Dell ObjectScale Reviews

The most valuable features are the S3 protocol implementation and the integration with other DELL EMC products, like ISILON. The ISILON integration works fine and will help the customers to grow more efficiently.

The deployment of additional capacity to data center infrastructure is easier than doing it on different ISILON solutions by one customer. There are customers who use more than one ISILON solution but want to increase their capacity by adding capacity as simple as possible. So ENC ECS can be a solution.

My understanding of object storage is that that object storage is a kind of ecosystem you can build in a data center. So for EMC ECS it will be a benefit to cooperate with a lot of vendor solutions in different areas: backup/recovery, content management, file sync and share solutions; file services gateways. It would be helpful that EMC ECS will support solutions of other vendors.

I myself only have experience in testing the solution and not using it in production. I tested the solutions over the last three months for nearly five or six days.

There were no problems with stability. I didn’t have the opportunity to test the solutions in the way that we have problems. So it was quite stable in our environment.

My opinion is that scalability can be done smarter. Having some capacity solutions as the S10/S30 module like HDS HCP has would be more interesting.

I have no experience with the support. So I don’t want to rate it.

I have some experience with HDS HCP and right now I prefer using this because of complementing solutions (HCP Anywhere version 3, HDI). In my opinion, HDS in Germany will have a lead over the other vendors (DELL EMC, NetApp, IBM, HPE).

As far as I can remember, setup was straightforward referring to scalability.

It would be nice if all vendors would have licenses on “a pay per use” basis. This would make the use, or better say the interest, of buying this storage much more simple.

There is always the comparison with file solutions. Customers and sales people feel good and familiar with these solutions which will work fine for the majority of requirements.

Have a look at different use cases you are willing to fullfill.
Have a close look to the protocol and ask for the support organisation.
Talk to your network and security people prior to install or implement actions.

We use the solution for data storage, although not for ones in large quantities. 

I like that the solution is easy to scale and that's its stable.

The solution could be more cost-effective and secure. 

We have been using Dell EMC ECS for around two years.

The solution is stable. 

The solution is easily scalable. 

I have not had occasion to contact technical support. 

We did not make use of another solution prior to the current one. 

The solution is easy to install.

I do not recall how long this took. 

Two administrators are sufficient for the deployment. 

The solution could be cheaper. 

The solution is easy to manage. It does not require more storage. 

There are around two users making use of the solution. 

I rate the solution as an eight out of ten.