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Dell Compellent (discontinued) vs. IBM Storage Fusion

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell Compellent (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASince it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL.N/A

    IBM Storage Fusion

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Fusion is the foundation for container-native applications running on Red Hat OpenShift, which provides enterprise grade data-storage and protection services. This solution includes data services that are critical for global enterprise applications and a data driven Red Hat OpenShift environment. IBM Storage Fusion is built on a technology that provides global access to data to container applications. The application sees the data as another local file…N/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Fusion
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and IBM Storage Fusion
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM Storage Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Fusion
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    User Ratings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    All in all this series great in addressing issues applications that need flash storage as a backend storage supply. It addresses the need for fast, responsive servers that need to boot quickly. It is easy to use and for the most part there are few issues and none that can't be addressed/fixed quickly.
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    IBM
    I think its well suited for all modern programming. simple and ease of use are a plus.
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    Pros
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    • Dell Compellent support (Co-Pilot) and the add-on service (Optimize) are critical services that Dell Compellent does very well. Alerts from the array are sent to Co-Pilot where tickets are automatically generated and customers are notified of events. Of greater importance at times is the proactive support Co-Pilot and Optimize provide by contacting us of inefficiencies in the array and consulting on resolutions.
    • Enterprise Manager (Dell's "single pane of glass" management framework) is a useful tool for configuration/evaluation of the array and other Compellent products.
    • Ease of management. From firmware upgrades to managing server volumes the process is much simpler than with other arrays.
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    IBM
    • Connecting with multiple application DB of different data types and bringing the normalized data to on a roof/data lake
    • Easy to build the models and analytics that's help better understanding of business operation
    • AI models such as predictions, forecasts, and suggestions based on individual customer patterns or geo-clusters can build easily
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    Cons
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    • The GUI could be a little more updated with a lot more information regarding usage.
    • There could be some assistance with high I/O times where snapshots go to consolidate. There seems to be issues when that attempts to occur, and there will times where the virtual machine stuns due to the I/O intensity.
    • Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of multiple volumes is a pain in the DSM management console.
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    IBM
    • Improvement in areas where Software Defined Storage (SDS) can be better utilized with the broad capabilities of IBM storage features.
    • Focus should be shifted towards enabling capabilities of cyber resiliency as the other offerings in the market are already equipped with the same.
    • Broader non-IBM/Lenovo hardware support can be considered, specifically for IBM Storage fusion software offerings
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    Support Rating
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    This is not solely based on the support engineers themselves but more so that the logging and gotcha's that their array has. There have been multiple times where logs are pulled, but the folder is not large enough, and it crashes the array. Other times there are certain aspects that support either does not know of or isn't knowledgable about how to look at particular issues that could be causing problems.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We selected Compellent solely based on price. Honestly I would rate it only slightly better than a QNAP we used (which was even cheaper). If performance and reliability are factors in your decision (and they should be) I would recommend looking at something like a VNXe.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The SC9000 has been able to serve our current and futures needs well enough to not need to upgrade anytime soon.
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    IBM
    • IBM Fusion is ideal for Enterprise businesses or Ecosystems where large data types are in play. And added benefit to bringing them under a platform to add visualization and understanding.
    • Managing and monitoring is easy when compare to other industry tool
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