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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 Insights

    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Storage Insights is a storage management application designed to support capacity planning, increase storage utilization, and provide performance monitoring.N/A
    Pricing
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
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    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and IBM Storage Insights
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM Storage Insights
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    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 Insights
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    Cyberduck
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Cisco UCS Manager
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Cisco UCS Manager
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    User Ratings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)IBM Storage Insights
    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
    This product is highly recommended, first because it has a trial version that lasts 30 days, which is a good time to demonstrate the functionalities of this product to customers, in my case it has been very useful when we have a latency problem in the storage and we don't know the cause, I let the application run for a week and I have reports of all the storage components
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    • IBM Storage Insights has an excellent interaction with other IBM applications
    • IBM Storage Insights Cloud storage is very secure
    • IBM Storage Insights allows for the transfer of data between different data storage systems
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    • Android devices still requires IBM Storage Insights for outstanding functionality.
    • Further, IBM Storage Insights has a complex interface, that requires adequate orientation.
    • Besides, IBM Storage Insights is known to offer full service in terms of storage and other evaluating measures.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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
    IBM Storage Insights is competent in the amount of database the software can hold, with advanced external space, that makes companies balance the operations and control the analytics. Besides, IBM Storage Insights gauge the working capacity of software, by deploying accurate system controls and [validating] the security protocols. Finally, IBM Storage Insights has set terms that are perfect, reasonable, and committed to [helping].
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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 Storage Insights generates opinions or results from the analytical powers.
    • IBM Storage Insights makes sharing the norm in a company, which lowers expense.
    • IBM Storage Insights makes companies hold large database without compromise.
    Incentivized
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