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Dell PowerFlex vs. IBM LinuxONE

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell PowerFlex
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Dell PowerFlex (formerly VxFlex) software-defined storage solutions aim to enable transformational agility for organizations looking to modernize their datacenter operations. The vendor states PowerFlex enables extreme flexibility, massive scalability, and enterprise-class performance and resiliency while simplifying infrastructure management and operations.N/A
IBM LinuxONE
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM LinuxONE is the company's high performance scalable mainframe servers, available in the Rockhopper and Emperor editions.N/A
Pricing
Dell PowerFlexIBM LinuxONE
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell PowerFlexIBM LinuxONE
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details—Individual pricing on request
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Community Pulse
Dell PowerFlexIBM LinuxONE
Considered Both Products
Dell PowerFlex

No answer on this topic

IBM LinuxONE
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM LinuxONE
LinuxONE has better scalability and price/performance metrics.
ANDRE PARSAD | TrustRadius Reviewer
ANDRE PARSAD
Vice President,Internet Services
Chose IBM LinuxONE
The backing of IBM and its customer staff and expertise was very distinct vs competitors
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User Ratings
Dell PowerFlexIBM LinuxONE
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell PowerFlexIBM LinuxONE
Likelihood to Recommend
Definitely would recommend this unit or this family of units into most peoples organizations. Especially if you're starting fresh with a whole dedicated SAN and dont have to move a ton of data over to these (though that is possible, it is very messy). If you're moving from existing storage, then you will have to be prepared for some sore spots!
Verified User
Anonymous
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IBM LinuxONE dashboard is clean and friendly to welcome new users and the capabilities of the feature are excellent and easy to pull multiple data from other third parties platforms through the IBM LinuxONE integration functions and the data merging tools are very excellent. Multiple data processing operations are easily managed and monitored through this software and the reports are effective.
Cedeno Amanda | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cedeno Amanda
.NET Software Engineer
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Pros
  • Dell hardware is built solid and works well
  • The interface is smooth and easy to use, also updates are easy
  • Much flexibility due to being a Software defined SAN
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Anonymous
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  • Great security, if you configure things correctly
  • Performance per instance is above average if you compare to commodity x86
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Anonymous
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Cons
  • Loooooong firmware and software upgrades
  • Those long upgrades make your hands sweat when they feel like they've stalled out
  • Support can be hit or miss as far as knowledge of the product
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Anonymous
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  • Deploying of the IBM LinuxONE is not easy to new users.
  • Powerful machine is required.
  • To generate quality services requires an experienced user.
Cedeno Amanda | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cedeno Amanda
.NET Software Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
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The backing of IBM and its customer staff and expertise was very distinct vs competitors
ANDRE PARSAD | TrustRadius Reviewer
ANDRE PARSAD
Vice President,Internet Services
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Return on Investment
  • Money saved in having a bunch of other competing storage units
  • All kinds of time saved for our admins that have to deal with storage
  • The units look good and give you that futurey data center vibe!
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • No downtime since we deployed IBM LinuxONE
MA
Mehdi Ayouch
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
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