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PROS

Dell EqualLogic PS series offers high availability with substantial redundancy, effective management software, and robust alerting features.
It supports the implementation of virtualization and its associated benefits.
Technical support for Dell EqualLogic PS series is highly rated, offering exceptional assistance universally.
The auto-tiering feature provides high performance on a budget, optimizing resources.
The scalability of Dell EqualLogic PS series allows users to expand effortlessly by adding new shelves as needed.

CONS

6110xxx members have only one iSCSI connection per controller, unlike 6510 and 6610, which have two.
There is no inline deduplication capability in Dell EqualLogic PS series.
Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently and lacks efficiency improvement.
Replication efficiency in Dell EqualLogic PS series needs improvement.
Dell EqualLogic PS series lacks fiber channel connectivity, which is required by advanced applications like SAP HANA.
 

Dell EqualLogic PS series Pros review quotes

reviewer1285002 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Zebra Technologies Corporation
Oct 1, 2020
It is extremely reliable.
it_user531267 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager with 11-50 employees
May 17, 2018
Its high availability. It has a lot of redundancy and good management software as well as good alerting.
Khuram Ayyaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Executive at Virtual University
Nov 11, 2025
Before deploying it, we used public clouds for our services, facing latency and other issues with other vendors; after deploying this cluster, we were very satisfied and relieved.
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reviewer1026159 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Circuit Executive for Information Technology at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2020
It is stable and scalable.
it_user736926 - PeerSpot reviewer
System manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sep 14, 2017
If you have one datacenter fail, the VMs will start to run inside the other data center.
reviewer2040924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Computing, Biostatistics at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 24, 2024
The technical support for the solution was really good.
Abdul Rehman Abid - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Enterprise Solutions at Megaplus
Jan 5, 2023
The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series auto tiering by using this feature, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget.
GM
IT Consultant at SPE
Jul 1, 2025
Technical support is great; we have four-hour support from Dell for storage.
AM
Network and System Administrator at TWD Technologies Ltd.
Jan 21, 2021
Dell's technical support is very good.
HansThilen - PeerSpot reviewer
System technician at Lidingö stad
Apr 11, 2023
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
 

Dell EqualLogic PS series Cons review quotes

reviewer1285002 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Zebra Technologies Corporation
Oct 1, 2020
Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently.
Khuram Ayyaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Executive at Virtual University
Nov 11, 2025
When they deployed our cluster, they did not provide any documentation or low-level or high-level diagrams. They simply came, mounted the servers, and started installation without documentation, which is a negative point on the vendor side.
reviewer1026159 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Circuit Executive for Information Technology at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2020
The product is reaching the end-of-lifecycle.
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it_user736926 - PeerSpot reviewer
System manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sep 14, 2017
6510 and 6610 have two iSCSI connections in each controller. Why do 6110xxx members have only one, and why do the same members have the possibility of having an active iSCSI interface in the passive controller? It could make a lot of noise with a failover.
reviewer2040924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Computing, Biostatistics at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 24, 2024
The only challenging part in the tool was related to some site recovery area. In order to exploit the site recovery area, my company had to purchase additional VMware products.
Abdul Rehman Abid - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Enterprise Solutions at Megaplus
Jan 5, 2023
Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve by providing fiber channel connectivity. Fiber channel connectivity is not supported, which is a requirement of advanced applications, such as SAP HANA. SAP HANA recommends fiber channel connectivity, but the Dell EqualLogic PS series is only an ISCSI data storage.
AM
Network and System Administrator at TWD Technologies Ltd.
Jan 21, 2021
If I need to have more space or more capacity, I need to replace the product. It would be ideal if we could scale without replacing the box itself.
HansThilen - PeerSpot reviewer
System technician at Lidingö stad
Apr 11, 2023
I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic...Since I can't buy it anymore, I don't receive any updates on the solution. Also, this is the last year in which one can buy support for the solution.
it_user1275201 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ops Manager at a real estate/law firm with 1-10 employees
Mar 7, 2021
We need more space and we can't get any.
JA
VP - Engineering Operations at WPG Consulting
Sep 3, 2021
The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble.