Dell PowerStore Reviews

We use this solution for customers who are looking for NFS and SMB file shares with faster access, migrating from the existing Unity and VNX onto PowerStore. We use this solution for consolidation. 

We are an implementer of this solution for our customers. It allows our customers to access the file shares quickly and easily.

The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from PowerStore and is the most valuable feature. 

Many customers are looking for a cyber recovery feature included in PowerStore. We would like to see this added in a future release. 

I have been using this solution for two years. 

This is a stable solution.

I would rate the customer service for this solution an eight out of ten. 

The initial setup is straightforward. The time it takes to deploy this solution depends on what a customer is looking for. It usually takes between two to three days. We start implementation by gathering the customer requirements before going on-site and completing the implementation.

This solution allowed us to consolidate our storage efforts and operate with less of a footprint.

We did not evaluate any other options as I am a Dell partner.

From a technology perspective, this solution is up to date and supports NVMe.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

They use Dell PowerStore to build virtualization.

I have found the most valuable part of Dell PowerStore is the price.

I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity. 

I have been using Dell PowerStore for three to four years.

Dell PowerStore is a very stable solution.

It is very easy to scale and we have all different sizes of customers.

Technical Support is very good.

I worked with Nimble but prefer Dell PowerStore because you just increase your SSD or hard drive in relation to the IPS. Nimble has an advantage because you can have a fixed IPS with the controller.

Dell PowerStore charges for the hardware warranty every three years. The price will depend on the storage model or how much hardware it has.

Competitors all focus on the all-flash solution. If any customer wants to buy their all-flash storage, besides Dell PowerStore, they can also consider Pure Storage. I would rate Dell PowerStore an eight out of ten.

I'm a systems engineer and we have a partnership with Dell. 

This is an interesting solution and I find the mapping to be a great feature. 

I would like to see more automation and more analytics in this product.

We have deployed this solution to our customers over the past six months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. Each of our customers has around 30-40 users. 

Dell provides great customer service. 

The initial setup is very easy. 

I love this product and hope to work more on it. I rate it 10 out of 10. 

We are using Dell PowerStore for block storage. We store all the virtualized environments, such as ERP, virtual machines, Oracle, and SAP-based Virtual Machines. We use storage for all our blocks.

The most valuable feature of Dell PowerStore is the all-NVMe flash storage. This is the most powerful feature of this series. It supports compression and duplication leads.

We are looking for the Dell PowerStore to become more mature to maximize our use cases.

I have been using Dell PowerStore for approximately two years.

Dell PowerStore is stable. All solutions have some issues, but overall it works well.

Dell PowerStore is scalable.

We have 15 to 20 people using the solution in my company. The amount of use of the solution depends on the project we are in.

Once you deploy this solution in an environment from scratch it can be challenging. However, if the sizing and the planning are good, then the challenges can be covered upfront.

I rate the initial setup of Dell PowerStore a four out of five.

The price of Dell PowerStore could improve. The price should be managed more compared to Huawei Dorado or IBM All-Flash series.

I rate Dell PowerStore a ten out of ten.

Our primary use case for this solution is virtual machines and file server databases.

We have found the duplication compression feature very valuable.

The product could be improved by including a synchronizing feature for the file systems.

We have been using this solution for ten months and we are currently using version 1.0.

The solution is stable. I rate it an eight out of ten.

The solution is scalable.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We used vendors the first time we deployed and deployed it in-house the second time. It took us half a day to complete the deployment.

I rate the licensing costs a seven out of ten.

I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good, but a synchronizing feature could be included to improve the solution.

We are a cloud service provider and we use Dell EMC PowerStore for the storage.

I have been using Dell EMC PowerStore for approximately one year.

We have found the solution very stable and we like it very much.

Dell EMC PowerStore is scalable.

There are many users using this solution and we have over 50 customers.

I did not contact Dell support for this Dell EMC PowerStore solution but I have contacted them before for other solutions. I am typically happy with Dell's support.

The solution is easy to install.

We have a team of four engineers that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

The price of Dell EMC PowerStore could be better, it is a bit expensive.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Dell EMC PowerStore a nine out of ten.