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PROS

Dell PowerFlex is highly scalable and reduces downtime, offering improved storage and operational reliability.
The overall integration with three different software layers provides a comprehensive approach to computing, storage, and network needs.
High availability and resiliency are key features, enhancing data protection and operation stability.
The support team is known for quick responsiveness, providing efficient assistance when needed.
PowerFlex improves application performance with increased IOPS and efficient storage management, allowing 24/7 operation without issues.

CONS

Migration of Hyper-V virtual machines is challenging, and there is a need for a tool to simplify this process.
Data exporting from the dashboard is not user-friendly, particularly when more sophisticated reporting is required.
Technical support is not impressive and could be improved.
Licensing issues have been reported, including restrictions and frustrations.
Continuous support for data migration needs enhancement, and the storage capability must be improved.
 

Dell PowerFlex Pros review quotes

EK
Jul 16, 2019
The most valuable feature is the overall integration and just seeing the three different layers which make up the machine software. Altogether, it's something that I would say is much better than any other solution that I have experienced before.
MF
May 20, 2024
Dell PowerFlex is a complete hyperconverge that makes automation easy to manage and extremely stable.
AA
Jun 23, 2019
The setup was very straightforward.
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Ayodeji  Oyewole - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2024
Dell PowerFlex is a highly scalable solution.
KR
Nov 26, 2019
We're doing a lot of VMware for IT so this solution is really valuable from a VMH point of view. We're trying to assist our customers mainly with management, because that's what they want. The most important aspects are ease of management, as well as ease of configuration, allowing them to attach additional nodes and resources for the applications.
reviewer2586720 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 21, 2024
PowerFlex offers us more IOPS, improving the application performance. It also helps us reduce our storage and eliminate redundancy. The primary thing is that we work 24/7, so we shouldn't have operational issues.
reviewer2397261 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 2, 2024
The resiliency and data protection are the most valuable features.
AA
Jul 10, 2019
It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion.
AC
Jul 30, 2024
The solution's most valuable feature is the storage space it offers.
MV
May 20, 2024
Dell PowerFlex improves our latency which allowed us to reduce a lot of our Microsoft Enterprise SQL licenses.
 

Dell PowerFlex Cons review quotes

EK
Jul 16, 2019
Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have.
MF
May 20, 2024
The initial deployment was complicated and required a lot of data nodes, IPs, internal vLANs, data vLANs, and many other things.
AA
Jun 23, 2019
Needs some more monitoring tools.
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Ayodeji  Oyewole - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 12, 2024
The solution’s automation and pricing could be improved.
KR
Nov 26, 2019
I think there might be some room for improvement when it comes to pricing, because although I know how to convert customers, at the end of day, it's quite expensive. Sometimes your feature architecture is still coming out much cheaper than hardware costs for your infrastructure.
reviewer2586720 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 21, 2024
We are still hoping for better ways to incorporate AI. We have to extend third-party access to PowerFlex by calling the API. It would be easier if the product had built-in AI integration. If PowerFlex can contribute more to AI, it would be more useful.
reviewer2397261 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 2, 2024
They need to work on improving the overhead for protecting the data.
AA
Jul 10, 2019
We're also running Hyper-V virtual machines. But we recently discovered that migration of the Hyper-V virtual machines is a bit challenging. Maybe if Dell EMC can come out with a tool that will make it very easy for us to migrate the Microsoft Hyper-V machine, that may be an improvement.
AC
Jul 30, 2024
The tool is a bit difficult to configure, making it an area where improvements are required.
MM
Dec 23, 2019
The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem.