Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) vs NetApp OnCommand [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Additionally, 66% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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80% willing to recommend

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Dell Storage Resource Manag...

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

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Storage Management (1st)

NetApp OnCommand [EOL]

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

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Featured Reviews

Kazi Amranul Houqe

First Assistant Vice President (FAVP) & Unit Head of Server & Storage Management Unit at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has streamlined provisioning and enabled centralized monitoring across hybrid environments

Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on data security and cybersecurity, as it is the most significant concern. I work in a bank, and for financial organizations, much focus is spotlighted on how to protect data, secure data, and prevent any kind of fraud. Many financial organizations' data is corrupted and hacked by third parties, so it's crucial to find ways to protect data security and save data by creating an air-gap solution. Having ideas on an air-gap solution to prevent data leakage without a network layer would be beneficial. Maintaining a security layer is important, so this is my expectation for Dell.

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Henry Aragon

Storage Administrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

Versatile data protocols improve efficiency while execution capabilities need enhancement

The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe. NetApp's data efficiency protocols are unmatched in the industry. ActiveIQ offers significant improvements in data monitoring and error notification. It provides crucial data management features and has versatile support for various protocols and standards, making it a one-size-fits-all storage solution.

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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

"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."

"The most valuable features of either of the SRM tools were the reporting and real-time ability to show management that additional storage was required or who was using what storage and bandwidth."

"This is a product with a high demand right now because of its ability to not only manage but to handle more tasks."

"It's all about ease of use and reliability."

"Managing multiple storage arrays under one console was a valuable feature of this product."

"The alerting feature is valuable because it completes the gap of storage monitoring."

"Ease of administration fits in well with all the EMC SAN storage."

"The partitions function well for backup storage."

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"Snapshot is a valuable feature."

"The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe."

"One of the main features is the ability to run the block and file storage from the same system."

"Their technical support is very strong."

"In OnCommand Unified Manager, we can monitor the entire cluster as well as configure data protection through Unified Manager."

"I am impressed with the product's ability to warn us whenever something is wrong with the system. It is connected with Active Directory and Exchange. Whenever there is anything wrong with NetApp, the solution will alert you to an event error, post which you can start to troubleshoot."

"The system manager helps us to manage our NetApp server with a user-friendly GUI instead of a CLI, giving us fast, simplified configurations, simplified management, and extensive administrative capabilities that unlock the power of clustered Data ONTAP and clustered scale-out storage."

Cons

"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."

"The installation was complex because we had to setup multiple servers."

"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."

"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."

"We were unhappy as no one from EMC heard our plea for assistance and it became expensive in terms of the license and the amount of resources it took."

"To be frank, I believe there are many other applications that allow us to manage the array, along with in-depth analysis. Even EMC has developed better products than ECC."

"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."

"I would like to see third-party storage management."

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"The solution lacks the ability to generate reports from Snapshot."

"The tool is not intuitive and the menus are confusing, especially the snapshot view."

"ActiveIQ only provides read access and does not allow making changes directly."

"At present, OnCommand Unified Manager has just the monitoring and data protection features. It would be better to add some features for entire cluster management and storage management. Automation should also be included so that instead of separately accessing Unified Manager and OnCommand Workflow Automation, we can work in a single window. It is very much required."

"At present, OnCommand Unified Manager has just the monitoring and data protection features. It would be better to add some features for entire cluster management and storage management."

"There are always areas for improvement, but they need intuitive browser-based GUI, wizard-driven configuration to get up and running quickly, automated non-disruptive (Data ONTAP) upgrade, storage provisioning and disk aggregate management, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC, and FCoE configuration, Snapshot and SnapMirror management, SnapVault support, storage virtual machine management, monitoring of HA pairs, support for SVMs with Infinite Volume, user interface enhancements, support for storage Quality of Service (QoS), support for all NetApp FAS systems and FlexArray software, support for NetApp All Flash FAS, and built-in reports and dashboard summarizing data around inventory, capacity, and efficiency at the enterprise level."

"There could be better performance in block storage and the GUI could be improved because not every operation is available. You need some operations in the CLI."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are no licensing costs for this product."

"The solution is mid-priced."

"When we compare with other similar kinds of products from Dell EMC and HP, the price of NetApp OnCommand is reasonable."

"The tool is cheaper than EMC but more expensive than HP and Pure Storage. I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

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it_user114702

Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 26, 2017

EMC ViPR SRM vs. NetApp OnCommand Insight vs. EMC Control Center

The most valuable features of either of the SRM tools, were the reporting and real-time ability to show management that additional storage was required or in regards to who was using what storage and bandwidth. All the attributes of the tool had real importance, when you needed time to create some…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

16%

Recruiting/Hr Firm

12%

Insurance Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell Storage Resource Manager?

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What is your primary use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager?

The use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is good for us, as there is good provisioning and we use it for the resource manager for thin provisioning and managing the storage. I'm using a...

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What advice do you have for others considering Dell Storage Resource Manager?

I was using Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) fully on-prem, but currently, it is almost a hybrid solution. The banking applications are diverting from on-prem to the cloud and Kubernetes microse...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp OnCommand?

NetApp collaborates with us to provide deals when possible, optimizing storage based on business requirements, allowing us to save on costs for unnecessary storage space.

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What needs improvement with NetApp OnCommand?

ActiveIQ only provides read access and does not allow making changes directly. Making it capable of executing changes to NetApp would be beneficial.

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What advice do you have for others considering NetApp OnCommand?

My overall rating for NetApp OnCommand is seven out of ten. The solution offers unmatched data efficiency protocols. Improving ActiveIQ by allowing it to execute changes to NetApp would make it eve...

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Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere

NetApp Operations Manager, NetApp SANscreen

Overview

ViPR SRM is a software solution that provides multi-vendor capacity, performance, and configuration dashboards and reports for traditional and software-defined storage resources.

Dell Technologies

NetApp OnCommand data management software allows you to gain a new level of control over your shared storage infrastructure, and gives you the visibility you need to achieve common data management across resources in the Data Fabric.

This suite of industry-leading management products unleashes the power of the ONTAP software, to help maximize system utilization, meet storage SLAs, minimize risks, and boost performance. Use the OnCommand portfolio’s intuitive graphical user interfaces, automation, and integration to simplify data management of your on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.

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HNTB Corporation

Norfolk County Council, Yahoo Japan, Sheridan College, Citrix Systems, Avanade, Quasar Data Center, DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd.

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