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Dell Storage Resource Manager vs SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor comparison

Dell Technologies and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Dell Technologies is ranked #9, while SolarWinds is ranked #13. Dell Technologies holds a 6.6% mindshare in SM, compared to SolarWinds’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 62% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.
Dell Storage Resource Manager
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62% willing to recommend
SolarWinds Storage Resource...
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between Dell Storage Resource Manager and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Storage Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell Storage Resource Manager
Ranking in Storage Management
9th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds Storage Resource...
Ranking in Storage Management
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of Dell Storage Resource Manager is 6.6%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is 3.4%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Kazi Amranul Houqe - PeerSpot reviewer
Great features that allow for supervision of storage, management of users and driver-related updates
It needs to be segregated if you compare the EMC storage with HP and IBM. We have to identify the reliability of the fiber channel ports. If this can be improved, it will be better for the end-user. There are issues if you manage through the sensory in the fiber channel. We want to be able to manage things like storage, hosting, details about the mount point, and how much IOP is collapsed to which host in any single console. In addition, it will help us to identify and segregate the issues blocks.
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SK
Reliable with good storage capabilities but sometimes shows a misleading status
The solution is straightforward to set up. It is easy; it's not complicated at all. I'd rate the ease of setup five out of ten. It's in the middle in terms of the level of difficulty. However, I find it quite simple. It takes the usual amount of time to set up due to all the modules. When we install a product on SolarWinds or the RMM platform, they take a similar amount of time. There is no specific time for a single module. If you deploy a single module will take almost the same time. If you deploy ten models together, they will have similar timing since they all are on the same RMM platform.
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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 easy to control the storage."
"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."
"The partitions function well for backup storage."
"It's all about ease of use and reliability."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
 

Cons

"Technical support is inadequate."
"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."
"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."
"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."
"The solution could always be more easily scalable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are no licensing costs for this product."
"The solution is mid-priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Healthcare Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Educational Organization
58%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
SolarWinds SRM
 

Overview

ViPR SRM is a software solution that provides multi-vendor capacity, performance, and configuration dashboards and reports for traditional and software-defined storage resources.

Dell Technologies

The storage monitoring and capacity management software from SolarWinds gives you deep visibility into the performance of your multi-vendor storage arrays, and helps you closely watch the application stack for storage issues that affect application performance.

SolarWinds
 

Sample Customers

HNTB Corporation
NetSuite, Youngs Seafood, APS Bank, Sven Meinks
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