Dell PowerStore Reviews

I use Dell PowerStore in my organization mainly for our server environment, so all of our virtual servers run on it. I also use Dell PowerStore in my organization to clone our environment to a test environment and some storage devices. The aforementioned details explain the main reason why our organization prefers Dell PowerStore.

With new features in the product, my organization hopes to get some more output. When our organization moved Dell EMC XtremIO to Dell PowerStore, we knew that the functionalities revolving around cloning and copies would become a little slower, but we made the decision to do so because it was cheaper for our environment, making it a cost-based decision.

The deduplication functionality provided by the solution is fairly good. The speed offered by the product is enough for our organization. Our organization also has Dell EMC XtremIO, which is a bit faster, though Dell PowerStore alone is more than enough for us.

After the smooth launch of the product in our company, only the areas around upgrades are a bit problematic. In our organization, we face difficulties when updating the product. Since Dell PowerStore's system health check runs correctly, there is a need to bypass the health check during the upgrading process. Sometimes, the replication part of the product doesn't work, and because of this, our organization has to contact Dell's support to fix it. In my organization, we have had to go through two weeks with no replication, which is not very handy for our production environment.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for two or three years.

My company faces issues when we attempt to update Dell PowerStore, but under normal circumstances, we don't face any issues with the product.

When you have someone on the line from Dell's support team, then everything becomes perfect, especially if they are early to address some of our issues since, in our organization, we have multiple appliances and storage areas, and to maintain it at a level, it's very difficult. My organization needs to create an incident and schedule a call with Dell's support team, which sometimes can be a bit of a rough process.

I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.

Neutral

The implementation phase of the product was not difficult. An engineer from Dell came to our company to install Dell PowerStore, and afterward, we configured the zones and WWNs, and the product started to work perfectly. There were no problems at all with the implementation phase of the product.

I don't know how much time the deployment process takes since one of my colleagues handles it, as I am only a supervisor.

A third-party help was required to install the product.

My company chose Dell PowerStore over other products mainly because we have very good contact with Dell in the Netherlands. My company uses the server and storage devices from Dell. Our company's main support is from Dell. My company did take a look at Pure Storage. With the discounts and everything from Dell, my company runs about 30 servers, which cannot be the storage provided by Pure Storage.

In my organization, there were no problems or challenges that we wanted to address through the implementation of Dell PowerStore.

I don't know how much money my organization saved after moving from Dell EMC XtremIO to Dell PowerStore, but I know that we have received some discounts from Dell. I don't know what the prices were when my company chose Dell EMC XtremIO or Dell PowerStore.

My organization doesn't use CloudIQ to manage and analyze Dell PowerStore.

I don't know how my organization assesses Dell PowerStore for its overall energy consumption. I don't know what kind of power it uses for anything.

I know that Dell PowerStore is a bit, if not much, better when it comes to areas like significant data consolidation and footprint reduction when compared to Dell EMC XtremIO. Dell EMC XtremIO was also a very good product for areas like significant data consolidation and footprint reduction.

It is a good product, considering my assessment of Dell Technologies' environmental, social, and governance values. My organization maintains good contacts with Dell, and Dell also supports us by providing good governance.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for storage and data reduction. 

The initial setup is very straightforward.

The architecture is very good.

It's a reliable product. 

The data reduction feature is quite useful. It has a good reduction ratio during migrations.

The solution is stable. 

The solution only supports NPE. It doesn't support SSD or Flash. We'd like the option to be more flexible. If a customer finds out SSD is not supported, they will look for another option.

I implemented the solution around two years ago. I haven't used it for very long. 

It is a reliable, stable product. We haven't had any issues with it. Of course, it is not that old. That said, there are no failures and we have not had controller issues. there are no bugs or glitches. 

It is a scalable product. However, I have not needed to go and upgrade it or add more enclosures, et cetera. It can scale up. However, it can not scale out.

