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Dell VPLEX vs IBM SAN Volume Control comparison

Dell Technologies and IBM are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Dell Technologies is ranked #6, while IBM is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5. Dell Technologies holds a 5.1% mindshare in SM, compared to IBM’s 4.5% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.
Dell VPLEX
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88% willing to recommend
IBM SAN Volume Control
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100% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Dell VPLEX and IBM SAN Volume Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell VPLEX
Ranking in Storage Management
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM SAN Volume Control
Ranking in Storage Management
2nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of Dell VPLEX is 5.1%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SAN Volume Control is 4.5%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM SAN Volume Control4.5%
Dell VPLEX5.1%
Other90.4%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Sayed Zuber - PeerSpot reviewer
It's an excellent solution for data mobility and disaster recovery, but the CLI can be difficult for beginners
Dell VPLEX currently requires Flash Player to access the GUI. It would be better to have a web-based HTML management interface. The encryption could also be improved. When the host writes data, it goes from VPLEX back to the physical storage. The physical storage device will do encryption or use an algorithm called Data Address Encryption. If there are vulnerabilities between the host and the storage device, you can lose your data. I suggest encrypting the data before it is sent from the host to the storage. I would also recommend using the NVM protocol in VPLEX. It still has Flash Player and a local SATA disk built into the Flash Player. You need to Flash the disk to SAS and then SATA. The NVM protocol is better.
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Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
A sustainable product that has ultra-low latency and reliable security features
Initially, we had some challenges with massive amounts of customer data. We have an airport segment where the passenger data are required, and it’s huge data. We needed a system that could store bulk data with low latency and provide a good customer experience. The solution is very famous. Ultra latency provides miraculous performance and productivity. It also enables advanced virtualization for good scalability. Anyone can opt to use the product. Overall, 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

"The solution works well. It's very reliable."
"Storage virtualization and geographic resilience for Metro Sans, plus a great performance improvement."
"Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract."
"The most valuable feature is deduplication, as we have no duplication in the snapshots."
"The best feature of VPLEX storage is its ability to consolidate storage. It also provides the highest RPO and RTOs for replication technology. VPLEX enables application mobility."
"Mobility enables us to carry out an internal migration of data."
"The capacity to migrate machines onto VPLEX is great — it's very clean. We can migrate machines and add arrays easily."
"Its mirroring capabilities allow for data to be mirrored across two different data centers, so if one center were to crash or fail, the other center could take over and keep everything running smoothly."
"The solution is easy to use, easily configurable, and easy to upgrade, manipulate, and add new storage."
"The product has an ultra-low latency."
"The virtualization layer has been great."
"The most valuable features of IBM SAN Volume Control are the copy services, performance metrics, and analysis. Additionally, they have upgraded and introduced visual volumes."
"With SVC it is very easy to manage and to use for migration, meaning that when we want to move or to keep control of the volume or update a server database, it is very easy. That's why we use it."
 

Cons

"Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure."
"VPLEX hardware migration to spare equipment in case of major disruption."
"There can be delays in getting performance reports."
"With Dell VPLEX, there are some bugs with Broadcom."
"Today, it needs a huge effort that is not acceptable during disaster recovery."
"The price is a problem with EMC due to the fact that it's more expensive than the other vendors."
"The initial setup is complex."
"VPLEX's engine-based architecture is complex, so the implementation is challenging and takes more time. It's also difficult to fix hardware issues. When an appliance fails, it takes Dell EMC a long time to fix it because spare parts are in short supply."
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"IBM SAN Volume Control could improve by better integrations with other vendor systems. IBM SAN Volume Control can store the environment and are able to integrate with Veeam, but I don't know if they can integrate as well with SVC or other vendors' systems."
"I would like to see the usage of virtualized storage boxes improved. I'd like to see this feature fixed, especially for SVC controller, and to be able to hold more storage."
"IBM support can be very slow."
"Patch management and upgrades must be made easier."
"They just need to put in the snap volume because now they use what is called a flash copy. This means that you have to take all the volume instead of NetApp which uses their snapshot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"VPLEX is a little bit expensive in my personal opinion."
"We struck a great deal with Dell EMC, so for us, VPLEX was not very expensive."
"The initial price of IBM SAN Volume Control is steep."
"With SAN Volume Controller, we need to license by terabyte."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
14%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
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What do you like most about IBM SAN Volume Control?
The product has an ultra-low latency.
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What is your primary use case for IBM SAN Volume Control?
Heterogenous Storage management.
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What advice do you have for others considering IBM SAN Volume Control?
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IBM SVC
 

Overview

Wth EMC VPLEX you can deploy next-generation virtualization architecture to enable simultaneous information access within, between, and across data centers, move applications, virtual machines, and data in and between data centers without impacting users and deliver application and data availability within the data center and over distance with full infrastructure utilization and zero downtime.
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Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software—part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family—IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is an enterprise-class storage system that helps organizations achieve better data economics by supporting the new large scale workloads that are critical to success. SVC systems can handle the massive volumes of data from mobile and social applications and enable flexible hybrid multicloud deployments and deliver the performance and scalability needed to gain insights from the latest analytics technologies.

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Sample Customers

Kindred Healthcare, Regis Aged Care, WeBank SpA, Panduit, Munson Healthcare
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