Dell PowerPath vs Everpure FlashArray comparison

The compared Dell Technologies and Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #3 in SS , and holds a 14.8% mindshare in the category. Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) is ranked #3 in AFS , with an average rating of 8.9, and holds a 7.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 99% of Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerPath

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100% willing to recommend

Everpure FlashArray

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99% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerPath

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

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Storage Software (3rd)

Everpure FlashArray

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

231

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All-Flash Storage (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerPath and Everpure FlashArray aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerPath is designed for Storage Software and holds a mindshare of 14.8%, down 15.7% compared to last year.
Everpure FlashArray, on the other hand, focuses on All-Flash Storage, holds 7.4% mindshare, up 6.4% since last year.

Storage Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell PowerPath	14.8%
DataCore SANsymphony	22.2%
NetApp ONTAP	20.0%
Other	43.0%

Storage Software

All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Everpure FlashArray	7.4%
Dell PowerStore	10.2%
NetApp AFF	7.8%
Other	74.6%

All-Flash Storage

Featured Reviews

Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

A resilient and reliable solution that has many load-balancing technologies and provides high availability

People who want to buy the solution must create a scorecard of Dell PowerPath against other products. They must run database tests. They must consider factors like pricing, performance, ease of use, visibility, and reliability. They must also run tests to understand which product recovers faster. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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Sowjanya MV

Technical Lead at Wipro Limited

Has improved performance for mission-critical workloads and enabled seamless non-disruptive upgrades

The availability is 99.99%, which is the main factor any customer would need because their data should be available whenever they want to access it. This is one main critical thing. It is very easy to upgrade since Pure Storage FlashArray handles it well. Everything is non-disruptive now; previously, there were forklift shifts, but now that is not the case. Pure Storage FlashArray says no to forklift upgrades. Usually hardware requires downtime, but Pure Storage FlashArray has improved their footprint so that they are not asking for downtime; everything is just a non-disruptive activity, which is why customers are more inclined towards Pure Storage FlashArray. Customers want more of the models in their environment due to the performance they are giving, and everything is in one Pure1 Array console where we can view all the models on one page or just an orchestration tool. You don't miss anything; you have replication, notifications about replication, and details about which host groups replication is happening in and if that replication is successful or failed. On a daily basis, our purpose is to create volumes for infrastructure; our daily activities include creating volumes and mapping them to the host, doing any migrations from a VM, clearing the data stores, and carving the volumes to those VMs. One key factor is the data compression with a ratio of 5:1, focusing on space efficiency, inline deduplication, and the compression Pure Storage FlashArray works on; that is a major factor we can suggest to any customer. Analytical capabilities are crucial. Daily, we check the throughput and consumption, and Pure Storage FlashArray provides predictions for one year regarding usage. This prediction helps plan updates well ahead. For support, we just raise a case, and they follow up and get it done. There is also AI readiness, but with the model R2, we don't have much of that AI readiness. For others, we do have AI readiness that predicts capacity based on daily or monthly trends, enabling us to analyze how much space we need or if we need to expand the disk shelf. From an operational point of view, a good feature is that if you accidentally delete a volume, it will be retained in the destroyed state for the next twenty-four hours, which is not the same with any other vendor. I have worked in this storage domain for the past fifteen years, and this option is remarkable, benefiting any L1 or L2 engineer. Additionally, from a compliance perspective, Pure Storage FlashArray has REST APIs enabled. I have not explored automation much, but from a security standpoint, it is strong with encryption data. If you want to automate, you can easily integrate with all clouds and explore Pure Cloud for scheduling workloads, including volume creation. Customers find benefit in Pure Storage FlashArray's single management pane of glass due to the dual controller and active-active setup. If one of the controllers goes down, all workloads automatically shift to the other controller, ensuring their data is safe and accessible at all times. This is a highlighted feature that any customer desires because their data should always be accessible. For SAN workloads, we use Pure Storage FlashArray because for SAN FC fiber channel, we don't use it; we use NetApp for NAS activities. We have clearly split this, so SAN is for mission-critical applications, while network-attached storage handles file systems. This architecture helps us maximize the benefit from Pure Storage FlashArray due to the significant workloads from this giant retail client. From a footprint and energy consumption perspective, you can see energy consumption from the Pure1 storage portal on a daily basis, and it is very compact. The three models we use consume only three units, which is quite low. From a footprint and data center perspective, it doesn't occupy much space. As everything moves to cloud, there are requirements to avoid excess spending on data centers, and Pure Storage FlashArray is efficient in energy consumption and is environmentally friendly.

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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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that disaster recovery scenarios are very good and easy to use in Dell PowerPath since it is available in a simplified form."

