Dell Compellent (discontinued) vs. Rubrik

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell Compellent (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Since 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
Rubrik
Score 7.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Rubrik is cloud data management and enterprise backup software provided by Palo Alto-based Rubrik, Inc. It is a software platform that provides backup, instant recovery, archival, search, analytics, compliance, and copy data management in one secure fabric across data centers and clouds.N/A
Pricing
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
Considered Both Products
Dell Compellent (discontinued)

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Rubrik
Chose Rubrik
Rubrik is much simpler and way more powerful. The archive to the cloud again trumps our old legacy product.
Features
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
Dell Compellent (discontinued)
8.3
3 Ratings
7% below category average
Rubrik
-
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
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Dell Compellent (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Rubrik
9.2
142 Ratings
8% above category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.5127 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings9.7136 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings8.9125 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.6134 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.5131 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings6.9137 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings8.8141 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings9.8142 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings9.2139 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.9142 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings9.9132 Ratings
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Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 8.5 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Pure Storage FlashArray
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
6.1
(140 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(17 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(25 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(23 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(8 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell Compellent (discontinued)Rubrik
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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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik is still a relatively new product when compared to other solutions which tackle total data protection. The feature set is quite broad but still needs some refinements. Most of the User Interface is quite straightforward and easy, but some areas are a bit lacking in a description of what the option is used for, or the option is missing. While making the user experience easy, many tunables aren’t present and require a Support Tunnel to be open for a Support person to make a change in the customer’s environment. Seems the first question Support always asks is if you can open a tunnel for them to remote in. Then you’re not able to monitor exactly what they’re doing.
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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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Rubrik, Inc
  • It just works right out of the box. No customizations were needed to start using.
  • It protects several types of databases such as IBM DB2 that are not protected by competing products.
  • The Rubrik Support team is very knowledgeable and responsive to our issues.
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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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Rubrik, Inc
  • Automated test restores. I would love to setup automated and random test restores on a regular basis where Rubrik's system will restore a random file or directory to a test SharePoint folder, send a full report, and provide a path to the folder for review and confirmation.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
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Rubrik, Inc
The support has been incredible. Any time we have had a question, it has always been answered within 24hrs. Also, the team is always will to hop on a Zoom call to help walk us through the dashboard and troubleshoot any issues we are having. Also, having the peace of mind that our data is protected should anything happen in our system.
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Usability
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Rubrik, Inc
The support is top notch both tech and sales team, the tools are simple
to use and yet still is feature rich. Security is top of the list, the
product is sold and reliable, easy to configure and intuitive to use.
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Reliability and Availability
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik's brik is designed with redundancy in mind, ensuring that if one node experiences issues, others can continue to provide backup and recovery services.
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Performance
Discontinued Products
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Rubrik, Inc
Yes. Even on VPN and poor occasional poor internet speeds we've had no issues.
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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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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik support has been pretty good. There have been a few issues with new releases we have experienced and are still considering if we want to make the jump to version nine. There are a few things we are concerned about which are giving us pause. That being said, support is working hard to answer our questions.
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In-Person Training
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Rubrik, Inc
Very easy to take in and pass on.
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Online Training
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Rubrik, Inc
Easy to follow and very thorough. Trainer was knowledgeable and helpful answering any questions and providing detailed answers where possible. It's also nice to gain another badge :) There is also the Rubrik University online tutorials to refer back to and keep updated with new innovations. I would say the exam was very hard.
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Implementation Rating
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Rubrik, Inc
From experience the implementation was smooth and easy, like a simple plug and play format but would need coordination from your network team to be able to see the entire IT infrastructure.
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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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Rubrik, Inc
Having all our backups under one umbrella made product management easier, with not need to manage myltip contracts.
The additional analysis of the data after the fact gave insights into our user data, without the need for an addition product, or the impact on live data sets.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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Rubrik, Inc
We are fine with the 1 year or 3 year support options that Rubrik has had. The support for the on-prem hardware has been great too. We've had them for quite a while (4+ years) and no end of support yet.
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Scalability
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik allows multi-site deployment and cloud integration. But we are currently only using Rubrik in one location with Archives in Cloud
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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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Rubrik, Inc
  • Rubrik has eliminated all our other backup tools that we were trying to accomplish what they offer.
  • Rubrik has made management of backups a non-issue.
  • Recovery of systems and files takes seconds or minutes.
  • We have a better strategy against ransomware.
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ScreenShots

Rubrik Screenshots

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