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Dell PowerFlex pros and cons

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Dell PowerFlex Pros review quotes

EK
Jul 16, 2019
The most valuable feature is the overall integration and just seeing the three different layers which make up the machine software. Altogether, it's something that I would say is much better than any other solution that I have experienced before.
AA
Jun 23, 2019
The setup was very straightforward.
KR
Nov 26, 2019
We're doing a lot of VMware for IT so this solution is really valuable from a VMH point of view. We're trying to assist our customers mainly with management, because that's what they want. The most important aspects are ease of management, as well as ease of configuration, allowing them to attach additional nodes and resources for the applications.
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AA
Jul 10, 2019
It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion.
MM
Dec 23, 2019
The solution was connected to alternate storage. It provides great scalability and reliability.
Saikat Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 6, 2021
We've had no issues with scaling the solution.
Scott Yoshimura - PeerSpot reviewer
May 4, 2022
The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited.
MZ
Apr 16, 2021
It is easy to use for management and operations teams because the tools are in one place.
OH
Nov 7, 2019
Perfectly suits customers dealing with the combination of future storage needs and, at the same time, keeping up their computing power.
Saikat Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2022
Saves us a lot of space in the data center.
 

Dell PowerFlex Cons review quotes

EK
Jul 16, 2019
Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have.
AA
Jun 23, 2019
Needs some more monitoring tools.
KR
Nov 26, 2019
I think there might be some room for improvement when it comes to pricing, because although I know how to convert customers, at the end of day, it's quite expensive. Sometimes your feature architecture is still coming out much cheaper than hardware costs for your infrastructure.
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AA
Jul 10, 2019
We're also running Hyper-V virtual machines. But we recently discovered that migration of the Hyper-V virtual machines is a bit challenging. Maybe if Dell EMC can come out with a tool that will make it very easy for us to migrate the Microsoft Hyper-V machine, that may be an improvement.
MM
Dec 23, 2019
The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem.
Saikat Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 6, 2021
We've had some issues around the licensing.
Scott Yoshimura - PeerSpot reviewer
May 4, 2022
It would be great to get earlier access to beta builds because we have to develop providers on our own. The APIs and enablers for custom automation could also be improved.
MZ
Apr 16, 2021
The installation is complex.
OH
Nov 7, 2019
Including instrumentation would be a helpful improvement.
Saikat Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2022
Licensing restrictions can be frustrating.