Dell PowerPath vs NetApp ONTAP comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Storage Software category. Dell Technologies is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8, while NetApp is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.4. Dell Technologies holds a 23.3% mindshare in SS, compared to NetApp’s 45.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerPath

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100% willing to recommend

NetApp ONTAP

Read 73 NetApp ONTAP reviews

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253 Comparison Views

98% willing to recommend

Dell PowerPath

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Dell PowerPath and NetApp ONTAP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Storage Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerPath

Ranking in Storage Software

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp ONTAP

Ranking in Storage Software

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Storage Software category, the mindshare of Dell PowerPath is 23.3%, down from 25.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp ONTAP is 45.7%, up from 43.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Jan 3, 2024

A resilient and reliable solution that has many load-balancing technologies and provides high availability

We use the solution for load balancing our database and I/Os. It works well with EMC storage The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy. It is a smart solution. If we bring down an array, it would queue the I/Os. It provides resilience and availability. It performs…

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Dan Pride

Senior IT Specialist at HIAa

Feb 3, 2023

Excellent support, highly stable, and easy to use

We manage all of our storage with it. In terms of the version, we're in the process of going to the newest version. It's probably 9.12 Resiliency is the big one for us. Its ease of use, for the most part, through the interfaces is valuable. It's very expensive. I have been using this solution…

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Pros

"We have found the solution to be quite flexible and very scalable."

"It provides a high availability and will increase the performance of any server or operating system."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that disaster recovery scenarios are very good and easy to use in Dell PowerPath since it is available in a simplified form."

"The product is very reliable."

"The user interface is good."

"OS-aware multipathing is a valuable feature of the product."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration without disruptions."

"The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy."

"We over-allocate our aggregates and it still works, it's great, it's fun. We dedupe everywhere, we get huge savings. We went back and deduped the whole thing again, we could get more, so that's what we do. We go back and look to see if there's an option we can set and do it from the beginning, but still 13 terabytes, that's a lot of dedupe savings. Sometimes we get 50% or more in our savings, so we love dedupe."

"Technical support is good. NetApp's solution engineers are good at architecting designs which are standard, but also future thinking. I've only opened a few tickets, and they've answered my questions each time. NetApp takes less than four hours to respond."

"It is very easy to scale, so we started with a four-node cluster and added it to a six-node cluster. We've also done some other modifications in between."

"ONTAP allows us to scale and grow as needed and also be flexible in the way we operate."

"My experience with NetApp is its very easy to learn and intuitive. I can figure out just about everything."

"Snapshot and SnapMirror technologies make it easier to replicate data to disaster recovery scenarios."

"If you lose connectivity, it has one-sided redundant connectivity on the back-end for shelves, which is good."

"The product allowsfor the centralization of large environments."

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Cons

"The product must adapt to other storage technologies like HPE 3PAR."

"While I utilize it for data migration, I would love to do that data migration in a GUI from an ease of use perspective."

"The solution should provide extensive reports on backups and backup failures."

"The solution is quite stable, although they have not quite worked out all of the kinks."

"Although PowerPath is very mature and has been on the market for more than 15 years there are still a lot of bugs that have been profiled with PowerPath, specifically, during any OS upgrade."

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"Customers do not choose PowerPath unless they have Unix or Linux."

"The technical support is good but they are not available all the time."

"It doesn't scale horizontally since there are a limited number of shelves."

"I need to be able to validate how the host is performing from the storage, as I am concerned about the host performance and storage connectivity to the host."

"The setup can be a bit complex, depending on the environment."

"The older UI is not ideal."

"cDot only scales to 24 notes so scalability should be better, bigger, but we are one of the only customers that are facing this problem."

"The vendor diagnostics, which allows for movement from one vendor to another vendor using the application technology that is available. It should be able to talk to any vendor, not just NetApp to NetApp. We should be able to replicate the data, so the next feature should not be vendor specific."

"Scalability is a bit of a question. If we're only doing file-based storage, scalability is fantastic. If we are doing block-based storage through iSCSI or Fibre Channel, there are some significant limitations in the number of volumes and clients that you can put on a single data ONTAP cluster."

"Technical support has gone down in my perspective. When getting to the root cause of issues, they need to respond faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"The product is a little bit expensive."

"There are no additional costs associated with the product."

"Pricing is good. I don't have any issues with the pricing of this solution."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is affordable, and ten is really expensive. Dell PowerPath is an expensive tool."

"The price of the solution is fair."

"This solution has helped our organization reduce our overall cost of storage. We're part of the NetApp OnDemand, where we lease it. Also, it doesn't take as many people to administer the solution as some other products."

"While it is going to cost a lot of money, their technologies is worth it."

"Additional costs exist if you want a license for a feature like SnapMirror."

"We receive the best support for a lower price point."

"It helps us save money using compression and deduplication."

"Recently, we have seen ROI."

"It's not an all inclusive model. You have the option to purchase modules to make the entire ecosystem coherent. I would like the option to pay one price and get everything all inclusive, like OnCommand."

"ONTAP has helped us reduce the cost of storage by a lot. We were using IBM XIVs and were paying high costs, except for the maintenance. Now, we are on all-flash and we pay less than what we used to pay."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Healthcare Company

10%

Retailer

10%

Manufacturing Company

18%

Computer Software Company

18%

Government

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerPath?

The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerPath?

The product is a little bit expensive. It is a little pricey because it provides multipathing with other OSs. I rate the pricing a five out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerPath?

The product must adapt to other storage technologies like HPE 3PAR. When we use 3PAR storage, we have to use another technology to load balance. The product must be integrated with other products l...

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What do you like most about NetApp ONTAP?

We do not face any glitches or downtime.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp ONTAP?

The product is a bit expensive. I rate the pricing a five out of ten.

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Overview

EMC PowerPath: Host-based software for automated data path management, failover and recovery, and optimized load balancing. PowerPath automates, standardizes, and optimizes data paths in physical and virtual environments as well as cloud deployments to deliver high availability and performance.

AUTOMATE FAILOVER/RECOVERY

PowerPath automates data path failover and recovery to ensure applications are always available and remain operational.

OPTIMIZE LOAD BALANCING

Adjust I/O paths constantly to leverage all available data paths and to monitor and rebalance the dynamic environment for the best application performance.

STANDARDIZE PATH MANAGEMENT

Simplify and standardize data path management across heterogeneous physical and virtual environments as well as cloud deployments.

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation. Together with our partners, we empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation and optimize their operations.

Sample Customers

Healthcare Residential Service Company

1&1 IONOS, Acıbadem Healthcare Group, Adder Technologies, Aero Vodochody Aerospace

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