Dell EqualLogic PS series vs IBM FlashSystem comparison

"​It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits.​"

"The solution can scale."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."

"It is stable and scalable."

"We were attracted by the flexibility of being able to put in a new shelf whenever we needed to, to expand."

"It is extremely reliable."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."

"One of the valuable features is the performance, it is one of the best in the market."

"The speed, performance, and stability are the best features of IBM FlashSystem."

"This solution is really user friendly. It also offers good performance and is highly reliable."

"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."

"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."

"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."

"The all-flash storage has tier replication capabilities."

"The most crucial feature of IBM FlashSystem is compression."

"We need more space and we can't get any."

"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."

"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"

"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve by providing fiber channel connectivity. Fiber channel connectivity is not supported, which is a requirement of advanced applications, such as SAP HANA. SAP HANA recommends fiber channel connectivity, but the Dell EqualLogic PS series is only an ISCSI data storage."

"The searchable online documentation is missing.​"

"It is at the end of support and no longer supported. We have to move our VMware to another storage platform, and we have decided to use Dell PowerStore. We like Dell's products, and it is a new platform with a lot of features."

"I can't buy any more solutions provided by EqualLogic...Since I can't buy it anymore, I don't receive any updates on the solution. Also, this is the last year in which one can buy support for the solution."

"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."

"The only issue my team faced was transferring the data from the old system to IBM FlashSystem, which is an area for improvement in the solution."

"Customization features must be improved."

"A big area for improvement is that the data reduction pool feature is not recommended for use in a production environment because it has stability and performance issues."

"Replication features need improvement. Currently, they are there in the product, but I'm not sure as to how it works exactly."

"AHV is Acropolis Hypervisor – A relatively new Hypervisor, robust and stable as VMware vSphere, has built-in advanced analytics and powerful operations, Self Service Portal and components for DevOps included, managed by a single pane of glass (Prism) via HTML5 and it is free of charge – That is why Nutanix is so advanced and revolutionary."

"Our customers have raised concerns about the limitations of the FlashSystem 5200 and 7300, which only offer a 32-gigabyte connection."

"The interface could improve in IBM FlashSystem."

"Initial packages include all upgrades and services."

"I don't think I would say that the product is less expensive...The product's price is not an issue for our company, considering the relationship we have with Dell and the customer support we receive."

"Price-wise, the solution is cheap. I rate it a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series can improve its scale-out feature. Sometimes the customer has a limited budget for storage expansion. When they want to expand their capacity, they need to buy a complete controller plus storage capacity, which sometimes is out of their budget. If Dell EqualLogic PS series support could scale up the environment in which only hard drive extension controllers should be supported, then customers can expand within a lower budget."

"Licensing is pretty straightforward."

"All features are out of the box. The license will be in the virtual, OS, or application layer."

"It seemed expensive at first, but the durability lowered the cost of ownership dramatically over time."

"There are annual maintenance costs beyond the original licensing period."

"The price is a little bit high so is rated a six out of ten."

"I find the pricing of the solution to be very reasonable."

"Regarding licensing make sure you add at least three years software maintenance from IBM at the beginning, because you will not be able to download firmware updates or any fixes/patches without this."

"The cost of the IBM FlashSystem is lower than the HPE solution."

"This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced it would be better."

"It pays to go back and get the best price you can from your supplier. The first offer is not always at the best discount."

"Our customers would like IMB FlashSystem to be less expensive."

"The price of IBM FlashSystem is reasonable."