Dell EqualLogic PS Series vs. Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)

Dell EqualLogic is well suited in a virtual environment where the ability to quickly create new volumes is important. Also, being able to back-up and restore data pools is a key factor, as well as automating your storage environment. Smaller businesses would be less suited in this scenario and would be better off with a less expensive NAS solution.

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For small to medium sided environments, it's great, or for low demand but being able to hit higher IOPS on demand. It's still entry-level compared to EqualLogic hardware but a great contender in the field.

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• Provides a hybrid mixture of SAS and SSD disks
• Different raid levels allowed across shelves
• Daisy chain SAN controllers

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• Tape Solution
• Small Business Solution
• Good for direct attached storage purposes like video security.

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• Be nice to use a hybrid of drives. Solid state and hard disk drives.
• Configuration was easy, but the maintaining of it can be a little difficult. We are a small shop. The system runs great, but when it comes to increasing storage space, etc., it can be difficult because we aren't in it daily. Some options are buried pretty well, which makes it tough to find.

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• Maintenance is tough. Dell recommends bringing the unit down for any kind of maintenance of upgrades.
• Internal IOPS monitoring could be greatly improved.
• Arrays are locked down to Dell licensed disks.

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Having used HP StorageWorks, I have found that the Dell EqualLogic works more smoothly in a VMware environment. There are plugins that work in vSphere that allow you to create volumes and provision new virtual servers with relative ease. The software and interface that the EqualLogic runs on is more straightforward as well.

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couple vendors but nothing to write home about....

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• Easy deployment with assistance from Dell meant a quick turn around time
• Dell after support very good. Disk failures are dealt with quickly
• Management of the units and ease

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• If you need a lot of disks attached to a system, PowerVault is the way to go.
• The cost of the unit is reasonable, and you can extend the life of the unit pretty far.

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