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PROS

Dell PowerStore provides exceptional performance with high throughput, deduplication, and compression features.
Dell PowerStore offers excellent reliability and stability, achieving 100% uptime in many cases.
Dell PowerStore provides cost savings through effective data reduction and efficient resource allocation.
Dell PowerStore supports easy integration with VMware environments and enhances operational efficiency.
Dell's technical support for PowerStore is highly rated, ensuring customer satisfaction and trust.

CONS

Pricing for Dell PowerStore is considered high, leading to concerns about cost-effectiveness compared to competitors.
Support quality has degraded since the merger with Dell.
Software licensing is not straightforward, causing difficulties during installation and setup.
Room for improvement exists in compression and deduplication technologies compared to other options like Pure Storage.
Replication features and integration with other systems, such as VMware, need enhancement for better operation.
 

Dell PowerStore Pros review quotes

reviewer2304864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2025
The biggest return on investment for me when using Dell PowerStore is scalability; scalability is key, and I can amplify that by saying we have redundancy between two sites—if something goes down, we have to manage it, but we want to do it proactively.
Terry Peterson - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Manager at MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
May 21, 2026
Dell's pricing and licensing have made it incredibly easy for a small to medium business like ours to access enterprise class tools that fit our specific requirements.
SW
Electrical Engineer Ii at Lafayette Utilities System LLC
May 19, 2026
Dell PowerStore Metro LUN allows us to move VMs between our data centers without suffering an outage, which supports higher availability for our services.
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reviewer2800806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Engineer And Server Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Feb 3, 2026
From the last 10 years, my company is actually using Dell PowerStore, and we have great results regarding data redundancy, data storage, data mapping, and availability of the data.
VA
Platform Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 9, 2026
I am saving costs because I am getting better performance and deduplication rates.
XX
Vice President Of IT at Ascend Performance Materials
May 18, 2026
Ultimately, Dell PowerStore has been a rock-solid product for us, providing the capabilities we were seeking and yielding both efficiencies and financial value.
KiewietKritzinger - PeerSpot reviewer
Nutanix at Senior System Engineer
Dec 4, 2025
Dell PowerStore is highly versatile and offers numerous features that can be tailored to specific customer needs.
Reza Ahmed  Tuhin - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant General Manager Enterprise Solutions Sales at STBL
Apr 22, 2026
Dell PowerStore has definitely helped my customers improve their operational efficiency, as they can use their operations more efficiently with it.
LE
CEO at ISANA Systems
May 20, 2026
Dell PowerStore has positively impacted my organization by delivering great customer experiences that lead to repeat buyers and make it easier for us to maintain customers and have them come back and buy again from us.
reviewer2767527 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 10, 2026
The major thing is the performance issues we had previously; now, it is a primary storage for the client, and it was the best way where they even reduced to 95 percent where they had almost weekly P1 or P2 tickets, which reduced to hardly once a month or quarterly once.
 

Dell PowerStore Cons review quotes

reviewer2304864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2025
Customer service is good, though if you are running into some issues where you have to chase after them or they do not understand what is going on, overall it is pretty good.
Terry Peterson - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Manager at MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
May 21, 2026
One area for improvement with Dell PowerStore is the integration with our monitoring tools, which has been a bit challenging.
SW
Electrical Engineer Ii at Lafayette Utilities System LLC
May 19, 2026
One feature I would like to improve with Dell PowerStore is regarding Metro LUNs.
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reviewer2800806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Engineer And Server Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Feb 3, 2026
The licensing is a little bit high, but the product is very good.
VA
Platform Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 9, 2026
However, I can see that the software needs to mature more; whenever we upgrade to a new version, even if it is the Dell recommended version, we still encounter major bugs that can impact business operations.
XX
Vice President Of IT at Ascend Performance Materials
May 18, 2026
The biggest con could also be that same relationship, as it can be difficult to move away from them with the entire Dell stack.
KiewietKritzinger - PeerSpot reviewer
Nutanix at Senior System Engineer
Dec 4, 2025
From an entry-level perspective, PowerStore 500T has limited expansion capabilities.
Reza Ahmed  Tuhin - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant General Manager Enterprise Solutions Sales at STBL
Apr 22, 2026
I have already faced competition due to the ransomware feature that Dell does not have as a built-in feature in the storage.
LE
CEO at ISANA Systems
May 20, 2026
Dell PowerStore can be improved because the entry-level 500T is still not the most adopted entry-level box.
reviewer2767527 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 10, 2026
Dell PowerStore customer service is good, but sometimes they usually take a lot of time to understand the issue.