Dell PowerStore Reviews

I work with Dell PowerStore for our key VMware environment. Dell PowerStore is easy to set up, and we have experienced no issues thus far. It works well, and we have achieved the performance we were looking for. It is quite scalable for our environment, and the VMware integration is also available.

We are using Dell PowerStore 5200T model with almost 500 terabyte capacity, and we have almost four appliances.

We have been able to consolidate data to a certain extent using Dell PowerStore. From a couple of storages, we were able to consolidate them into Dell PowerStore, so consolidation was achieved.

I have not experienced any crashes, downtimes, performance issues, or stability issues with Dell PowerStore. However, I think the upgrade process could take some time, and if it becomes faster, it would be helpful.

Dell PowerStore has helped to reduce our organization's CAPEX, capital expenditures, to some extent. I would not say completely, but we are able to consolidate to reduce it.

The ability to add capacity in single drive increments versus drive packs is not very important for us because these enhancements typically do not happen at that level. It may be important for some other organizations, but not for us.

The initial setup and onboarding process of Dell PowerStore was straightforward.

The powerful features of Dell PowerStore include its unified architecture, which offers scalability, and the NVMe support that enhances performance. The data resiliency and cybersecurity features such as immutable snapshots and multi-factor authentication are crucial for data safety.

Dell PowerStore's workload performance is robust, supported by NVMe, ensuring no issues with performance. Reliability is critical, and Dell PowerStore is dependable with no major issues.

For those looking for reliable storage that works well with most workloads, and if they are part of the Dell ecosystem or looking to consolidate storage with good performance, then Dell PowerStore is a suitable option.

The management capabilities of Dell PowerStore, especially in terms of ease of use, are excellent.

The built-in integrations of Dell PowerStore with different ecosystems including VMware, Kubernetes, and containers make configuration easy, enhancing productivity.

We are not clustering multiple Dell PowerStore appliances currently because we are spread across geographies in different locations.

The support for Dell PowerStore is similar to others; not too extraordinary, but acceptable. It could be better, approximately a six out of ten.

Apart from the upgrading process and technical support, these are the main areas of Dell PowerStore that I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future.

There is nothing particular that comes to mind as a missing feature for Dell PowerStore.

I have been working with Dell PowerStore for three or four years, since the different iterations have been coming.

I have not experienced any crashes, downtimes, performance issues, or stability issues with Dell PowerStore. However, I think the upgrade process could take some time, and if it becomes faster, it would be helpful.

Dell PowerStore is easy to set up, and we have experienced no issues thus far. It works well, and we have achieved the performance we were looking for. It is quite scalable for our environment, and the VMware integration is also available.

The main benefits I have seen from using Dell PowerStore include its unified architecture, which provides scalability. We have not scaled it yet, but there is scalability available, which is useful.

The support for Dell PowerStore is similar to others; I would say not too extraordinary, but acceptable. It could be better, approximately a six out of ten.

I have partially switched from NetApp to Dell PowerStore because a portion of NetApp is still in use.

The initial setup and onboarding process of Dell PowerStore was straightforward.

I was involved in the deployment aspect, and my experience with the deployment of Dell PowerStore was that it was easy. Since we already had experience with other Dell products, it was quite familiar for us, and it was smooth.

For some things, we use Dell professional services for the deployment of Dell PowerStore. The rest we do ourselves.

The benefits from Dell PowerStore have been present in terms of ROI, mainly because of consolidation, which saves on power and provides a benefit in terms of ROI.

Dell PowerStore has helped to reduce our organization's CAPEX, capital expenditures, to some extent. I would not say completely, but we are able to consolidate to reduce it.

I would say we have reduced CAPEX by around ten percent, not more than that.

The pricing aspect of Dell PowerStore is comparable to others; I would not say that anyone is too cheap or too costly in this context. It is certainly equivalent to others.

The Dell ecosystem is huge, and if you are in their server, storage, compute, and everything, it makes sense because the integration is good. In other ecosystems or storages, there are multiple stakeholders, and sometimes it becomes difficult while troubleshooting things.

Reliability is the most impactful feature of Dell PowerStore for my organization. It works well, with no issues at all, and that is very important.

Dell PowerStore's compression and deduplication technologies are important for us, but I would say they provide a good amount of deduplication or compression, although it is not something groundbreaking or very extraordinary. It is decent.

We are looking to address specific challenges or goals by implementing Dell PowerStore, such as security features including immutable snapshots, using the AIOps features more to take corrective action when required, and reducing operational efforts with AIOps.

I do use Apex AIOps, also known as CloudIQ, with Dell PowerStore, but I would say we do not use it much. I know it is very useful, but we do not use it much.

