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 #1 with an average rating of 8.6. Dell Technologies holds a 22.8% mindshare in SS, compared to NetApp’s 44.7% 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 76 NetApp ONTAP reviews

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241 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

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Storage Software category, the mindshare of Dell PowerPath is 22.8%, down from 23.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp ONTAP is 44.7%, up from 42.3% 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

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

People who want to buy the solution must create a scorecard of Dell PowerPath against other products. They must run database tests. They must consider factors like pricing, performance, ease of use, visibility, and reliability. They must also run tests to understand which product recovers faster. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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Dan Pride

Senior IT Specialist at HIAa

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

Pros

"The product is very reliable."

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

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

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

"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 user interface is good."

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

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

"The performance of the hardware is good."

"There is a faster release cycle now. Also, they are doing all types of cool stuff in their cloud volumes, replication, and tiering."

"The ability to spin up copies of data in other data centers, on other storage appliances, is the most valuable for us."

"We have been able to save about 10 to 15% on space using the space consumption features."

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

"It is very easy to manage in terms of system management and GUI management."

"You can scale the product up or out."

"Today, because NetApp listened to their customers and improved their GUI, we can perform a firmware upgrade within minutes."

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Cons

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Going forward, I want to see a simplified deployment and more straightforward recommendations on what is required for it."

"There is a lot a lot of functional integration that we look forward to for improvements. I'm learning where they're going and I'm very interested to see those improvements and how they can help us."

"I would like to have deduplication and SSD features in the product."

"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."

"Especially with the all-flash arrays, we would like to see better storage efficiency and deduplication. In terms of manageability, it would be great if NetApp would add more native reporting tools into the dashboard so that we don't need to use the third-party tool for analyzing our environments or to generate any reports. This would be especially helpful for companies that need to generate some chargeback for the customers."

"The PowerShell scripting capabilities right now are all over the place as far as which rich operating systems are supported. They all support Windows, but the HCI product with the SolidFire integration also supports PowerShell on Mac and Linux. It would be nice if the rest of the NetApp APIs caught up with PowerShell on other operating systems besides Windows. Because we're deploying more non-Windows operating systems, it would be helpful if we would be able to use that utility."

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

"I would like to see more in the public cloud space around things like object storage. A bit more granularity around how that gets deployed would be nice, but other than that I think they've got it nailed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The product is a little bit expensive."

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

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

"The price of the solution is fair."

"Recently, we have seen ROI."

"ONTAP is expensive, but most storage systems are now-a-days and everything is included with the license - there are no additional fees."

"Because of its manageability, we have fewer people managing it."

"It's very expensive."

"There are specific workloads where some vendors provide better value, but in general, NetApp has done a far better on price than other vendors."

"There are two consumption methods: pay as you go and subscription. Pay as you go... is a little expensive but worth it."

"We have seen ROI, especially with the deduplication. We have a high ratio of deduplication and are way past 70 percent of our VDI, as we have almost 400TBs on our VDI. We have been able to save at least a quarter of a petabyte of space."

"There could be improvements, its proprietary software so it can be pricey."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

11%

Healthcare Company

11%

Retailer

10%

Manufacturing Company

20%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

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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How does Azure NetApp Files compare to NetApp ONTAP?

Azure NetApp Files is a Microsoft Azure file storage service built on NetApp technology. The platform combines the file capabilities of Azure and NetApp to move critical file-based applications to ...

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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?

NetApp ONTAP is moderately priced. The tag price is more competitive for the value we get.

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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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