Dell PowerScale vs. Fivetran

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell PowerScale
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Dell Technologies presents Dell PowerScale (replacing EMC Isilon) as a scale-out NAS solution and server technology that provides the flexibility of a software-defined architecture with accelerated hardware innovations to harness the value of data. Isilon Systems was acquired by EMC in 2010; some EMC Isilon NAS appliances are still available and supported under the PowerScale brand.N/A
Fivetran
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Fivetran replicates applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance data warehouse, after a five minute setup. The vendor says their standardized cloud pipelines are fully managed and zero-maintenance. The vendor says Fivetran began with a realization: For modern companies using cloud-based software and storage, traditional ETL tools badly underperformed, and the complicated configurations they required often led to project failures. To streamline and accelerate…
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Pricing
Dell PowerScaleFivetran
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$0.01
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Standard
$0.01
per credit
Enterprise
$0.01
per credit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell PowerScaleFivetran
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
Dell PowerScaleFivetran
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerScale
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Ratings
Fivetran
10.0
8 Ratings
19% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerScale
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Ratings
Fivetran
7.2
7 Ratings
11% below category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerScale
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Ratings
Fivetran
6.2
8 Ratings
23% below category average
Data model creation00 Ratings2.06 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Dell PowerScale
-
Ratings
Fivetran
8.4
7 Ratings
5% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
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User Ratings
Dell PowerScaleFivetran
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerScaleFivetran
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS is well suited for larger files (greater the 128 Kb) and where you need to have everything in one common name space. Where it is less appropriate is for many small files (millions of files less than 128 Kb in size) - this causes the protection level to becoming mirroring, which will cost more space.
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Fivetran
Fivetran's business model justifies the use-case where we require data from a single source basically a lot of data but if the requirement is not on the heavier side, Fivetran comes to costly operation when compared to its peers. Otherwise, I'll recommend Fivetran for stability and update and seamless service provider.
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Pros
Dell Technologies
  • NAS Storage
  • Capacity and Performance details of the array
  • Alert and Operations details
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Fivetran
  • Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors
  • Transforms data into standard models and schemas
  • Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • Some upgrades require the entire cluster to be rebooted simultaneously. In this day and age, that should not be necessary. This is my biggest disappointment with Isilon to date.
  • When using multiple storage pools you have to be very careful with your capacity management. Filling up one pool can cause an overflow of data to a pool that is less performance driven. Do not underestimate your capacities or you will find yourself in a tight spot.
  • Block size is almost always an issue with Isilon. It does not handle all types of data well. In many cases PACS and VNA data is best to be stored on a different storage platform that will utilize the capacity more efficiently that Isilon is capable of.
  • Deduplication seems to be less efficient on Isilon than on other platforms for similar types of data.
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Fivetran
  • Very difficult to get connectors enhanced if a specific needed object is not supported by them
  • Depending on the edition needed and the data volumes, can get quite expensive
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Usability
Dell Technologies
No answers on this topic
Fivetran
Very easy and intuitive to setup and maintain as there usually are not that many options. Very well documented (e.g. how to setup each connector, how the schema looks like, any specific features of this connector etc.). Also the operation is intuitive, e.g. you have status pages, log pages, configuration pages etc. for each connector.
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Performance
Dell Technologies
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Fivetran
It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare.
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
Raw disk space vs. logical disk space ratio was significantly better on the Isilon. Fast cache using SSD drives for faster searching is available on the Isilon but not available on the Overland solution. Isilon solution included faster backend switching between nodes.
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Fivetran
We never seriously considered using anything else. Our data engineers had used Fivetran extensively in previous roles so when it came time to make a decision, there wasn't much of a process. They gladly signed the contract with Fivetran pretty quickly.
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • Isilon provides very high value for money
  • Matches the performance and storage requirements of the arrays
  • EMC provides very skillful and high response team in case of any issues in isilon
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Fivetran
  • It has been very positive in serving BI team with new source requests
  • It has been OK at scaling to match as data volumes as source data size grows
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