The insights offered by Apex AIOps are insightful, and I would say we have not explored all the features thus far.

I have been working in my current field as a solution architect or technical architect for the last twenty-four years.

We are a customer of Dell, and for some use cases, we have also resold it, so we could be considered a reseller in some capacity.

I am still with LTI Mindtree as a practice lead for storage and backup.

I rate Dell PowerStore as a product and solution an eight out of ten.

Dell PowerStore serves enterprise and mid-segment customers seeking unified storage to fit into their environments. I utilize Dell PowerStore for consolidated workloads, and data reduction through deduplication and compression is already part of our capabilities.

Dell PowerStore allows us to combine SAN data and NAS data within this single box due to its SAN-come-NAS capability.

Dell PowerStore offers unified storage, unlike HP or other storage that only provide pure SAN or pure NAS, as it supports CIFS, NFS, FC, and FCoE protocols, making it adaptable for customers looking for SAN and NAS together.

Its data thin provisioning is very good in comparison to others, along with features such as retention lock and snapshot technology.

The impact of Dell PowerStore on our organization includes achieving more efficient storage capacity, meaning we require less hard disk space since the effective capacity is much higher than usable capacity, allowing us to associate more space to the servers with a smaller hardware footprint.

Dell PowerStore does not require much to be added; however, I would like to see enhanced anomaly detection to identify potential ransomware attacks when data transfers occur from server to storage. Apart from anomaly detection, there are no other features I find missing in Dell PowerStore at the moment.

I have been working with Dell PowerStore since its launch, and I have been with Dell for a long time, starting with the AX series and working on various storage solutions like VNXe, VNX, and Unity.

Dell PowerStore's new architecture ensures reliability and scalability with no challenges in those areas, and we can scale up to petabytes easily while maintaining a reliability figure of 99.59%.

Dell PowerStore demonstrates reliability and scalability, where Dell commits to a reliability figure of 99.59%, and we can scale up easily to petabytes. Data resiliency and cybersecurity features protect against ransomware, and I request enhanced anomaly detection or sandboxing to improve security further.

I would rate Dell's tech support as a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.

We have been very happy with Dell PowerStore. While transferring data from NetApp initially posed some challenges, we have faced none since the deployment and configuration of Dell PowerStore.

Dell PowerStore is configured in a two-node cluster for high availability. We opt for a clustered two-node setup with Dell PowerStore to achieve higher performance compared to a single unit. The built-in integrations of Dell PowerStore are very important to organizations because they simplify management.

We successfully implemented Dell PowerStore ourselves.

A smaller physical hardware footprint leads to a reduced ROI because with fewer disks, we gain more usable space, which saves electricity and positively impacts the environment and overall total cost of ownership.

We procure Dell PowerStore directly from Dell Technologies, and we also have a partner who helps facilitate our procurement. Most of the bill of quantities come from the partner.

The key differences between Dell PowerStore and HPE products include higher data reduction rates in Dell PowerStore and easier configuration, installation, and management. Creating a bill of material is much simpler with Dell's wizard compared to HP. Dell PowerStore is more cost-effective compared to HP, which is a bit more expensive.

I utilize Dell PowerStore's built-in integrations for VMware; it runs exclusively on VMware infrastructure alongside the file servers. I do not utilize Dell AIOps, also known as CloudIQ or APEX AIOps, in Dell PowerStore yet.

The features of Dell PowerStore meet most of our business needs today and fulfill our clients' requirements. Our data reduction rate with Dell PowerStore is approximately 55-50%. We have not required the Lifecycle Extension program for managing or updating patches, and we rely on Dell support to assist us with any needed patch management. Most of the necessary features are already incorporated into Dell PowerStore solutions.

I advise other organizations considering Dell PowerStore to adopt it, as we have recommended it to several colleagues using VMware, Kubernetes, or file servers, highlighting its speed and ease of management. I would rate this review a 9 overall.

As a reseller and Dell-only reseller partner organization, I have a number of customers who are currently using Dell PowerStore. It's a solution that we find is a great solution in the market. When Dell PowerStore first came to the market, a lot of our clients had VxRail with the convergence offering that Dell had. However, now with the Broadcom split from Dell with the VMware licensing, we're finding that with having Dell PowerStore with the AX nodes and the OEM Dell VMware solution built in, it's providing a very comprehensive solution to our customers. That's really helping us grow. We certainly find Dell PowerStore to be one of the best products out there in the market in terms of use cases for a lot of our customers across the board.

