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Dell PowerStore vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore
Ranking in Enterprise SAN
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (4th), NAS (2nd), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)
INFINIDAT InfiniBox
Ranking in Enterprise SAN
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Enterprise SAN category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 30.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of INFINIDAT InfiniBox is 1.0%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise SAN
 

Featured Reviews

Brian Ricci - PeerSpot reviewer
It's constantly enhanced and has impressive reliability and data compression
The maintenance is a bit expensive. The service and support are there for three years, but after the third year, it is pretty pricey for renewal. I hope Dell addresses that. Everything is pricey these days anyway. It is not like the old days of Compellent. We used to be able to see the metrics for our customers. On Compellent, we could look up that customer and see all the metrics. That is not allowed for us now. We cannot do that anymore. I have to be explicitly allowed by the customer to do that, and some companies' security does not allow that.
GM
Good performance, suitable for big data, but the response time could be improved
The primary use case for this product is high-performance storage This product has good performance. It is similar to the Dell PowerMax and Pure Storage FlashArray. The InfiniBox has three active controllers. The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable aspects of Dell PowerStore are the promising roadmap, and the interesting features to come."
"The simplicity and performance are great."
"The solution is stable."
"Pricing is very good. It's very competitive against those of all the others that I looked at in the marketplace, such as Hitachi, IBM, HP, and Pure. Dell is right there in the mix as far as providing the best price point as well as meeting the performance requirements that we have."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerStore are the support for NVMe and SCM, which provides end-to-end performance and high IOPS, minimizing latency. It is a full-fledged storage solution."
"Reliable, with comprehensive features and a well-established support base."
"The biggest improvement we found when moving into Dell PowerStore was the deduplication and compression."
"For access from virtual machines, iSCSI, and NFS, it is very good. It helps increase performance."
"This product has good performance."
"Mostly, their support is also great at reacting to issues but moreover, proactive to prevent issues."
 

Cons

"We would consider this solution if the pricing is competitive with other options, as it offers a very good solution. However, the current price is slightly higher than the competition."
"The previous version of Dell PowerStore we used was easier to use compared to the current one. They have made it more cumbersome to handle, although it still works. It has become more complicated to manage."
"The solution didn't have all of the features we needed."
"The support is not very good."
"Many customers are looking for a cyber recovery feature included in PowerStore. We would like to see this added in a future release."
"After the smooth launch of the product in our company, only the areas around upgrades are a bit problematic. In our organization, we face difficulties when updating the product."
"There is an issue with Dell PowerStore related to future expansions which are software-related."
"We have not seen an ROI and it would be good to have an ROI calculator made available by Dell."
"The response time for read requests can be improved."
"InfiniBox, right now, offers only asynchronous replication between two storages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are no separate licenses required as all the basic licenses are included in the bundle."
"The software features are included in the pricing without any additional purchase requirements."
"If we use the 500 or 1000, the licensing and pricing are reasonable. PowerStore can compete with any vendor and the price isn't that expensive."
"We are currently using Dell PowerStore for our smaller storage and there is no competition for pricing."
"Pricing depends on the model and negotiation. Sometimes we manage to get good discounts, sometimes not."
"PowerStore's pricing is reasonable."
"The licensing for this solution is good and is in the mid-range tier."
"Dealing with the licensing part of the product is very simple, especially considering the fact that we don't have many licenses associated with the tool."
"The best features come included without any additional cost."
"The license covers any feature and also, the future features are already included. It is as easy as a 1, 2 and 3."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
42%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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