Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Dell Unity XT Unified Storage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Dell Unity XT hybrid flash arrays are storage systems for running general purpose workloads that do not require the low latencies and speed of all flash/NVMe architectures. Unity XT hybrid flash arrays balance performance, efficiency, features or outcomes.N/A
Pricing
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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Features
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerMax NVMe
9.6
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
9.3
15 Ratings
2% above category average
Flash Array Performance10.02 Ratings9.413 Ratings
Flash Array Integration10.02 Ratings9.413 Ratings
Data Compression10.02 Ratings9.712 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades10.02 Ratings8.715 Ratings
Simplicity8.72 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Power Savings9.12 Ratings9.514 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.5
(20 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerMax NVMeDell Unity XT Unified Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Dell Technologies
Dell EMC Unity is an easy system and very flexible component and very easy to navigate while providing effective services and management of multiple project information management and the data pulling from the supported third-party platform is easy and quick. Excellent reporting features and easy to use and the analytics tools are amazing.
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Pros
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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Dell Technologies
  • Enables you to create multiple copies of any database.
  • Data savings feature with compression.
  • Integrity with VMWare, RHEL, Oracle.
  • The best option is a midrange unified storage array in a customer environment.
  • Some models support NMMe.
  • Copy Data Management (iCDM), Data-At-Rest-Encryption (D@RE).
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • Can be complex if someone is not versed on the product.
  • Expensive.
  • High cost of maintenance.
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Dell Technologies
  • Alerting: receiving an alert when an issue occurs. That is good to know. However, if the alert is cleared, or somehow no longer in alarm, no email is received. At times I will receive the email alert on weekends, not knowing if the issue is resolved or not until Monday when I can access the unit. I have learned in most instances, the alert is a false alarm, which could be a problem.
  • The alerting itself is sometimes not clear. For example, it tells me the link is down, we reset the connection, the link is still down, a tech was dispatched, he troubleshot, and finally the alarm cleared. This incident took almost a week. It went back into alarm after he left, then suddenly it cleared on its own.
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Usability
Dell Technologies
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Dell Technologies
Very cumbersome compared to other vendors in the same marketplace.
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Support Rating
Dell Technologies
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Dell Technologies
Not only support for Unity, but for any Dell product, whether for companies or for the end consumer. Support is agile, helpful, and always focused on solving the problem. To date, there has been no problem that Dell's support has failed to resolve and help us with.
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
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Dell Technologies
I was instructed to buy these arrays, but I was not given the opportunity to evaluate other arrays. We evaluated other products in the market that competed with Unity and found that the younger array built from scratch had far better features, software, and ease of use. The Unity system has a unique way of storing the data when compared with other systems.
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • Cost
  • Opex vs Capex
  • Maintenance Costs.
  • Learning curve on software to maintain the array.
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Dell Technologies
  • Less business downtime and reliability is a major business concern. DELL EMC UNITY addresses this concern well and provides robust storage.
  • Investing in UNITY system is less expensive than all-flash storage systems.
  • Managing and provisioning VMware disks became simpler from a single interface in the Vcenter
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