Dell PowerFlex vs. Lumen Edge Private Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell PowerFlex
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Dell PowerFlex (formerly VxFlex) software-defined storage solutions aim to enable transformational agility for organizations looking to modernize their datacenter operations. The vendor states PowerFlex enables extreme flexibility, massive scalability, and enterprise-class performance and resiliency while simplifying infrastructure management and operations.N/A
Lumen Edge Private Cloud
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Lumen Private Edge Cloud (replacing the former CenturyLink® Private Cloud) is a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) solution that brings VMware’s vSphere®, vSAN™ and NSX® into a natively integrated stack, delivering enterprise grade, globally available hyper-converged-infrastructure based on HPE® with CenturyLink automation and management capabilities for a consistent operational experience across cloud environments. CenturyLink Private Cloud helps boost application performance, minimize latency…N/A
Pricing
Dell PowerFlexLumen Edge Private Cloud
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.6 out of 10

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Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10

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User Ratings
Dell PowerFlexLumen Edge Private Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerFlexLumen Edge Private Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
Definitely would recommend this unit or this family of units into most peoples organizations. Especially if you're starting fresh with a whole dedicated SAN and dont have to move a ton of data over to these (though that is possible, it is very messy). If you're moving from existing storage, then you will have to be prepared for some sore spots!
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Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
CenturyLink Private Cloud is well suited for companies that are smaller and wouldn't have to undergo scaling for a longer time. Apart from that, it does well in almost all categories. It wouldn't actually be useful for bigger companies since the UI is a bit laggy sometimes and usually, it's not advisable for big companies.
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Pros
Dell Technologies
  • Gets all your (SAN) ducks in a row, and makes it easy with a single pane of glass
  • The usual good dell support if you're paying for the right support level
  • It can get expensive with options added but base price is pretty competitive
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Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • robust framework
  • amazing customer support in case you're facing maintenance issues
  • collaborative ability is off the charts
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • Costs are high, especially when having to replace multiple old SAN's with the one type
  • There is alot of down time when you have to push updates out to the units
  • Not sure we still have the full hang of all the functions as there's some pretty deep functions that are not explained well
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Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • UI can be really improved, since it sometimes lags a lot
  • Very few know about the product, so they should advertise a bit more
  • There maybe scaling issues since it's a relatively smaller company compared to its competitors
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
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Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
It doesn't stack up that well against them, since these are big companies and have huge infrastructures and they provide smooth scaling features. However CenturyLink Private Cloud is a little concise and not many people know about it, so I feel like they should advertise more and try to improve their customer outreach.
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • Money saved in having a bunch of other competing storage units
  • All kinds of time saved for our admins that have to deal with storage
  • The units look good and give you that futurey data center vibe!
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Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • We reduced our cloud hosting costs a lot after switching to CenturyLink Private Cloud
  • Maintenance is very easy since there is documentation available for every part
  • It had some issues with the UI but we can neglect those considering the pricing options they provide.
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