Because Dell PowerStore is built in with the all-flash and the NVMe platforms and the United offering it has with the single architecture for block, files, and the virtual volumes, it provides functionality and flexible functionality for our customers. They can use Dell PowerStore for various use cases. We've got customers in FinTech, in manufacturing, and in different industries as well. It's not really just suited for one type of industry; it can be used for many types of organizations.

We're in conversations with several organizations about using Dell PowerStore for AI initiatives. AI is obviously something that's more prevalent in the market and growing. We recently had a customer who had an 82-node VxRail. They had a refresh earlier in the year. Now they have Dell PowerStore with AX nodes. They have a cyber recovery solution as well, an air gap solution with a clean room. They're looking at how they can make their supply chain more efficient since they produce manufactured kitchens. A lot of it is learning what AI is capable of doing for their business and trying to see the benefits. We tend to find that FinTech organizations and companies doing trading are more interested in that type of technology. As AI matures, we will see more use cases for them.

Being a Dell-only organization, I have been working with Dell PowerStore from the concept when it first came out, replacing the Unity devices and becoming more of the go-to-market. We've been working on it from day one. We've got customers with quite a lot of data on Dell PowerStore, quite large organizations that are carrying hundreds and hundreds of terabytes of data. It's fantastic, and the customers find it very easy to use. We've not had any complaints around it being a difficult product in terms of simplicity and use. It's been great.

The fact that Dell PowerStore has cloud integration really helps. Many of our customers have hybrid cloud environments where they're holding data on-site, but also they push some of the data up into the cloud. Having that cloud integration is really useful for us. The business continuity and disaster recovery features provide robust data protection capability, including snapshotting and replication for both planned and unplanned downtime. Mixed workloads are also supported, including Microsoft SQL servers and container-based applications.

The ease of use is significant. Dell PowerStore has one GUI in terms of how to use it. It integrates very well with the data protection suites and the cybersecurity side. It's a storage platform that allows efficient data access and makes upgrades very easy to do. In the past, with a three-tier system, it was very difficult to do everything in silo, whereas with Dell PowerStore, upgrades, management, and maintenance are very easy.

With the anytime upgrade options that Dell PowerStore has, it really fits and suits our customers. They can upgrade anytime they want and add extra capacity without having the constraints of acquiring a different solution or re-architecting the environment.

What would make it perfect is addressing the occasional lack of continuity with consultants who are on projects for five to six weeks regarding Dell PowerStore. With any type of support, there will always be some types of breakage. We find the support very easy to access and helpful. A recent customer reported that the support representative was completely dedicated to helping them. The support representative was almost emotionally invested in the problem. There are some excellent technical professionals in the team who are dedicated to resolving issues.

Information regarding performance metrics or benchmarks used to measure success with Dell PowerStore is not available.

Dell PowerStore is a very reliable product that our customers love. In the early days, there were some challenges with the new product, but it's now a very mature product that works really well. When Dell PowerStore is implemented properly and integrated within a customer environment, it performs as expected. We've always had confidence with the product.

We handle deployment of Dell PowerStore as one of the highest certified Dell partners in the UK. Our success has been driven by our delivery capabilities. We've won numerous awards, including EMEA Services Partner last year. Our deployment expertise is why customers choose us. We understand the products thoroughly, can drive solution value, and implement it within networks, bringing in different applications. Our implementation skills are highly certified on these products.

Being a Dell partner for the last 12 years, we know who to contact when our customers have problems with Dell PowerStore. We've built personal relationships with teams, line managers, and senior people, which helps us get things done for our customers. Dell is a large organization that serves many customers, but we're fortunate to know who to call when issues arise. Our managed service team is very technical and can fix most problems. When customers need to contact Dell, we maintain the relationship and handle it on their behalf as part of our services.

Positive

We have seen return on investment from selling Dell PowerStore. We see significant customer loyalty towards the brand and solution. A customer we met last week who has Dell PowerStore stated that they love the solution because it works and does what they need it to do. They can sleep peacefully at night knowing it will perform without issues. This gives us customer retention and loyalty back to us as a solution provider, having full confidence that when we sell this to a customer, we can guarantee it will work and meet their needs.

I would advise potential users to definitely conduct a POC with Dell PowerStore and examine the product. It is a very comprehensive solution with capabilities that are superior to many other vendors. Dell has hundreds of case studies available for reference. Testing the product would make it difficult to choose another vendor's solution. I rate Dell PowerStore a 10 out of 10.

I use the product myself as our company's service. I act as an outsource for another company, so we can manage many devices for multiple customers, such as HPE and IBM. Dell PowerStore is used on Linux with multiple devices and multiple VMs with multiple operating systems. The storage service is provisioned to Microsoft Hyper-V with VMs, Windows VMs, and Linux. There is also an IBM Power server with the storage mapped to it, which contains both Linux and AIX, providing a variety of operating systems that exist in the environment.

