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Dell PowerVault vs Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)
Oracle Zero Data Loss Recov...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Disk Based Backup Systems (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerVault and Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerVault is designed for Enterprise SAN and holds a mindshare of 11.8%, down 28.4% compared to last year.
Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, on the other hand, focuses on Disk Based Backup Systems, holds 5.3% mindshare, up 5.1% since last year.
Enterprise SAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerVault11.8%
Dell PowerStore12.8%
Cisco MDS Series10.5%
Other64.9%
Enterprise SAN
Disk Based Backup Systems Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance5.3%
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain32.6%
HPE StoreOnce31.3%
Other30.799999999999997%
Disk Based Backup Systems
 

Featured Reviews

Storage has supported long-term CCTV archiving and improves on-premises application performance
I think it would be good regarding how Dell PowerVault could improve to have, in addition to the excellent support service that exists, some training courses, forums, and a training school for using these tools. Many people specialize only in this kind of equipment, and others have no idea how to configure them or how they work and always end up depending on people who have spent a long time working with these systems and know how to handle them more because of experience than because of information that can be easily obtained about using this equipment. Everything regarding additional aspects that could be improved in Dell PowerVault has already been mentioned.
SH
CTO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Creates cost optimization by eliminating required backup agent licenses
One of the current challenges: More than 60TB database, weekly backup taking over two days, and incremental is almost over eight hours. This is extremely resource consuming with a lot of backup duration, etc. Recovery also becomes tough. The one time backup with incremental forever should release us from this pain.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."
"Dell PowerVault offers amazing snapshots and uptime; it simply works."
"The solution is easy to configure and reliable; the performance is very good, and storage consolidation is quite easy to configure on it."
"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."
"The most valuable features are stability and response time."
"Dell PowerVault is a more scalable and secure solution compared to other backup solutions."
"I believe Dell PowerVault is the best option on the market at the moment, especially for entry-level and budget solutions."
"The one time backup with incremental forever should release us from this pain."
 

Cons

"The implementation process takes a while."
"I have experienced issues with the stability and reliability as more known features concerning controller management and controller management ports mostly stuck, and I have to reboot the management controller."
"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."
"PowerVault could be improved by increasing its memory cache capacity and adding the ability to export data to the cloud."
"Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
"Dell PowerVault is capturing an area that is needed for our customers, and it can be improved if this part could include a NAS option as well since the entry-level NAS part is currently missing in the portfolio, which would be a very good offering for customers, especially for their small and medium businesses."
"We've had some control issues."
"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
"We need more time to discover the cons of the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."
"I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
"I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."
"I rate the price of Dell PowerVault a nine out of ten."
"They are offering a wide range of support models for the customers such as basic support that is budget-friendly, but they also provide a professional support solution that is a bit costly"
"The price of Dell PowerVault could be reduced. It is more expensive than some IBM solutions."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
"The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Government
10%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

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Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?
I do not have detailed information about the cost of Dell PowerVault. However, I believe that Dell PowerVault is much more expensive than other solutions, such as Veeam Backup, which offers better ...
What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?
There is another solution called Veeam Backup that I believe is better than Dell PowerVault. It is an international solution that many large companies use, and it offers many more capabilities. For...
What is your primary use case for Dell PowerVault?
I was using Dell PowerVault as a backup solution. I use Backup Exec, which is an application to manage Dell PowerVault, rather than the HTML5 PowerVault Manager for ME5. Currently, I am using Dell ...
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