I have three customers that have already implemented the tool. More are coming online soon. Most of them are enterprises. We do expect expansion in the coming years. 

Technical support is more than perfect. We are quite pleased with the level of support on offer. 

I'm also aware of HP, which is a very similar solution. Sometimes the pricing of HP can be better.

The solution is very simple to set up. It is not a complex process. I monitor the process from a design and implementation point of view. 

The deployment takes about 15 minutes if everything is correct and on-hand. Then you move on to the management and you can have the flow up and running. We do the configurations and create the volume and handle the storage of the whole system.

I've implemented the solution three times at different sites. We implement the tool and do the migration. I work with a separate partner and we deploy to the users. 

The pricing is fixed. We have received a good price overall. Users must pay for the licenses. Most of the tools are included in an out-of-the-box delivery. There are no extra fees.

We're partners.

The solution is acceptable for both small and large companies. 

I'd advise new users to be mindful during the implementation process and make sure it is done right. They need to choose the correct solution and implement either block or unified. It's a good idea to look at the documentation before setting everything up.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

I use Dell PowerStore in my company as a storage system.

Dell PowerStore is an easy and fast tool to work through our company's data.

Dell PowerStore is not a powerful tool. From an improvement perspective, Dell PowerStore needs to be a more powerful product.

There are certain shortcomings with the technical support team of Dell PowerStore, where improvements are required.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for five years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

My company is a bulk user of the product and has around 100 users of Dell PowerStore, consisting of eight to ten IT engineers, and the rest are administrators.

My company plans to increase the use of the solution in the future.

With the technical support team of Dell PowerStore, my company faces certain language barriers.

Negative

The product's initial setup is easy.

I rate the product's initial setup a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is an easy setup phase, and ten is a difficult setup phase.

The solution can be deployed within two to four hours.

One person is required for the deployment of Dell PowerStore. Two people are required for the maintenance of Dell PowerStore.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

Dell PowerStore is not a cheap solution.

I would not recommend Dell PowerStore to those who plan to use it.

As the price of the product is high and it is difficult to contact the support, I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.

Our primary use case is for block storage for VMware. 

The ease of management is great. It's pretty straightforward and easy if you have some source knowledge. 

Initially, the performance caught our attention. It was optimal for block storage. 

We used Cloud IQ. The central management and outside support functionality were great since we had systems all over the world. 

The cyber-resilient approach to data security is good. We used the encryption. We had to do that for compliance. It was sufficient for our cyber team.

We did see a reduction in the footprint while using the product. We were able to go down in rack space and saw some significant downsizing. 

It integrates with VMware well. It's easy. We can easily create data storage with VMware, so we don't always need a storage architect. 

The solution didn't have all of the features we needed. There's a strategic decision to move away from it. 

It lacks in SVM functionality.

I've used the solution for two or three years. 

The solution is mostly stable. We haven't had any issues other than the occasional dick failure. 

We haven't had to scale out just yet.

We initially worked with support during the initial implementation. Beyond that, we've barely used their services. 

We did previously use NetApp, formally EMC. We switched based on a company deciosn. The business wanted to go to Dell for all of our hardware. 

The original setup was pretty straightforward.

An engineer from Dell helped with the first installation. However, it was pretty easy, so we were able to handle the rest ourselves. 

We looked at Pure Storage. We chose Dell based on ease of use and the ability to have everything under one brand.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. On a performance level, it could be improved slightly. 

We are in the process of replacing our current SANs, FTP servers, and NAS servers, and have already implemented the new SAN solution.

This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities. 

The equipment is standardized and can be easily upgraded by replacing the controllers. 

The disk sizes are also quite adequate, and the solution is user-friendly. Additionally, it offers extremely fast performance.

One of the benefits of their continuous improvement approach is that each update comes with additional features, without any extra charges for previously missing functionalities.

The cost of technical support is high.

I have been working with Dell PowerStore for two and a half years.