I recommend Dell PowerStore for companies that depend on ERP systems or SAP because the performance is excellent.

There are many features in Dell PowerStore, and one that I appreciate increasingly is the snapshot scheduling, which offers snapshots at scheduled times and helps with UAT cases or test cases. We can use the snapshot to create a new volume from it and map it to a VM or another LPAR as we use IBM Power.

The compression technology in Dell PowerStore is excellent. The physical hard disk with an actual size of 30 terabytes can hold or host data of nearly 80 terabytes.

The workload performance in Dell PowerStore is outstanding. There are many servers, as I mentioned regarding the storage provisioned to Microsoft Hyper-V with multiple VMs, nearly more than 50 VMs, and on the IBM Power servers, maybe more than 20, 25, or 30 LPARs. LPARs act as VMs but on Power servers, and there is a difference in naming between VMs and LPARs. Most of the 25, I believe about half, are ERP systems between Linux and AIX, such as SAP HANA, which especially uses many resources.

From my experience, Dell PowerStore is the best option on the market at the moment, but the worst thing is the price, which is too high compared to IBM or other vendors. I think the price may be double or near to double.

I believe the documentation provided for Dell PowerStore is not adequately fair. I would rate it around seven.

I have been working with Dell PowerStore for four years now.

I have not found any weaknesses in Dell PowerStore. The features are excellent, and it offers many detailed report IOs over four to five years, which you can retrieve at any time by reports for each LUN, not the whole storage. You can access reports for each LUN or for each disk that you map to. This feature is also excellent. The interface is pleasant as well, although there was a bug at the beginning, in maybe the first year, as it was the first version of firmware or the OS.

Dell PowerStore is scalable. However, the client did not request to scale as they use the same data. The sizing over four years has been excellent and has held the data growth from these four years.

I would rate their technical support as a 10 out of 10. It is excellent, with fast response for any corrupted device and very fast replacement.

Deployment for Dell PowerStore is straightforward with no issues. It is easy to implement.

If the high rate is 10, I would rate Dell PowerStore at 10. Overall, I rate Dell PowerStore a 10. For cybersecurity, I did not work with it directly. We use it as an isolated device with no phone home configuration to keep it isolated from outside traffic. AIOps is not used, as the customer is traditional at this time. I do not know if they will implement that in the near future, but currently it is traditional. I believe they tend to upgrade to PowerMax and are now currently investigating between PowerMax or expanding the current version of the current device. There are no additional features in my mind at this time that I would prefer to see in the next release of Dell PowerStore. The review rating for Dell PowerStore is 10 out of 10.

My main use case is datastore storage, specifically for storing VMs.

I think it improves my work, not necessarily the organization, because I spend very little time managing it; it saves time. I spend little time administering it, and it's simple; you do it once, it works. You come back to it when you need to reallocate from time to time, but otherwise that's it.

The features I find the most valuable, the best ones that I especially like, include the allocation and the provisioning, which is quite simple for creating a lot of LUNs and assigning them to a particular host or host group; it's something that is done really quickly. The graphical interface does everything and we don't need to use the CLI; we can do everything, and it's user-friendly and simple.

I believe the solution could be improved through better unification with the NAS file storage component. While the product currently fulfills its role perfectly for the SAN portion, it lacks the necessary versatility to natively handle all protocol types, specifically NFS and SMB or CIFS.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for 3–4 years.

I did not have downtime or outages; we haven't had any major issues; it's quite stable and reliable in general. We touch it very little; we configure it and kind of forget it, coming back only if there's a need to evolve.

I think it adapts well to my organization's growth because for now the scalability is sufficient for our current use; for the future as well, we can also add more alongside if needed. Since it's managed at the SAN level, we can assign the LUNs as we want.

I have used technical support sometimes, more for feature requests and to know how to use a given feature; Disk replacements are managed proactively by Dell. The system triggers automated alerts, and replacements are handled directly by the manufacturer rather than a third-party reseller, which guarantees faster turnaround times.

I would rate the support an 8–9.

Positive

Before adopting Dell PowerStore, I considered other solutions; for example, we had other solutions with HP, which are still more complex to use. We also looked at NetApp for the file part, but Dell PowerStore seemed to us to be the best value for money.

I would describe the deployment experience as quite simple; assigning IP addresses, cabling, and racking is quite simple, and then the configuration part with the guided configuration is fairly easy.

I can confirm that I see a return on investment; I don't have the figures for you, but clearly a return on investment exists. Essentially for a lower investment than other solutions, we have an equivalent service.

I think the price and the licenses are very consistent compared to the competition.

