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Dell VPLEX vs SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor comparison

Dell Technologies and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Dell Technologies is ranked #6 with an average rating of 5.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #13. Dell Technologies holds a 6.9% mindshare in SM, compared to SolarWinds’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.
Dell VPLEX
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88% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Dell VPLEX and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 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
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 VPLEX is 6.9%, down from 7.8% 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

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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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

"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."
"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."
"Storage virtualization and geographic resilience for Metro Sans, plus a great performance improvement."
"The solution works well. It's very reliable."
"The most valuable feature is deduplication, as we have no duplication in the snapshots."
"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."
"Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
 

Cons

"With Dell VPLEX, there are some bugs with Broadcom."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure."
"I would like to have site-to-site replication capability for applications."
"The price is a problem with EMC due to the fact that it's more expensive than the other vendors."
"There can be delays in getting performance reports."
"Today, it needs a huge effort that is not acceptable during disaster recovery."
"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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"The solution could always be more easily scalable."
 

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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
51%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell VPLEX?
Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract.
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What needs improvement with Dell VPLEX?
Dell VPLEX should improve its integration and user interface and be easier to configure. Any EMX product, be it PowerMax, VMAX, or DMAX, works based on the CLI. A person has to be very good at runn...
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What is your primary use case for Dell VPLEX?
We use Dell VPLEX for backend connectivity within the storage. We also use it when we want to manage redundancy for any storage.
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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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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.

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Sample Customers

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