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Dell PowerVault pros and cons

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PROS

The most valuable feature is its simplicity in management and use.
It provides reliable stability and performance.
Initial setup is straightforward and quick.
Dell PowerVault offers significant cost-effectiveness, with competitive pricing.
It delivers good return on investment and works well with mid-sized companies for video use cases.

CONS

Dell PowerVault requires the addition of deduplication, compression, and flash technology.
It needs higher performance and more reliable storage, particularly in its memory cache capacity and data export capabilities to the cloud.
Price reductions are necessary as the initial acquisition cost is high compared to competitors like Hitachi or IBM.
Scaling the disk groups is limited, and improving configuration options is needed for scalability.
Enhancements in inter-site replication, especially in Fibre Channel, are required for better performance across multiple sites.
 

Dell PowerVault Pros review quotes

EE
IT Coordinator at HMY
Oct 27, 2020
The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to manage and easy to use.
RZ
General Manager at Move IT Smart
Jan 11, 2021
The most valuable features are stability and response time.
SM
IT Director at Essra hospital
Aug 7, 2021
The solution is reliable and stable.
Learn what your peers think about Dell PowerVault. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
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reviewer1278084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sale and Post-sale Engineer at a reseller with 201-500 employees
Feb 3, 2022
The initial setup was easy and simple.
JK
Systems & Support Engineer at CWG Plc
Aug 4, 2022
The most valuable features are that it's easy to set up PowerVault. I also like the provisioning of storage.
Nipuna Nakandala - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Manager (Virtual Infrastructure) at a maritime company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 31, 2022
The storage has been good.
Abdul Rehman Abid - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Enterprise Solutions at Megaplus
Jan 9, 2023
The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its ability to provide small to medium-range storage. It doesn't have any specific standout features, but it's great for applications, such as surveillance where a large number of videos need to be recorded and performance isn't a priority.
AM
Consultant at ÜÇGE Shopfitting & Design
Mar 17, 2023
The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance.
NS
Senior presales consultant at TechFacto Global Services Private Limited
Apr 12, 2023
For us, the initial setup was easy.
Dragan Knezevic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales System Engineer at OBLAK tehnologije
Jun 1, 2023
Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy.
 

Dell PowerVault Cons review quotes

EE
IT Coordinator at HMY
Oct 27, 2020
In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it.
RZ
General Manager at Move IT Smart
Jan 11, 2021
I would like to see improvements made to the user interface.
SM
IT Director at Essra hospital
Aug 7, 2021
We need higher performance and more reliable storage.
Learn what your peers think about Dell PowerVault. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
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reviewer1278084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sale and Post-sale Engineer at a reseller with 201-500 employees
Feb 3, 2022
PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud.
JK
Systems & Support Engineer at CWG Plc
Aug 4, 2022
I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers.
Nipuna Nakandala - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Manager (Virtual Infrastructure) at a maritime company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 31, 2022
The implementation process takes a while.
Abdul Rehman Abid - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Enterprise Solutions at Megaplus
Jan 9, 2023
Dell PowerVault could improve by having a higher cache and file protocol support added.
AM
Consultant at ÜÇGE Shopfitting & Design
Mar 17, 2023
The price of the solution could be lower.
NS
Senior presales consultant at TechFacto Global Services Private Limited
Apr 12, 2023
Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually.
Dragan Knezevic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales System Engineer at OBLAK tehnologije
Jun 1, 2023
Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only.