We also looked at NetApp for the file part, but Dell PowerStore seemed to us to be the best value for money.

One of the challenges I'm trying to address by choosing this specific Dell PowerStore is that I knew the previous products, VNX and Unity, and I find one of the advantages is the simplicity; it's much simpler to use than competing arrays. I don't know if I should give names, whether it's HP 3PAR or NetApp – they do other things but they're more complicated, whereas Dell PowerStore remains very simple to use.

I have performance metrics that indicate the success of working with Dell PowerStore; built into Dell PowerStore are some reporting tools, which show ways to see the load, allocations, and remaining free space.

We use those tools; if we encounter performance issues, we look at the entire SAN chain, whether it's on the array side, switch side, or initiator side.

It gives a report that focuses mainly on the backend part; however, it's true that we perhaps lack a tool to cover the whole chain from A to Z, and we do that more at the SAN fabric level.

At the range level at Dell, I find it a bit complicated between PowerScale, Dell PowerStore, and the older systems; trying to understand which product is best for our needs is a little bit complicated, and we need support from the pre-sales team.

I give this product an overall rate of 8 out of 10.

Our use case for Dell PowerStore involves a cluster with VMware, where we have all open systems, Windows and Linux, with all that data residing in Dell PowerStore. We have SQL data, many databases, and other types of data.

Dell PowerStore has helped us consolidate the data into small boxes. Before, we had a lot of space used in our racks and data center. With Dell PowerStore, we reduce the space and power consumption.

The most valuable feature from Dell PowerStore is the velocity, particularly the IOPS and performance. It's very good for the data and for making algorithms, which respond quickly to users since I work in a bank, and we have many agencies providing services for clients. The response is very quick and fast.

If I could improve Dell PowerStore in any way, I would enhance the socialization of the good skills this equipment has, improving communication with partners as the good features are inside Dell PowerStore, however, many customers don't know how powerful it is. I suggest increasing communication and giving visibility to these features inside Dell PowerStore.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for a couple of months. Before we had Unity - and before that, the VNX3200. We changed to Dell PowerStore in our company recently.

I'm really happy with the stability and reliability of Dell PowerStore. That's a good point. They respect the planet, respect the ecosystem, and think green while making a good profit.

The scalability of Dell PowerStore is good. We don't need more space. It's easy to connect the expansions from other blocks of Dell PowerStore, which is very practical for me.

I have worked with the customer service and support for Dell PowerStore, and I have had good experiences with customer support, end-user support, and enterprise material. 

If I could rate customer service for Dell PowerStore from one to ten, with ten being the best and one being the worst, I would give them a seven or eight.

To improve, they could enhance their attitude and empathy by putting themselves in the shoes of the other person when providing support.

Positive

I have evaluated other solutions besides Dell PowerStore, including HPE, Hewlett Packard, Pure Storage, and IBM.

Dell PowerStore is very easy to deploy. It's very practical. Our people are implementing Dell PowerStore in my country, and it's so easy. We are migrating data from the other store into Dell PowerStore currently.

My company has seen a return on investment from Dell PowerStore. The ROI is good. When we have better performance, the responses that Dell PowerStore provides mean more money for the bank.

I am familiar with the pricing and licensing of Dell PowerStore; I can't speak to exact costs. However, the price-to-performance ratio with Dell PowerStore is 20% to 25% quicker than before.

We chose Dell PowerStore based on the support, while rated as a seven, is better than the others. The prices are similar, however, the support is superior to other solutions.

At the moment, we are not using Dell PowerStore for any AI-based initiatives. I recently started to learn about AI implementation. We are trying to incorporate AI in our business. 

Overall, I would rate Dell PowerStore a nine on a scale from one to ten, with one being the worst and ten being the best.

My main use case for Dell PowerStore is enterprise storage management, where I use it to provision and manage storage volumes, monitor storage health and performance, and configure host and storage mappings, support VMware environments, and ensure high availability and efficient data management for business-critical applications.

In my day-to-day work, I use Dell PowerStore to provision and manage storage for VMware virtual machines, where one common task is creating and presenting the LUN to the ESXi host, monitoring storage performance and capacity, and expanding volumes when application teams require additional space. I also perform health checkups, troubleshoot storage-related issues, and coordinate with backup teams to ensure data protection and high availability with minimal downtime.

My main use case for storage utilization with Dell PowerStore is when any kind of server needs additional storage, where we can create a LUN over the storage, map it to the ESXi host, and provide the raw capacity of the storage, ensuring high availability, as if one controller fails, the second controller takes charge without impacting any services.

