We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and NetApp StorageGRID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"This product is very competitive."
"It is a stable platform."
"I have found Dell ECS to be scalable."
"The performance is good."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"Dell ECS is a cost-effective solution that provides ease of use and availability."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"Cost-effective and easy to deploy."
"The implementation with NetApp went smoothly. It is a 'setup and forget' type of appliance."
"It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more."
"It helps automate our storage infrastructure."
"The feature of StorageGRID that I find most valuable for ensuring data durability and protection is its Information Lifecycle Management functionality."
"Right now, we have an older StorageGRID. I like that we can grow it."
"It has enabled us to save money on storage costs. We removed our tape library."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"They need to ensure that the system will work if a site goes down."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service."
"One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes."
"The only real issue that we have run into is, when we are cloning, we cannot do a thin provision clone, it has to be a full clone."
"The integration with more apps has room for improvement."
"Data retrieval speed could be better."
"Beyond the initial setup, this product is a little bit difficult to configure."
"The processes around installation and upgrade need improvement."
"There was a small amount of confusion when working with StorageGRID and Active Directory for access. We had to do things three to four times resulting in our engineer troubleshooting a couple of things. The location of the menu, along with what is inside the menu: configurations, settings, etc., is not straightforward to users. Most users are Windows-based. So, when make logical changes to the menu which are not similar to Windows, users and administrators get confused."
"I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while NetApp StorageGRID is ranked 7th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while NetApp StorageGRID is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp StorageGRID writes "Scalable object storage with robust data durability with efficient geo-distribution and comprehensive lifecycle management ensuring managing of large volumes of unstructured data". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Scality RING, whereas NetApp StorageGRID is most compared with MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Scality RING, Cloudian HyperStore and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Dell ECS vs. NetApp StorageGRID report.
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