a unit-to-unit replication. We haven't seen that because we don't have an additional one to test. However, it is not an improvement, but something that we would like to have visibility on how it's done or how it works."
"They can certainly improve in terms of monitoring."
"I think Dell EMC should be more careful in appointing partners, and they need to have better control over their partners. And if their partner has some problems with them, we should not suffer."
"Issues with slow responses from the support team."
"It could be improved in the area of management flexibility. For example, I really need to set read-only access for LUNs, and there's no such option with Unity XT."
Dell SC Series is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 12 reviews while Dell Unity XT is ranked 3rd in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 35 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.0, while Dell Unity XT is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "The performance was staggering and more than what we paid for". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Unity XT writes "We can do both block and file storage on one unit without purchasing a separate device". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series, Dell XtremIO and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Dell Unity XT is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS), HPE Nimble Storage, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Huawei OceanStor. See our Dell SC Series vs. Dell Unity XT report.
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