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PROS

Dell SC Series offers easy management of volumes, allowing users to create and assign volumes to VMware clusters effortlessly.
Its auto-tiering performance efficiently moves hot data to the fastest tier, enhancing resource usage and performance.
Federation capabilities enable seamless live migration across sites, providing scalability and maintenance without downtime.
Dell SC Series provides excellent stability and performance, with features like compression and deduplication contributing to its powerful operation.
Cost-effectiveness and the ability to mix different drive technologies enhance its appeal, providing high performance and network facilities for small to medium businesses.

CONS

Snapshots in VMware aren't possible due to the storage handling it independently, impacting compatibility with apps like Veeam.
Integration with VMware initially posed challenges, and the architecture is considered outdated, being phased out by Dell.
Scalability is limited without adding additional controllers, which do not interact seamlessly.
NVMe storage support is absent, limiting performance enhancements.
Processing ability and scalability need improvement, and pricing is considered high for medium companies.
 

Dell SC Series Pros review quotes

it_user86838 - PeerSpot reviewer
Implementation Unit at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 21, 2016
Definitely I would like to say to all others, if you want good unified storage solution with satisfactory level ROI just go with Compellent.
it_user735222 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager
Sep 12, 2017
Easy management of volumes: You can create volumes and easily assign them to VMware clusters, increasing their size.
DH
System Administrator at Reuter GmbH
Jun 14, 2018
It is fast and performs well.
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DW
Network Admin at Jefferson County Washington
Aug 29, 2018
The most valuable feature is the speed for the end-user.
SystemsE1d94 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 2, 2018
It's the storage backbone for our virtual environment.
JM
Automation at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 2, 2018
It helps us streamline deployment of VMs.
ITManage50af - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
Sep 2, 2018
It is easy to use, expand the hard drives, add storage, and set up replication.
DataCent3afe - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Supervisor with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 2, 2018
With auto-tiering, it's easier to understand than most arrays, knowing that all of your writes go to the tier that you specify, with easy-to-create storage profiles.
TG
IT Architect at Synoptek
Sep 2, 2018
We replicate between SAN to SAN for a lot of features and supportability. It also helps us when we want to upgrade to a newer SC Series or move the data from one data center to another.
VirtualT40e2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization Team Leader at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2018
Technical support is really good. We have had good, high-quality support with our SC Series.
 

Dell SC Series Cons review quotes

it_user86838 - PeerSpot reviewer
Implementation Unit at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 21, 2016
Matching color coding during zoning is sometimes a little bit annoying.
it_user735222 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager
Sep 12, 2017
Snapshots in VMware. You can’t do snapshots since the storage itself does that. Therefore, some apps (Veeam, for example) don’t work well with this kind of tiering storage.
DH
System Administrator at Reuter GmbH
Jun 14, 2018
The administration and support (on the way that they delivered) was a little bit slow.
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DW
Network Admin at Jefferson County Washington
Aug 29, 2018
The ease of use could be improved. It took me a while to learn it.
SystemsE1d94 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 2, 2018
I would like to see higher compression, dedupe, faster I/O, and bigger drives.
JM
Automation at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 2, 2018
Customer support could be improved. It takes five or six reps to finally get someone who can help us.
ITManage50af - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
Sep 2, 2018
I would like to have 100% functionality through the web app.
DataCent3afe - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Supervisor with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 2, 2018
I would like to see an integrated key manager in the controllers. Currently, it's an external product. It would be nice to have the option of having a built-in key for self-encrypting drive features.
TG
IT Architect at Synoptek
Sep 2, 2018
We had times that we needed a file service solution. We've used FluidFS, but it's a solution that is being transitioned out.
VirtualT40e2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization Team Leader at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2018
It's definitely affordable. Of course, it would be better if they made it cheaper, even more affordable.