Multiple best features of Dell PowerStore are its high performance with the NVMe architecture and intelligent data reduction, such as deduplication, compressions, thin provisioning, snapshots, replication for disaster recovery, easy storage provisioning, seamless scalability, and integration with VMware. Additionally, I appreciate its user-friendly PowerStore Manager interface that simplifies monitoring, capacity management, and day-to-day administration, helping to improve performance, optimize storage utilization, and ensure high availability.

The feature that has made the biggest difference for me in Dell PowerStore is Snapshot, as it allows us to create a point-in-time copy of the data quickly, which is very useful for backup, testing, and faster recovery. If there is accidental data deletion or an application issue, we can restore data quickly with minimal downtime, helping maintain business continuity and reduce recovery time.

Dell PowerStore has had a positive impact on our organization by improving storage performance, simplifying storage management, and increasing system availability, as features such as Snapshot, thin provisioning, and data reduction have helped optimize storage utilization and reduce operational overhead. It has also enabled faster provisioning and quicker recovery from issues, which has minimized downtime and improved overall business continuity.

Dell PowerStore is a strong storage platform, but it could be improved by providing more advanced built-in reporting and analytics, enhancing alerts, customizations, and simplifying firmware upgrade workflows. Better integration with third-party monitoring and backup tools, along with more detailed performance insights and predictive analytics, would also make day-to-day administration easier and help resolve issues more proactively.

I have been working in my current field for 15 years.

Dell PowerStore is very stable, which is essential for organizations that store business-critical data and require high availability, as it needs to offer high availability, low latency, high throughput, and high IOPS.

Dell PowerStore can be scalable according to the requirement of workloads and can be expanded for higher storage requirements.

Customer support for Dell PowerStore is very good because it is a Dell product. They provide solutions for any kind of problem as soon as possible, and their approach involves finding issues layer by layer to identify root causes and resolve them quickly.

We have seen a positive return on investment with Dell PowerStore. The main benefits include reduced storage administration effort, improved performance, better storage utilization through data reduction, and reduced downtime risk. For example, faster provisioning and Snapshot-based recovery have helped reduce operational time and improved the recovery process.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Dell PowerStore has been reasonable, considering the enterprise features and capabilities it provides. The initial investment and implementation efforts depend on the required capacity, performance requirements, and environment size, and the licensing model is straightforward, with the overall value coming from reduced operational effort, better storage utilization, and improved availability.

I rate Dell PowerStore nine out of 10.

I chose 9 out of 10 because it offers excellent performance, easy management, strong data reduction, and reliable features such as Snapshot and replication, but there is still room for improvement in advanced reporting, analytics, and integration with some third-party tools.

Dell PowerStore's approach to AI capabilities is positive from a governance and security perspective as it focuses on secure data management, monitoring, and operational insights rather than exposing sensitive data. Features such as role-based access control, secure authentications, audit capabilities, and data protection mechanisms help to maintain governance, while AI-driven monitoring and analytics can improve proactive issue detection while keeping control with administrators.

The AI-driven capabilities of Dell PowerStore provide accurate and reliable insights for storage monitoring, performance analysis, and issue predictions.

I would advise others looking into using Dell PowerStore to consider their requirements such as low latency, high availability, and how many IOPS are needed for applications, as well as their storage requirements in terms of how many TBs are needed and what kind of drives they require. This will depend on the client's specific needs.

I have been both a user and a consultant and integrator, using Dell products for our local infrastructure, internal infrastructure, and reselling Dell PowerStore to our clients.

I usually recommend Dell PowerStore for medium firms, as I work with the industry sector and believe it is totally appropriate for that sector.

Dell PowerStore has impacted my customers' organizations in terms of performance and operational efficiency, as it is quite well known for the products, and they enjoy the use of the equipment and the stability of the equipment.

I see no room for improvement in Dell PowerStore; I think it is quite good, and I have nothing more to tell about the features and the hardware of Dell equipment.

I recommend Dell PowerStore to medium-sized companies and not for larger ones as well because I think for the bigger ones, it is missing some features and there is a bit of a lack in terms of performance for big volumetry.

Dell PowerStore lacks some features to cover bigger companies as well; perhaps there is Nutanix, I think, and there are better, bigger storage options from Dell.

Additionally, there is Huawei storage stack which is quite good.

I have been working with Dell products for many years, approximately twenty years.

I have not faced any issues with the integrations with third-party solutions; not exactly with the material, but with the environment, with SFP for example, with switches and commutators, and things of that nature.

However, never with the hardware directly; all the time with the peripherals.

The built-in integrations with VMware are very important for my customers, as they are very easy to do, native, and quite stable.

I think the technical support by Dell is quite good because when we call them, immediately there are people who are taking the case and working on it, and then they redirect the call to the right person in the infrastructure.

