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Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) vs Dell VPLEX comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell Storage Resource Manag...
Ranking in Storage Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell VPLEX
Ranking in Storage Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is 5.7%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell VPLEX is 6.6%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM)5.7%
Dell VPLEX6.6%
Other87.7%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Kazi Amranul Houqe - PeerSpot reviewer
First Assistant Vice President (Fa VP) & Unit Head Of Server & Storage Management Unit at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has streamlined provisioning and enabled centralized monitoring across hybrid environments
Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on data security and cybersecurity, as it is the most significant concern. I work in a bank, and for financial organizations, much focus is spotlighted on how to protect data, secure data, and prevent any kind of fraud. Many financial organizations' data is corrupted and hacked by third parties, so it's crucial to find ways to protect data security and save data by creating an air-gap solution. Having ideas on an air-gap solution to prevent data leakage without a network layer would be beneficial. Maintaining a security layer is important, so this is my expectation for Dell.
Sayed Zuber - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Storage And Backup Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
It's an excellent solution for data mobility and disaster recovery, but the CLI can be difficult for beginners
Dell VPLEX currently requires Flash Player to access the GUI. It would be better to have a web-based HTML management interface. The encryption could also be improved. When the host writes data, it goes from VPLEX back to the physical storage. The physical storage device will do encryption or use an algorithm called Data Address Encryption. If there are vulnerabilities between the host and the storage device, you can lose your data. I suggest encrypting the data before it is sent from the host to the storage. I would also recommend using the NVM protocol in VPLEX. It still has Flash Player and a local SATA disk built into the Flash Player. You need to Flash the disk to SAS and then SATA. The NVM protocol is better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is easy to control the storage."
"The partitions function well for backup storage."
"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."
"Managing multiple storage arrays under one console was a valuable feature of this product."
"Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is most useful because it is easy to use and easy for provisioning on all hostings, proactively viewable to manage, and the storage controller information is given to the functional, all in a single dashboard."
"The alerting feature is valuable because it completes the gap of storage monitoring."
"Ease of administration fits in well with all the EMC SAN storage."
"You have a singular view across all of your storage platforms of what is being used, what is available, and then being able to manage and manipulate those resources as long as it has the capability to manage them."
"It’s a great product; very reliable."
"We have see performance improvement in our databases."
"The best feature of VPLEX storage is its ability to consolidate storage. It also provides the highest RPO and RTOs for replication technology. VPLEX enables application mobility."
"With VPLEX, we are able to automate this process where failovers between sites now occur automatically."
"Due to the large number of models and different brands it is a very good solution to virtualize volumes."
"The support is good, and you don't have to wait long before things get done."
"The solution works well. It's very reliable."
"Dell's technical support is awesome. We received instant support from EMC as long as we had an active contract."
 

Cons

"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."
"The installation was complex because we had to setup multiple servers."
"We were unhappy as no one from EMC heard our plea for assistance and it became expensive in terms of the license and the amount of resources it took."
"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."
"In my country, Dell has not ensured the replacement parts for critical components, which is very dangerous."
"Technical support is inadequate."
"To be frank, I believe there are many other applications that allow us to manage the array, along with in-depth analysis. Even EMC has developed better products than ECC."
"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."
"Much room for improvement exists."
"Today, it needs a huge effort that is not acceptable during disaster recovery."
"The administration is difficult, so we want to add hyper-converged infrastructure."
"The solution is expensive and requires more budget, so people in the SMB segment do not prefer it."
"We experienced increases in latency in accesses to disks and some bugs on engines."
"It needs to improve the thin reclaim on certain arrays."
"Due to the bug with Broadcom, we have had a massive crisis on VPLEX. This little bug has caused roughly one thousand machines to go down."
"VPLEX's engine-based architecture is complex, so the implementation is challenging and takes more time. It's also difficult to fix hardware issues. When an appliance fails, it takes Dell EMC a long time to fix it because spare parts are in short supply."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is mid-priced."
"There are no licensing costs for this product."
"We struck a great deal with Dell EMC, so for us, VPLEX was not very expensive."
"VPLEX is a little bit expensive in my personal opinion."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell Storage Resource Manager?
Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on...
What is your primary use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager?
The use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is good for us, as there is good provisioning and we use it for the resource manager for thin provisioning and managing the storage. I'm using a...
What advice do you have for others considering Dell Storage Resource Manager?
I was using Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) fully on-prem, but currently, it is almost a hybrid solution. The banking applications are diverting from on-prem to the cloud and Kubernetes microse...
What needs improvement with Dell VPLEX?
Some of the products are very easy to implement, while others are more difficult, and our team seeks support help when required. Regarding the integration part, the delivery team handles all integr...
What is your primary use case for Dell VPLEX?
We are implementing Cohesity, Hitachi, Dell, and Nutanix, VMware, vSAN; multiple products. We have recently started working with Cohesity because there was not much presence in India for Cohesity, ...
What advice do you have for others considering Dell VPLEX?
Hitachi Systems Microclinic has been renamed to Hitachi Systems India Private Limited. The email address has been changed to shailendra.chaudhry.hd at hitachi-systems.com from shailendra_singh.chau...
 

Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
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Sample Customers

HNTB Corporation
Kindred Healthcare, Regis Aged Care, WeBank SpA, Panduit, Munson Healthcare
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