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Dell PowerFlex vs. Dell PowerMax NVMe

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
Dell PowerMax NVMe
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Dell PowerMax NVME is presented as a end-to-end NVMe, storage class memory (SCM) for persistent storage, real-time machine learning and up to 350GB per second to power critical workloads.N/A
Pricing
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
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
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerFlex
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Ratings
Dell PowerMax NVMe
9.6
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Flash Array Performance00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Flash Array Integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Data Compression00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Simplicity00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Power Savings00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
Small Businesses
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 9.0 out of 10
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerFlexDell PowerMax NVMe
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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Dell Technologies
PowerMax is suited for a mid-tier to enterprise company. It can easily take on and manage what it may take with various storage arrays. This can work in any vertical, healthcare, manufacturing, financial, insurance, etc. It can easily manage massive workloads and deliver very high-end performance. Is not feasible for small companies, this can and would be very expensive to maintain and operate, and it truly doesn't make sense when a much smaller array can be used.
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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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Dell Technologies
  • Fastest storage array in the world.
  • this system provide the performance density up to 7.5 million IOPS5 per rack
  • Its support maximum system
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Srishti Shukla
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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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Dell Technologies
  • Can be complex if someone is not versed on the product.
  • Expensive.
  • High cost of maintenance.
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
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Dell Technologies
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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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Anonymous
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Dell Technologies
  • Cost
  • Opex vs Capex
  • Maintenance Costs.
  • Learning curve on software to maintain the array.
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