Dell SC Series provides a high-performance, cost-effective storage solution with ease of management and robust support. Users appreciate its scalability, flexibility, and efficient storage management, making it a reliable platform for diverse environments.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Dell SC Series | 14.1% |
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform | 23.0% |
| IBM System Storage DS8000 Series | 19.2% |
| Other | 43.7% |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell PowerStore | 4.3 | N/A | 97% | 185 interviewsAdd to research |
| Everpure FlashBlade | 4.4 | N/A | 95% | 39 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 24 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 10 |
| Large Enterprise | 18 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 100 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 40 |
| Large Enterprise | 82 |
Renowned for its key attributes such as auto-tiering, replication, compression, and deduplication, Dell SC Series enhances scalability through Live Migrate and high availability features. Its efficient management with thin provisioning and data progression enhances resource utilization. The series is favored for stability, reliability, and integration capabilities, making it suitable for diverse deployments like private and public clouds, production workloads, virtual environments, large databases, and more.
What are the key features of Dell SC Series?Dell SC Series serves as a versatile storage solution across industries, supporting applications in converged infrastructure, disaster recovery, and VMware environments. Users rely on its performance for critical business applications such as Oracle and SQL file systems, maintaining its relevance and effectiveness in ever-changing technological landscapes.
Dell SC Series was previously known as SC Series Storage, Compellent.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Architect Engineer, IT INFRASTRUCTURES Project Manager at Vilavi | 4.0 | We use Dell SC Series in a VMware hybrid environment and find its stability, replication, and management interface excellent. Setup was smooth, support reliable, though deduplication and compression could improve. Pricing was favorable due to our partnership. |
| System Administrator at Lovely Professional University | 4.0 | I use Dell SC Series for consolidating storage in both virtual and physical server environments, appreciating its versatility with SSDs and older drives. Dell offers competitive pricing, though integration with cloud storage for data replication would be an improvement. |
| Data Center Server & Storage Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees | 5.0 | I've utilized the Dell SC Series for VMware and HP UX servers, appreciating its excellent snapshots and auto-tiering features, which offer cost savings. Its interface is superior to VNX and Unity, though adding NVMe would enhance security further. |
| It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees | 5.0 | I primarily used the Dell SC Series for databases and virtual machines, finding it highly effective for data centers. Its performance, manageability, and installation ease were impressive, though I wished it supported NVMe over TCP. ROI and disk response times improved significantly. |
| Engineer at Fairway-corp | 3.5 | I primarily use the Dell SC Series for backups and file servers. Its main advantage is an affordable price that provides necessary support and functionality. However, the interface could use some improvement. I haven't considered other solutions or providers. |
| Managing Director at Insunginfo | 4.5 | I find the Dell SC Series to be a cost-effective storage solution benefiting my customers with its affordability, availability, and commendable performance. However, I believe there is room for improvement in its processing ability. |
| Chief Business Technology Consultant at ITech Associates (Pty) Ltd | 4.0 | I've deployed various models of the Dell SC Series for disaster recovery, and customers value its pay-as-you-grow provisioning, compression, and deduplication features. However, it lacks NVMe support. I've used IBM before but prefer Dell for its simplicity and support. |
| Senior Presales Solutions Engineer at Metra Group | 4.5 | I value this solution's flexibility after a year. Performance, speed, and RAM need improvement; initial integration was complex, and pricing could be better. Still, I recommend it for Unity/PowerStore, rating it 9/10. |
