Dell SC Series vs IBM System Storage DS8000 Series comparison

"The most valuable features are the with back-end dedupe, and the thin nodes. For a 20TB or 60TB, we're using almost a one-to-two ratio."

"One of the most valuable features is the capability to switch between all-flash to hybrid, which have have actually done for one of our arrays. We started with the hybrid, with the limited if I'm not mistaken, and then over a period of time, we swapped all the hybrids with the SSDs. This was one of the big features because it gave us the capability to not stick with just one kind of media. Secondly, since it has sorted clustering, we were able to bring in the newer boxes and have it all clustered together. These were the two main features that we really looked into, which benefited our use case from an expansion/growth perspective. Another valuable feature is the ease of management."

"Technical support is very good. I do use it from time to time and it's always excellent."

"The solution is stable."

"The user interface is good, I would rate it a nine out of ten."

"The Dell support is helpful and the response is quick. The agents' knowledge is very good."

"One time, we had a drive fail and we were notified before we even saw it on the device."

"It is just as stable as any other high-end solution."

"The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects."

"The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product."

"This product should be a lot more user-friendly."

"While there's always room for improvement in everything, I can't really think of a specific feature of the solution that requires immediate attention."

"In terms of additional features, I would like to see some kind of I/O meter, to indicate what we are using in terms of performance. I would like to see automation with that, where it would give me the trends. I want to know those things easily, to help me know where issues are going to occur."

"While the price is competitive, in the next release it would be better if they could reduce the fees."

"I would like to improve the processing ability."

"We have seen some degraded throughput with mixed workloads. We have been working with Dell EMC to correct some of these latency issues."

"I would like to have 100% functionality through the web app."

"What I understand is that this is a 13 year old architecture, so it has lived its life and they're phasing it out. Honestly, we were initially struggling with the integration with VMware (but it was fixed with the VMware 6.5) and, then, it was around a 10GB network. At that time, it had the longevity to go to 100GB as well. It got us thinking about, when we go into the containerized architecture, what do we need to do to fix the infrastructure?"

"The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally."

"The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options."

"The pricing of this solution is competitive."

"There are costs involving the solution, vendor fees and product safety which are additional."

"The pricing is reasonable, but it is expensive."

"Support typically depends on the array. It can range anywhere from $7,000 to a couple of hundred thousand dollars."

"The SC Series was priced fairly. I wouldn't call it either expensive or cheap because we had a very tight budget, so if they were able to fit in that type of budget, they met our expectations."

"Always keep in mind, this is not just a enclosure with disks is a complete SAN as a service. There is software, license, and storage in one single solution."

"The scalability seems a bit more expensive than even buying a brand new one so far. That has been kind of a drawback."

"This product is too expensive compared to others, and I don't see any value in using it."

"The license is very expensive."