System Administrator at Lovely Professional University
Real User
Top 20
Jan 16, 2025
Basically, we have several servers, both physical and virtual. I have VMware deployed here, where I allocate storage to consolidate servers and provide storage facilities. Similarly, on the physical servers, I provide storage for end servers for data and file servers, and for database services like Dell.
Chief Business Technology Consultant at ITech Associates (Pty) Ltd
Real User
Dec 8, 2022
The SC includes various models, and we've deployed everything from their entry range to their mid-range storage. We mainly use SC for disaster recovery.
Regarding our use cases of Dell EMC SC Series, from a core perspective, we are going to phase out Oracle and move to SAP HANA. Oracle was part of our SAP legacy architecture, so we are migrating it to HANA. From a business perspective, we have a couple of Microsoft SQL-based applications that are using the SQL database and which we have for on-the-go users. Our core business is running on SAP and then, from a legacy structure, we have a bit of Microsoft SQL and the rest is on Microsoft. The technology was declared end of sale last year, so we switched to the newer PowerStore, but we still have the SC Series working and functioning in test and dev. If I'm not mistaken, we got the updated code as well. Our agreement is extended, but we don't plan to continue with it because we've already shifted the workload onto PowerStore. This solution is deployed on-prem.
Technical Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 13, 2022
We only build the basic foundation and the basic installation for the end-user on Dell EMC SC Series. However, I'm not sure what they install on it. Our main use case for Dell EMC SC Series is for VMware.
The solution is mainly used for primary storage and in more than half of the cases, we use the Live Volume, the Synchronous Replication - this Automatic Failover. Its function is for primary storage on two sites.
We use this product for daily business and normal IT operations. We also use it for replication of one system to another system. We also use it for the hostings for HANA virtualization. Those kinds of replications and IT applications. We use a hybrid version.
Storage Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 24, 2020
We use it for multiple databases. We use it for Oracle and for SQL. We also use it for file systems — Oracle, SQL, file system storage. Most of our use cases involve Oracle, SQL, VMware, and large file systems. I am a storage architect. have a state administrator that works with me as well. Internally, within our company, there are a few dozen employees using this solution. Externally, we literally have millions of people that hit that storage system every day. As far as our database administrators, they're always looking at the storage performance. Some of them actually have read-only log-ins to the storage array itself. They can log in and look at directly what the storage performance is for their database. Currently, we are not using this solution extensively because it's becoming a sunset solution. There's no option to increase usage. It's like saying you want to buy a '65 Mustang — no, you can't get one brand new, they don't make those anymore. There's no expansion being done because the product's no longer available.
Senior Systems Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Nov 12, 2020
We are a solution provider and the Dell EMC SC Series is one of the products that we implement for our customers. Our clients often use this product in a virtualized server environment for mid-range database use.
The solution is used for shared storage for the ESX cluster, VMware, or Vcenter cluster. It's a virtual machine and it's hosting space for virtual service. The primary reason we use the solution is to host the core infrastructure, the virtual servers including file servers, domain controllers, application servers, sequel servers, etc. Basically, the servers that run the business.
We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide for our clients. We have deployed it for more than seven customers It is used for several purposes including server consolidation and business applications.
Chief Business Technology Consultant at ITech Associates (Pty) Ltd
Real User
Oct 6, 2019
Our primary use case of this solution is for deduplication software but that is just one of the features we use it for. We also use it for infrastructure protection or other objectives.
Storage Team Leader at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 12, 2018
We're starting our ScaleIO implementation. We have vSAN but we also have software-defined. Our primary goal is to reduce our infrastructure costs by having another offering out there, outside of the traditional SAN storage environment.
Senior Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Sep 5, 2018
We use it for our production loads and for whatever is running on all the production VMs, including our database and regular applications. In terms of performance, we have had issues once or twice, but apart from that, it has been amazing.
Sr. Systems Administrator Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Sep 5, 2018
We use it for storage. We have gotten really good performance out of it, fast IOPS. We don't use the hybrid solution, or the built-in data migration capabilities, protocols, or DIP inline upgrades.