Each time, the people are quite good. I would rate their technical support a five out of five; they are very good.

The initial setup of Dell PowerStore is quite easy, as the interface is very user-friendly and it is straightforward to complete.

I do not know exactly what my customers are thinking about their ROI with Dell PowerStore; we do not have regular feedback regarding that, and perhaps we should improve that to know exactly what they are thinking about the materials, the finance, and the services.

I find the pricing of Dell products very competitive.

I do not know if Dell PowerStore is the best option on the market at the moment; it is one of the best, for sure, but I do not know if it is the best.

Dell PowerStore models being used are T. They are configured both standalone and clustered.

I have nothing to tell about the cybersecurity features of Dell PowerStore, but regarding the functionality, the features, and the performance, it is quite good; I have nothing to tell about that, as it is responding well to the attempts.

I have been able to consolidate data with Dell PowerStore; I have nothing to tell about that. An approximate amount of data consolidation is ninety percent.

My data reduction rate is not exactly known, but it is approximately thirty-five to forty percent. My customers utilize VMware from Dell PowerStore's built-in integrations, but not containers or Kubernetes.

Dell PowerStore is very popular in my region; when you speak about this type of product, everybody knows it and is confident in that type of product.

The documentation for Dell PowerStore is very good; it is very high quality, and I have nothing to tell about that, as it is perfect.

For all the time I have used Dell, I think the documentation is quite good. I think the licensing model is fine, with no need for improvement; it is quite good.

I give this review a rating of nine out of ten.

In Egypt, we typically deploy one appliance consisting of two controllers. In one specific case, I was able to scale out with another chassis that included two nodes to meet the compliance requirements of a banking sector client who needed specific latency performance.

We normally work with Dell PowerStore as a unified box for both SAN and NAS. I did not deploy advanced features on Dell PowerStore, and in Egypt, we generally do not implement advanced configurations unless a specific scenario requires it. Typically, we deploy Dell PowerStore as a storage box.

I find many features in Dell PowerStore to be most valuable, including active-active nodes and scalability with both scale-up and scale-out capabilities. The ability to scale up by adding disks and scale out by adding not only disks but also controller nodes is one of the most important features because you can add disks with the performance of additional controllers. Dell PowerStore can support up to eight controllers working on the same cluster, and I have personally deployed four controllers connected to the same cluster. Other valuable features include replication and standard capabilities found in most Dell products, such as thin provisioning.

One of the main features of Dell PowerStore is its support for NVMe. The main chassis must be NVMe, and when considering scalability, you can scale up with SSD or NVMe, with the main chassis being NVMe. From a performance perspective, Dell PowerStore is a strong choice.

Dell PowerStore delivers exceptional performance for our customers, not only in performance metrics but also in effective capacity. Sometimes we sell Dell PowerStore with usable capacity around 20 TB, but we can see excellent data reduction ratios reaching one to four and one to five in specific workloads such as virtual infrastructure and database environments. This capability is one of the main points that attracts customers to Dell PowerStore and allows us, as architects, to sell Dell PowerStore with confidence, providing a good cost product with excellent effective capacity. This is one of the primary reasons we recommend Dell PowerStore. Second, we see excellent performance due to dual controllers, good processors per controller, good RAM, and good cache per processor. NVMe latency is excellent, and the overall performance we receive from Dell PowerStore is outstanding.

Regarding Dell PowerStore, one consideration is whether we could support hybrid disks. As you know, Dell PowerStore supports all-flash with either SSD or NVMe. If we consider features that could be added to match some RFPs we have received, some RFPs request hybrid storage. We cannot propose Dell PowerStore because it supports all-flash or NVMe only. In some cases, we could add a tier of SAS or near-line SAS to increase capacity. This is one potential feature, but I already understand that maintaining all-flash for Dell PowerStore is necessary to preserve specific performance characteristics. Generally, Dell PowerStore is an accepted product from our customers.

I have been working with Dell PowerStore for approximately five years or four years.

Expansion is straightforward and simple. When we add disks, we can expand the volumes, or when we add nodes, they are discovered within seconds in the cluster.

For technical support, I can give a rating of 10 because we normally receive excellent responses from the technical support team, including fast response times and high-quality engineers.

My experience with the deployment of Dell PowerStore is straightforward because before Dell PowerStore, I deployed Unity many times and also deployed the old VNX. I have good experience with storage deployment. Currently, I work not only as a deployment or technical engineer but also in a pre-sales role at my company, presenting not only Dell PowerStore but many products that make up the solution I design for our customers.

The pricing of Dell PowerStore is fair enough and depends on the data reduction ratio that can be achieved through compression and deduplication.