Dell PowerStore is extremely stable.

I haven't had any issues.

The scalability of the technology is excellent. 

One of the enhancements made since last year is the inclusion of NVMe in each shell. By continually extending NVMe, the drives can now reach up to 15 terabytes, which may differ from previous specifications. 

Although the claimed four-to-one compression ratio may actually be closer to two point eight, or three, it is marketed as four, and it comes with a compact footprint.

Technical Support is pretty good.

We've received an email or a phone call.

The higher the scale, the more expensive it is.

When you buy it, it comes with a three-year service agreement, but it is quite pricey. However, it includes everything for our response and everything.

The initial setup process for Dell PowerStore is straightforward and easy to follow. Even when using a fiber channel, which supports speeds of 10 and 25 gigabits per second, the setup is relatively simple.

Dell PowerStore has been priced aggressively, especially when compared to other NVMe storage options. It is likely one of the most cost-effective options for organizations seeking a pure NVMe play in terms of pricing.

I would rate Dell PowerStore a ten out of ten.

It's an aggressive box. It's a real departure. From everybody else.

We are a partner with Dell.

We are using and providing storage. This is all-flash storage. 

The compression is excellent. It helps save space and allows us to allocate more space to the client.

The initial setup is easy.

The support is not very good. 

It could be more scalable. 

I've been using the solution over the last year. 

The solution is stable. They did not have a stable version last time. It's better now.

The product is not too scalable. We only have 800 to 900 terabytes. It has a set level of storage available. 

We have four projects using PowerStore. That's 300 to 500 users. 

We haven't had good support help. They are not available and often not very well educated. It's very hard to get an engineer when we need one. Their level three admins are hard to track down. 

We've also used HP 3PAR.

The initial setup was very straightforward.

It only takes one to two hours to deploy when you are talking about racking. We just need to mount the solution to the rack and do the physical connecting between everything. We'll also handle the allocation of policies, et cetera.

Customers decide on the capacity and then pay for the solution. they do not have to procure licenses. They may have to pay for extra licenses for external applications. 

We're using the latest version of the solution. 

We're an end-user and provider. 

I'd recommend the solution for small to medium-scale products.

I would rate it seven out of ten. There's not good support here in India, which is an issue. 

We typically use Dell PowerStore 500T and 1000T models.

We sell and integrate Dell PowerStores to our customers who use it for block storage.

Dell PowerStore has helped our customers manage their systems.

CloudIQ helps our customers mainly if they have a lack of storage space, it alerts them of the failures on the server.

PowerStore does not consume much power.

We have integrated PowerStore with PowerProtect and VMware to benefit our customers.

Our customers sign a data reduction guarantee with every order. 

The most valuable feature is the three-to-one data reduction. The improved reliability is also valuable.

The customer support is slow and has room for improvement.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for four years.

PowerStore scales well. We have sold ten systems and have not required any scaling.

The technical support can be slow at times.

Positive

I would rate Dell PowerStore ten out of ten.

We're using the solution for a specific application called Boomi for data analytics.

The application was running on an Isilon, and we needed an NFS mount. Since the solution was performing very poorly, we chose Dell PowerStore with the NVMe disk, which solved our performance issue.

The overall energy consumption seems comparable to other products in the same class.

Performance was the biggest challenge we were looking to address by implementing Dell PowerStore. We were running our application on an Isilon, and it just couldn't perform because it was a very chatty application with high transactions.

Dell PowerStore is very simple to implement, and its user interface is very simple.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for four months.

Dell PowerStore is a stable solution.

Dell PowerStore is a scalable solution.

The solution’s technical support is pretty decent.

Positive

We implemented the solution through a reseller, CDW. Our experience with them for the implementation of Dell PowerStore was fine.

The solution's price was comparable to other products for the use case, size, and setup. We did go with the NVMe disc and looked to do a capacity upgrade at one point.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.