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Cohesity C4000 Series vs Dell PowerFlex comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity C4000 Series
Ranking in HCI
30th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell PowerFlex
Ranking in HCI
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Cohesity C4000 Series is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell PowerFlex is 13.3%, up from 7.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1336899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides superior backups, protection from ransomware, and the ability to move data to the public cloud
It has provided superior backups and protection from ransomware I find all the features of this solution excellent. The ability to move data to the public cloud is valuable. The pricing and the partnerships with AWS and Azure can be improved. I have worked with it for two years. Its stability…
Ayodeji  Oyewole - PeerSpot reviewer
A hyper-converged infrastructure that is like a mini data center of its own
There are two categories, namely, the appliances and the racks. The partners are able to set up the Dell PowerFlex appliances, but not fully. The partners are able to physically set up the appliances, while the OEM will set them up logically. The PowerFlex racks are fully set up by the OEM, both physically and logically. The solution's initial setup is not pretty straightforward in emerging markets at the moment.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I find all the features of this solution excellent. The ability to move data to the public cloud is valuable."
"Dell PowerFlex is a one-stop-shop solution. Storage, compute, network, application monitoring, and support cases are all combined into one solution. It's very easy to administer compared to when you have a reference architecture where you need to design and build everything yourself. You would also then have to work with multiple vendors."
"The program is stable."
"Dell PowerFlex improves our latency which allowed us to reduce a lot of our Microsoft Enterprise SQL licenses."
"Perfectly suits customers dealing with the combination of future storage needs and, at the same time, keeping up their computing power."
"The resiliency and data protection are the most valuable features."
"It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion."
"The setup was very straightforward."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
 

Cons

"The pricing and the partnerships with AWS and Azure can be improved."
"The tool needs to improve its storage. It should also make migration to the cloud easier."
"I am not really impressed by the technical support of this solution."
"The solution must be more flexible."
"Needs some more monitoring tools."
"The installation is complex."
"The solution’s automation and pricing could be improved."
"They should provide continuous support for data migration."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is on a per case basis."
"The price of the solution is fair, it is priced in the average range amongst competitors."
"The cost of this solution is fair."
"The solution's price is medium."
"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users."
"The solution's pricing could be much cheaper and affordable."
"The solution is expensive and I give the cost a two out of ten."
"The price could be improved."
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Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
7%
 

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Also Known As

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VxFlex, VxRack FLEX, PowerFlex
 

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