The importance of Dell PowerStore's compression and deduplication is the foundation of the data reduction ratio (DRR). It depends on the workload. By the book, I can say one to four, for example, but normally it is very dependent on the specific workload. With virtual machines, the data reduction ratio will differ from file servers or photo storage. It depends on the workload type, but the minimum we can typically achieve is one to two.

I would give Dell PowerStore a rating of 10 out of 10, and I would like to see hybrid storage as an additional feature in the future.

Dell PowerStore is used for SAN in our organization.

I prefer Dell PowerStore because the user interaction is excellent and the GUI is also outstanding. Previously, Dell produced Unity devices for SAN along with VNX, but VNX is so complicated. The GUI is not suitable for a basic or beginner user, and beginners need to learn extensively about VNX. In contrast, when you log in to Dell PowerStore's GUI, the user interface is so intuitive that you can easily find your use case.

I appreciate that Dell PowerStore is a scale-out solution where we can add multiple clusters and nodes. With Unity, we could add only certain clusters or nodes, but in Dell PowerStore, we can add multiple enclosures as well.

We are using five clusters in Dell PowerStore across different regions, with three for production and two for data protection, binding the production to disaster recovery. For disaster recovery, it performs well compared to others. I believe Dell PowerStore is the best compared to PowerVault, which I find less efficient and not recommended for big enterprises.

Dell PowerStore does not require any downtime for upgrades because we have redundancy with clusters. If controller A goes for an upgrade, controller B takes all the processes without impacting any users. The deduplication process in Dell PowerStore is superior compared to VNX and Unity.

I don't have any ideas for improvements regarding Dell PowerStore as everything seems good and they continuously implement bug fixes and upcoming patches.

I have 2.4 years of experience using Dell PowerStore, and before that, the product was used for around 3.5 years in the project.

I rate the stability of Dell PowerStore as a 10 out of 10. I have not experienced any downtime, bugs, or glitches, and it's much better than previous technologies.

I rate the scalability of Dell PowerStore as a 9 out of 10 because occasionally some bugs occur, but they are usually fixed quickly.

I would rate Dell's technical support as a 10 out of 10 because they respond quickly, especially when we have Dell PowerStore in multiple regions. If we cannot connect with one region, we try another, and the available engineer will assist us.

Compared to other solutions in the market, Dell performs very well. If we face any hardware issue and raise a ticket, they respond as quickly as possible compared to other technologies.

Positive

Previously, we were using Unity devices and VNX for SAN. Dell PowerStore offers superior deduplication compared to both VNX and Unity.

The deployment of Dell PowerStore is easy. The ports are easily configured within four to six hours, and the whole deployment process takes about six to seven hours, including port configuration and LDAP setup.

The solution could be a perfect 10, but sometimes the cost is high when we need to add more enclosures to Dell PowerStore. Although I do not know the current cost, I believe the cost can be improved.

I would recommend Dell PowerStore because it's cost-efficient compared to PowerMax. For big enterprises, instead of using PowerMax, we can utilize a couple more clusters in Dell PowerStore.

We are deploying Dell PowerStore on-premises using an auto-cloud through the network.

I don't have any information about how Dell PowerStore was purchased. We didn't use any specific scenario like the AWS marketplace or a direct purchase.

We are unable to determine the number of users using Dell PowerStore because we are providing LUNs to multiple hosts, with multiple users accessing a single host. For instance, one VM can be accessible by a hundred users, and with 30 plus VMs, that's a large number we cannot calculate.

The environment for Dell PowerStore is essentially a global one.

Since implementing Dell PowerStore, it's very fast and very secure. Vulnerabilities are identified in upcoming patches, and Dell provides patches quickly, which is significantly more helpful than waiting three to four months for other products to release their next patch.

We cannot determine how much data we have consolidated using Dell PowerStore because multiple teams are working, and from my end, I'm just monitoring the LUNs and providing reclamation.

We are using Apex AI Ops. The insights from Apex are good as we use it to monitor the cluster health and status, and the connectivity is also good compared to PowerVault, which had some bug issues preventing proper connection with Apex IO.

Some hosts using Dell PowerStore are based on Linux and Unix. Not all hosts are dependent on Windows, as some are configured for Linux and Unix. From our end, I only provide LUN provisioning and reclamation, and I don't have extensive knowledge about Linux.

We utilize built-in integrations, but from our storage team's perspective, we just provide the LUNs to the Windows team, which uses VMware ESXi hosts. I don't think we use Kubernetes.

I have no understanding of the importance of adding capacity in single drive increments versus drive packs.

My overall rating for Dell PowerStore is 9 out of 10.