We compared Dell Powerstore and HPE Primera based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Dell EMC Powerstore seems to be the slightly superior solution because it is easier to use.
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."
"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe has low latency and high Ops. It is an evergreen model."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"Dell EMC PowerStore is scalable."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The administration tools take advantage of machine learning and make recommendations to the admins, and that makes the administration easier."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"It's a great product. Integrating PowerStore with the IT workflow is easy."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to use this frame. I am a SAN administrator, but I was able to train my colleague, who had only been a VMware administrator, on the PowerStore in about half a day. Now he's autonomous in assigning volumes and creating data stores..."
"The solution's technical support is excellent. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"It serves as the primary storage in my production environment."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product is stable."
"The interface is simplified."
"For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product."
"The performance is very good."
"The most important thing that we had found when we purchased this product around six months back was its 100% availability and uptime."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."
"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"It is on the expensive side."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"The solution only does thin provisioning."
"Could use some additional automation."
"The price is on the higher side."
"The setup process could be improved. We had some issues regarding configuration and the time it took to do things. It wasn't specifically the people we worked with, but more the process and how it's done. They can work on that."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"There is no Synchronize replication feature on the storage."
"Horizontal scaling has room for improvement."
"Primera should be more user-friendly."
"There are certain shortcomings in the technical support offered by HPE where improvements are required."
"I would like to see improved training offered with HPE Primera."
"They could work to make scalability easier."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The interface needs to be more user-friendly in that sense that installation and management are still a bit on the high end."
"The cost of HPE Primera could be lower."
"The reporting console can be improved with out of the box reports."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp AFF and Dell SC Series, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell PowerStore vs. HPE Primera report.
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