"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance."
"I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
"It is an inexpensive storage solution."
"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
"PowerVault comes with free software that performs functions like data deduplication and replication, which is cost-effective and delivers added value to the product."
"The most valuable features are stability and response time."
"The initial setup was easy and simple."
"Being able to move data seamlessly from one-premise to the cloud (Azure). It works great. The backup solution is perfect for us."
"The most valuable feature is the portability of large archived data. You're able to put things on large on-prem, low-cost storage and then augment that with even lower cost storage in the cloud."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is easy to use and integrate with whichever operating systems you use, providing you with a complete view, especially when you plan to migrate to some other operating system."
"The solution is very easy to use and it offers great support."
"It's so easy to work with."
"Most importantly is having that island into that datacenter, and being able to address things in the same console. Thus, it is irrelevant where it's stored."
"The solution can be used for all Office 365 applications."
"Its initial setup is easy."
"In the next release, I would like the deduplication and compression included, as well as the flash technology. It doesn't currently use it."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"The implementation process takes a while."
"Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."
"The high prices of the solution are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The price of the solution could be lower."
"The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level during these upgrade processes, as we sometimes need to shut down both controllers. This could be an area for improvement."
"There are some bits it could do better. With tighter integration maybe with Veeam, or something like that, it'd be really good."
"More than a 500 volume limit. At the moment, it only supports up to 500 volumes for SnapMirror and that's a problem. We've got 750, so a larger limit for volume replicas for SnapMirror."
"I really want to partner it with the SnapCenter. We haven't implemented that yet. We're upgrading all of our stuff to the ONTAP 9, which you had to have."
"It's a good product, but it's becoming outdated and moving to their other primary architecture."
"More capacity with the basic model of the AltaVault would probably help out."
"I would like to see more web support."
"It would be nice if the solution was more complete. Many customers are looking for a single solution or silo that they can manage everything from. It would be nice, instead of having different products, if everything a client needed was in one solution."
"NetApp's own competing products complicate things."
Dell PowerVault is ranked 2nd in Enterprise SAN with 23 reviews while NetApp AltaVault is ranked 39th in Cloud Backup with 17 reviews. Dell PowerVault is rated 8.4, while NetApp AltaVault is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerVault writes "Easy to use with good integrations and reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AltaVault writes "Though the solution's configuration phase can be difficult, the tool offers stability and scalability". Dell PowerVault is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Huawei OceanStor SNS, Lenovo Storage V Series and ExaGrid EX, whereas NetApp AltaVault is most compared with Commvault Cloud, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik.
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