Systems Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 5, 2018
We use it for VDI, mainly. In terms of performance, there were some difficulties to begin with, with a lot of different upgrades. It took a lot of time because we've got several of them. With all the upgrades done, it has run pretty smoothly. Right now, we've just got one particular system on it, where we're just trying to test the waters to figure out if it's good because we use a combination of Dell EMC and Cisco equipment. So far, the Dell EMC seems to be doing pretty well. There are some applications that we've run where it appears that the Dell EMC would be a better solution.
Solutions Consultant at BlueAlly Technology Solutions
Vendor
Sep 3, 2018
It's primary storage. It started off as just being spinning disk, but recently we've had a lot of traction with customers adding flash and even going to all-flash systems. Some of our customers have had it six, seven, eight years. It performs quite well. We had a customer who had an Oracle all-flash system, and they needed to run VMs in their disaster recovery facility and, of course, they did not want to purchase the Oracle storage because it's extremely expensive. So, they added flash to their existing Compellent storage, they were using a DR for the other stuff. It has performed quite well for them.
Managing Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 3, 2018
We're a large financial institution and we use them at our branch sites. They're definitely not enterprise-grade, but where we need to have an all-flash solution for applications, and a smaller footprint, that's where we use them. The performance has been excellent.
We primarily use it to support our customers. We are a managed service provider. We have private and public clouds that we use it for. The performance over the years has been great. We like the platform and the upgrade features that it has. The biggest thing which we like is the support that we receive.
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Sep 2, 2018
We use Dell EMC storage at two data center sites for hosting vSphere server environments. Those server services are something that we offer internally in the company: SharePoint, GIS mapping services, license servers, and domain controllers. Pretty much everything is hosted on those servers or on the storage.
Dell EMC SC Series arrays provide a unified platform for the ultimate in performance, adaptability and machine-driven efficiency. SC Series software delivers modern features that help you meet aggressive workload demands using the fewest drives necessary. With an open, future-ready design, SC Series storage integrates seamlessly with applications and infrastructure, enabling you to scale on a single platform and add capabilities without forklift upgrades.
We use Dell SC Series in a VMware environment.
Basically, we have several servers, both physical and virtual. I have VMware deployed here, where I allocate storage to consolidate servers and provide storage facilities. Similarly, on the physical servers, I provide storage for end servers for data and file servers, and for database services like Dell.
I primarily used Dell SC Series for databases and virtual machines. It's very effective for maintaining a data center.
I've used Dell SC Series at other companies as a good storage tier for servers for VMware and on HP UX servers as well.
I just use it for backups and file servers.
Our use cases are related mostly to manufacturing industries.
It is used for storage purposes.
The SC includes various models, and we've deployed everything from their entry range to their mid-range storage. We mainly use SC for disaster recovery.
Regarding our use cases of Dell EMC SC Series, from a core perspective, we are going to phase out Oracle and move to SAP HANA. Oracle was part of our SAP legacy architecture, so we are migrating it to HANA. From a business perspective, we have a couple of Microsoft SQL-based applications that are using the SQL database and which we have for on-the-go users. Our core business is running on SAP and then, from a legacy structure, we have a bit of Microsoft SQL and the rest is on Microsoft. The technology was declared end of sale last year, so we switched to the newer PowerStore, but we still have the SC Series working and functioning in test and dev. If I'm not mistaken, we got the updated code as well. Our agreement is extended, but we don't plan to continue with it because we've already shifted the workload onto PowerStore. This solution is deployed on-prem.
We only build the basic foundation and the basic installation for the end-user on Dell EMC SC Series. However, I'm not sure what they install on it. Our main use case for Dell EMC SC Series is for VMware.
We use the product in our company and I deal with it personally.
It is a global storage solution for all our servers.
The solution is mainly used for primary storage and in more than half of the cases, we use the Live Volume, the Synchronous Replication - this Automatic Failover. Its function is for primary storage on two sites.
We use this product for daily business and normal IT operations. We also use it for replication of one system to another system. We also use it for the hostings for HANA virtualization. Those kinds of replications and IT applications. We use a hybrid version.
This is our SAN product for use with a traditional VMware setup, using VMware clusters. We have the 150 terabyte enclosure.
