Cisco SmartStack vs. Dell VMAX

Cisco SmartStack

Cisco SmartStack

0 Reviews and Ratings

Dell VMAX

Dell VMAX

17 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco SmartStack	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	SmartStack integrated infrastructure, jointly developed by Cisco and Nimble Storage integrates computing, networking, and storage resources. It's designed to scale transparently and independently, so users can quickly respond to changing business requirements.	N/A
Dell VMAX	Score 9.7 out of 10	N/A	Dell VMAX All Flash is the latest iteration in the former Symmetrix series of enterprise flash array storage, available in the Dell VMAX 250F edition, or the Dell EMC VMAX 950F edition.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco SmartStack

Dell VMAX

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco SmartStack	Dell VMAX
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Cisco SmartStack	Dell VMAX
Considered Both Products	Cisco SmartStack No answer on this topic	Dell VMAX UK Utkarsh Khandelwal System Administrator Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem Incentivized Helpful? BS Bhawani Shankar Satapathy AIX Administrator Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem Incentivized Helpful? AG Amit Gupta AIX Administrator Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem and Dell EMC Unity Incentivized Helpful? KR Kaushal Rawat AIX Adminsitrator Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem Incentivized Helpful? DB Debopriya Bhattacharya AIX Administrator Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem, Dell EMC Unity and IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) Incentivized Helpful? SS Srishti Shukla Territory Business Manager Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem, Dell EMC Unity and IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) Incentivized Helpful? Lukas Mizera Information Technology Infrastructure Specialist - Storage Management Chose Dell VMAX IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM FlashSystem 9200, IBM FlashSystem 5100, IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems), IBM System Storage DS8900F (formerly DS8000), IBM SAN48B-5, IBM DS8880F and Pure Storage FlashArray Incentivized Helpful? PP Paul Phelan System Engineer Chose Dell VMAX The EMC array is a lot more robust, but the PURE array does almost the same with about a tenth of ease from the configuration. It really depends on the type of backend servers that you need to support as to whether you need a EMC array or a PURE array. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Cisco SmartStack

Dell VMAX

Enterprise Flash Array Storage

Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco SmartStack - Ratings	Dell VMAX 9.8 Ratings 9% above category average
Flash Array Performance	00 Ratings	9.80 Ratings
Flash Array Integration	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings
Data Compression	00 Ratings	9.80 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades	00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Simplicity	00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Power Savings	00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco SmartStack	Dell VMAX
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco SmartStack	Dell VMAX
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.7 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco SmartStack	Dell VMAX
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Dell EMC VMAX All-Flash Storage is a very powerful storage that easily manages huge data transactions with high IO processing speed. This Storage is well suited for critical production environments because response times are much better. This storage enables direct data backup. It's always up and running during updates because it creates a redundant connection from the controller. Incentivized BS Bhawani Shankar Satapathy AIX Administrator Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Powerful storage Easy to set up and use all functions Great storage capacity Hybrid cloud solution Transparent recovery Once we set up and did configuration, no adjustments are required Incentivized DB Debopriya Bhattacharya AIX Administrator Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Initial configuration are bit difficult need some experience resource to manage it. We faced issue with vendor support during major impact. Incentivized SS Srishti Shukla Territory Business Manager Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	The best part about this array is that once you have it configured it is pretty much done. There is little to no other configurations to be done other than normal volume adjustments. Support is great as they understand this array very well. The updates are very hands-off and are done solely by support. You contact them and then there are no other changes done on the end-user's side. Incentivized PP Paul Phelan System Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	The EMC array is a lot more robust, but the PURE array does almost the same with about a tenth of ease from the configuration. It really depends on the type of backend servers that you need to support as to whether you need a EMC array or a PURE array. Incentivized PP Paul Phelan System Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the hybrid cloud solution Dell EMC VMAX All Flash Storage provides the great storage capacity with data security Data Migration from other storage, data compression, stability Incentivized UK Utkarsh Khandelwal System Administrator Read full review
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