We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Pure Storage FlashBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The performance is good."
"The tool is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"This product is very competitive."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"Dell's technical support team is good."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"The product is scalable and easy to expand."
"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."
"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."
"The ease of deployment and management has helped us simplify our storage. We also do not have to worry about capacity management as much. A lot of these things are native to Pure Storage."
"Using this solution has made our backups more reliable."
"It performs well and it is also very fast."
"It's very easy-to-use."
"I would rate this solution an eight plus. It has has good flexibility and stability, it's easy to manage and the response time is good."
"Dell EMC ECS could improve by having Relational Database Services(RDS) to review progress. Additionally, if the training was provided it would be a benefit, it would be good for our engineers."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Dell ECS needs to improve its performance."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The initial setup is not so easy."
"The major weakness in the solution is that there is no cloud version for Dell ECS."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"They need to ensure that the system will work if a site goes down."
"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."
"Commvault has mainly driven the Analytics, providing data and reports. However, the product has room for improvement, especially regarding storage analytics. Upgrading firmware has caused issues, requiring feature disabling to revert to traditional backups. The firmware upgrades sometimes affect Commvault backups."
"I would like to see more deduplication."
"I would like to see more monitoring capability included in the next release of this solution."
"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."
"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."
"It's on the expensive side, as expected for a niche product."
"There is some room for new features related to authentication and integration with Kubernetes, and other solution using S3 Bucket."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 7th in File and Object Storage with 31 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "A high-performing and scalable solution that improves data performance for S3 workloads". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, MinIO, NetApp StorageGRID and Hitachi Content Platform, whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, MinIO, Pure Storage FlashArray and NetApp AFF. See our Dell ECS vs. Pure Storage FlashBlade report.
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