Dell PowerFlex vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

The compared Dell Technologies and Red Hat solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #4 in HCI , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 12.1% mindshare in the category. Red Hat is ranked #2 in SDS , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 21.1% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerFlex

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96% willing to recommend

Red Hat Ceph Storage

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81% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerFlex

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

HCI (4th)

Red Hat Ceph Storage

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (2nd), File and Object Storage (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerFlex and Red Hat Ceph Storage aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerFlex is designed for HCI and holds a mindshare of 12.1%, up 9.1% compared to last year.
Red Hat Ceph Storage, on the other hand, focuses on Software Defined Storage (SDS), holds 21.1% mindshare, down 22.2% since last year.

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Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Featured Reviews

Serdar De

IT Manager at ÜÇGE Shopfitting & Design

Initial setup has been straightforward and it has reasonable pricing

We are new to this, so we are still learning about the valuable features The solution is okay overall. It could be easier to learn. We haven't had any issues. They could have more AI functionality in the future. I have been using the solution for six months. I have not encountered any problems…

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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI

IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi

Offers cost-effective scalability through open-source storage integration

Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage. We appreciate the scalability of the open-source solution, allowing us to address our growing data needs without encountering major issues. Having used it as a pilot system in Brazil, we gained significant knowledge and the ability to manage our infrastructure as code.

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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 solution is quite stable."

"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."

"Dell PowerFlex improves our latency which allowed us to reduce a lot of our Microsoft Enterprise SQL licenses."

"The support team responds quickly."

"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."

"My overall product rating would be nine out of ten."

"Dell PowerFlex is a highly scalable solution."

"The resiliency and data protection are the most valuable features."

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"The configuration of the solution and the user interface are both quite good."

"The setup is very easy, deserving a ten out of ten."

"Replicated and erasure coded pools have allowed for multiple copies to be kept, easy scale-out of additional nodes, and easy replacement of failed hard drives. The solution continues working even when there are errors."

"We have not encountered any stability issues for the product."

"High reliability with commodity hardware."

"Ceph was chosen to maintain exact performance and capacity characteristics for customer cloud."

"Data redundancy is a key feature, since it can survive failures (disks/servers). We didn’t lose our data or have a service interruption during server/disk failures."

"We are using Ceph internal inexpensive disk and data redundancy without spending extra money on external storage."

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Cons

"There should be more functionality available for routing."

"Compared to similar solutions, Dell PowerFlex is not cost-effective and has room for improvement."

"The support of containers needs to be improved. At present, it is limited to VMware. There needs to be direct communication with the hardware rather than through a hypervisor."

"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."

"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."

"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."

"The solution needs to offer more documentation and educational materials."

"Licensing restrictions can be frustrating."

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"Please create a failback solution for OpenStack replication and maybe QoS to allow guaranteed IOPS."

"If you use for any other solution like other Kubernetes solutions, it's not very suitable."

"It needs a better UI for easier installation and management."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"It takes some time to re-balance the storage in case of server failure."

"I have encountered issues with stability when replication factor was not 3, which is the default and recommended value. Go below 3 and problems will arise."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

"If troubleshooting is needed, the response should be faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive and I give the cost a two out of ten."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the price as eight and a half. The tool is expensive."

"The cost of this solution is fair."

"The product is expensive."

"The solution's price is medium."

"From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users."

"The solution's pricing could be much cheaper and affordable."

"The price could be improved."

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"Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription as a bundle."

"If you can afford a product like Red Hat Ceph Storage then go for it. If you cannot, then you need to test Ceph and get your hands dirty."

"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."

"There is no cost for software."

"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."

"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."

"We never used the paid support."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

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By reviewers

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Questions from the Community

What are the major differences between VxRail and Dell EMC PowerFlex?

VxRail vs. Dell EMC PowerFlex VxRail provides stable solutions for technical problems while at the same time not being too expensive for a company to invest in. Even if the user is working with a l...

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What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerFlex?

The support is highly responsive.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC PowerFlex?

I don't know the cost of PowerFlex. I understand it is reasonable.

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This solution allows for multiple copies of replicated and coded pools to be kept, ea...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Ceph Storage?

The high availability of the solution is important to us.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Ceph Storage?

I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.

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Also Known As

VxFlex, VxRack FLEX, PowerFlex

Ceph

Overview

VxRack System consists of hyper-converged rack-scale engineered systems, with integrated networking, to achieve the scalability and management requirements of traditional and cloud native workloads. The VxRack series is purposely designed to enable customers to quickly deploy Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and/or Private Cloud architectures. VxRack Systems tightly integrate hardware with software and management layers.

The result is a fully tested, pre-configured, hyper-converged system with simplified operations at data center and Service Provider scale. VxRack Systems support the deployment of a variety of application workloads, allowing IT to rapidly deliver new services while improving overall agility and efficiency.

Dell Technologies

Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.

Red Hat

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