We use it for multiple databases. We use it for Oracle and for SQL. We also use it for file systems — Oracle, SQL, file system storage. Most of our use cases involve Oracle, SQL, VMware, and large file systems. I am a storage architect. have a state administrator that works with me as well. Internally, within our company, there are a few dozen employees using this solution. Externally, we literally have millions of people that hit that storage system every day. As far as our database administrators, they're always looking at the storage performance. Some of them actually have read-only log-ins to the storage array itself. They can log in and look at directly what the storage performance is for their database. Currently, we are not using this solution extensively because it's becoming a sunset solution. There's no option to increase usage. It's like saying you want to buy a '65 Mustang — no, you can't get one brand new, they don't make those anymore. There's no expansion being done because the product's no longer available.
We are a solution provider and the Dell EMC SC Series is one of the products that we implement for our customers. Our clients often use this product in a virtualized server environment for mid-range database use.
The solution is used for shared storage for the ESX cluster, VMware, or Vcenter cluster. It's a virtual machine and it's hosting space for virtual service. The primary reason we use the solution is to host the core infrastructure, the virtual servers including file servers, domain controllers, application servers, sequel servers, etc. Basically, the servers that run the business.
We use it for various type of data but mainly for virtual environments.
Our primary use case is for the traditional environment like virtualization and the database exchange.
We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide for our clients. We have deployed it for more than seven customers It is used for several purposes including server consolidation and business applications.
Dell Compellent storage just provides for our storage needs.
Our primary use case of this solution is for deduplication software but that is just one of the features we use it for. We also use it for infrastructure protection or other objectives.
We are a solution provider and this we resell this solution to our clients.
We use it as the OS drives for our VMs. Our is a hybrid solution.
We are heavily virtualized and it is used for the storage. It's performing well, we have had no issues to date.
We use it for storage. The performance is great. So far there are no issues at all.
We use the SC platform for storage solutions. As a partner, it's usually one of our go-to products for mid-range customers.
We're starting our ScaleIO implementation. We have vSAN but we also have software-defined. Our primary goal is to reduce our infrastructure costs by having another offering out there, outside of the traditional SAN storage environment.
What we are using from Dell EMC is their server line and their storage line. We're pretty well embedded with Dell EMC.
We use it for our production loads and for whatever is running on all the production VMs, including our database and regular applications. In terms of performance, we have had issues once or twice, but apart from that, it has been amazing.
We use it for storage. We have gotten really good performance out of it, fast IOPS. We don't use the hybrid solution, or the built-in data migration capabilities, protocols, or DIP inline upgrades.
We use it for VDI, mainly. In terms of performance, there were some difficulties to begin with, with a lot of different upgrades. It took a lot of time because we've got several of them. With all the upgrades done, it has run pretty smoothly. Right now, we've just got one particular system on it, where we're just trying to test the waters to figure out if it's good because we use a combination of Dell EMC and Cisco equipment. So far, the Dell EMC seems to be doing pretty well. There are some applications that we've run where it appears that the Dell EMC would be a better solution.
It's primary storage. It started off as just being spinning disk, but recently we've had a lot of traction with customers adding flash and even going to all-flash systems. Some of our customers have had it six, seven, eight years. It performs quite well. We had a customer who had an Oracle all-flash system, and they needed to run VMs in their disaster recovery facility and, of course, they did not want to purchase the Oracle storage because it's extremely expensive. So, they added flash to their existing Compellent storage, they were using a DR for the other stuff. It has performed quite well for them.
We use it for running all our business workloads.
We use it in our production and environmental support along with our VDI infrastructure. It has been working to our expectations.
We're a large financial institution and we use them at our branch sites. They're definitely not enterprise-grade, but where we need to have an all-flash solution for applications, and a smaller footprint, that's where we use them. The performance has been excellent.
We primarily use it to support our customers. We are a managed service provider. We have private and public clouds that we use it for. The performance over the years has been great. We like the platform and the upgrade features that it has. The biggest thing which we like is the support that we receive.
It back-ends our vSphere virtualization farms.
We use Dell EMC storage at two data center sites for hosting vSphere server environments. Those server services are something that we offer internally in the company: SharePoint, GIS mapping services, license servers, and domain controllers. Pretty much everything is hosted on those servers or on the storage.
We use it for converged infrastructure.
It's the storage backbone for our virtual environment. So far the performance has been very good.
We use it for storage for a virtual environment.
It is performing well.