"OS-aware multipathing is a valuable feature of the product."

"It provides a high availability and will increase the performance of any server or operating system."

"The solution offers load balancing, which is great, the overall functionality has been really good, the setup is really easy, and we have found the solution to be quite flexible and very scalable."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration without disruptions."

"The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy."

"In the last four or five years, we have not had any issues."

"We have found the solution to be quite flexible and very scalable."

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"If you need faster storage and a good product, this is the one you should go ahead with."

"It worked flawlessly."

"This solution has improved the way our organization functions through its reliability and consistent platform for storage and has helped us to simplify storage because the management tools make everything a lot easier."

"I would recommend this product to other users because Everpure FlashArray is very easy to maintain compared to other SAN storage and easy to handle as well."

"If you need a high-performance storage appliance that is easy to install and maintain, you pretty much can't go wrong."

"Redundancy and the fault tolerance of the platform are the most impressive."

"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."

"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."

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Cons

"The product must adapt to other storage technologies like HPE 3PAR."

"Customers do not choose PowerPath unless they have Unix or Linux."

"If there is an operating system that is discontinued, PowerPath will now also stop the support for that operating system; for example, in the case of Solaris."

"Although PowerPath is very mature and has been on the market for more than 15 years there are still a lot of bugs that have been profiled with PowerPath, specifically, during any OS upgrade."

"While I utilize it for data migration, I would love to do that data migration in a GUI from an ease of use perspective."

"The technical support is good but they are not available all the time."

"The solution should provide extensive reports on backups and backup failures."

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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"The interface lacks the same level of control as some other arrays I've used."

"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."

"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."

"The negative aspect of Everpure FlashArray is that migrations can be somewhat complicated."

"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."

"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."

"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."

"I would like to see additional features like performance monitoring, configuring alerts, and the customization of alert thresholds."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"There are no additional costs associated with the product."

"Pricing is good. I don't have any issues with the pricing of this solution."

"The product is a little bit expensive."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is affordable, and ten is really expensive. Dell PowerPath is an expensive tool."

"The price of the solution is fair."

"It is light years beyond anything else with the same price point."

"Cost-wise, it's been very effective."

"It is not the cheapest one out there. We're paying yearly, but I'm not 100% sure."

"Pure came in at a better price point than EMC and performed better than Compellent."

"I would rate the pricing of Pure Storage FlashArray a five out of ten. It is expensive but not too much."

"We have 16 or 18 arrays. We like to do the three-year support model so that we get Evergreen and therefore, we get free upgrades. We pay around more than 1.5 million dollars."

"The price-to-performance is good. I looked at Pure about three to four years back, but the price-to-performance wasn't right for us. Now, it's right."

"It's a good price point and it's a solid product for the price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Transportation Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	71
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	159

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Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Storage. It may be more expensive, but it should pay for itself for its functionalit...

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I have knowledge about the licensing part, which we obtained for around 10 years from the time of deployment, but I do not have information on pricing and setup costs.

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Also Known As

PowerPath

Pure Storage FlashArray

Overview

Dell PowerPath provides advanced load balancing and seamless OS migrations with integrations to EMC storages. It's known for robust disaster recovery and flexible configuration options, ensuring efficient operation across multiple operating systems with high scalability and stability.

PowerPath is key for multipathing, boosting high availability and performance across AIX, Linux, and Windows. It serves storage needs, load balancing databases, and seamless connectivity to EMC storage. The interface is intuitive, with an easy setup process, making it ideal for standalone and virtual hosts. Although it suffers from bugs during OS upgrades and limited compatibility with select products, it simplifies vendor interactions by centralizing support. Users recognize some gaps in pricing, support quality, lack of automatic disc scanning, and difficulties in integrating with other storage technologies.

What are its most important features?

Advanced Load Balancing: Optimizes resource use across connected storage.
Integration with EMC: Ensures seamless operations within EMC platforms.
Disaster Recovery: Provides reliable recovery solutions for business continuity.
Performance Metrics: Delivers insights into storage performance.
Flexible Configuration: Offers customizable settings like Round Robin.
Scalability: Supports growing storage needs efficiently.

What are the key benefits and ROI?

High Availability: Increases uptime across servers.
Vendor Support Simplification: Provides a single point of contact.
Performance Enhancement: Enhances speed and efficiency.
Easy Deployment: Quick to set up with minimal hassle.

In industries reliant on high-performance computing, Dell PowerPath is implemented to streamline processes in storage management and optimize server utilization. It assists in industries such as finance and healthcare, where load balancing and efficient data access are crucial for operational success, ensuring reliable and fast access to critical applications and data.

Dell Technologies

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

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