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Dell Compellent (discontinued) vs. VAST Data

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
VAST Data
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
VAST's universal storage innovations combine to deliver a compounded level of storage savings with the goal of making flash affordable. VAST provides All Flash performance which allows users to write at Storage Class Memory speeds, read at NVMe speeds and scale to millions of IOPS and Terabytes per second. VAST's File and Object Storage solution scales to meet any application or capacity agenda all while being engineered at every level to deliver unrivaled system efficiency.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Dell Compellent (discontinued)VAST Data
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
VAST Data
-
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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Everpure FlashArray
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell Compellent (discontinued)VAST Data
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell Compellent (discontinued)VAST Data
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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VAST Data
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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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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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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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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.
Jeff Stockamp | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeff Stockamp
Principal Systems Administrator
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VAST Data
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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.
Brooks Weisblat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Brooks Weisblat
Vice President of Technology
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VAST Data
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