Azure StorSimple vs. Dell Storage Resource Manager

Azure StorSimple

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

Dell Storage Resource Manager

Dell Storage Resource Manager

2 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day
Dell Storage Resource Manager	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Storage Resource Manager (SRM) from Dell was built to manage the complexity of growing, heavily virtualized storage environments. With SRM, users obtain detailed relationship and topology views from the application, to the virtual or physical host, down to the LUN to identify service dependencies. Users can also view performance trends across the data path and identify hosts competing for resources. SRM helps to understand and manage the impact that storage has on applications. With this…	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

Dell Storage Resource Manager

Editions & Modules

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	Dell Storage Resource Manager
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Azure StorSimple	Dell Storage Resource Manager
Considered Both Products	Azure StorSimple Scott Lerner Director of IT Chose Azure StorSimple Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment. Incentivized Helpful?	Dell Storage Resource Manager Verified User Anonymous Chose Dell Storage Resource Manager The Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager, compared to the Microsoft System Center, is more fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection, and self-service. The Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager is also excellent at managing … Incentivized Helpful? Nithin Rao Operations Manager Chose Dell Storage Resource Manager Compared to others, Dell provides a more sophisticated software and the UI is simply so smooth. It feels native and Dell understands the requirement pretty well. Analytics ia simple and easy to use. Creating complex dashboards is a easy task for somone who knows around the tool. … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	Dell Storage Resource Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	Dell Storage Resource Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	The Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is well suited to handle handles filesystem that maybe be encrypted on disk and mounted on demand from an application. There are many storage options, and redeployments are supported. The interference is easy to use even for fewer experienced tech people. The main issue you might have is support if any problems arise. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Tracks every change to the Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager infrastructure. Allows deploying applications into staging or production environments faster than other solutions. You can migrate a multi-host and high-availability topology of Business Suites. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Price point Complex implementation Need tech background to understand Incentivized Nithin Rao Operations Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Compared to others, Dell provides a more sophisticated software and the UI is simply so smooth. It feels native and Dell understands the requirement pretty well. Analytics ia simple and easy to use. Creating complex dashboards is a easy task for somone who knows around the tool. Only downside is the price. Incentivized Nithin Rao Operations Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Task management for teams Storage distribution in efficient manner Analytics to understand usage Incentivized Nithin Rao Operations Manager Read full review
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