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Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series) vs. OCI Virtual Desktop

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADell's PowerVault series presents both disk based and tape backup solution. The PowerVault TL and Powervault LTO are tape drives, while the PowerVault DR, RD, and DL series are disk based.N/A

    Oracle VDI

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be used to deploy managed virtual desktops and access them from anywhere while keeping data and applications safe.N/A
    Pricing
    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)Oracle VDI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)Oracle VDI
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)Oracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    2.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)Oracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    Dell PowerVault suits SMB needs, VMware datastores, and backup targets where cost and simplicity matter. It's less ideal for latency-sensitive workloads, or environments needing sophisticated replication and automation.
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    Oracle
    Considering Oracle VDI is not supported by Oracle anymore, and will not receive any future updates, I wouldn't recommend Oracle VDI for most scenarios. Unless your organization is under some strict contractual agreement or there is a feature in Oracle VDI that isn't supported in its modern successors/competitors (haven't come across a feature like that based on my experience), I would recommend using something like VMware Horizon.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • iscsi
    • storage
    • and it's simple.
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    Oracle
    • Providing desktop operating system virtualization is way more manageable using this Oracle suite.
    • It has a robust security infrastructure and provides great audit trails.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • The solution isn't really for large enterprise solutions except for direct attached solutions.
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    Oracle
    • Frequent disconnects causing me to have to reboot my server.
    • Can be laggy at times.
    • Freezes regularly.
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    Usability
    Dell Technologies
    It's reliable and familiar to Dell-centric teams. Purpose-built modern arrays from Pure or HPE offer a noticeably smoother experience for the same core tasks.
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    Oracle
    From the end user's perspective the usability is not impacted at all.
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    Performance
    Dell Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    The easiest way to describe the performance is like this - when it is working, it works almost flawlessly. When it starts freezing, your day is going to get very interesting very quickly. As I have stated earlier, I used it for one purpose, and it did what I needed it to most of the time, but I did have issues with it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    Pure Storage is much better overall. If you need to have a 7.2K solution or an array where you have several speeds needed (7K, 10K, or SSD) then Powervault is good. It is also much cheaper than Pure Storage.
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    Oracle
    VMware Horizon does everything that Oracle VDI is capable of doing and offers many more features, and unlike Oracle VDI, it is still receiving constant updates. Oracle VDI was a great solution for enterprise-level management of virtualized desktop when it was getting updates, but now that it won't be getting any, I would put it in the "outdated technology" category.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • as a tech/network guy i dont care for ROI... it works.
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    Oracle
    • Pricing Models were harsh to begin with, so we invested more money on the license than we needed to.
    • Due to all of the laggy, buggy, and crashing interfaces, our administrators spent considerable additional time working on simple operations.
    • We missed out on many advanced features that Oracle VDI's competitors were rolling out, so we couldn't benefit from them.
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