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Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)

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What is Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)?

Dell's PowerVault series presents both disk based and tape backup solution. The PowerVault TL and Powervault LTO are tape drives, while the PowerVault DR, RD, and DL series are disk based.

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What users are saying about Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series).
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PowerVault Review, the Good the Bad and the Ugly

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Joe WilkerView profile
Network and Systems Administrator II - Team Lead in Information Technology at Edgewood College (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Tape Solution
  • Small Business Solution
  • Good for direct attached storage purposes like video security.

Cons

  • The solution isn't really for large enterprise solutions except for direct attached solutions.

Return on Investment

  • If you need a lot of disks attached to a system, PowerVault is the way to go.
  • The cost of the unit is reasonable, and you can extend the life of the unit pretty far.

Other Software Used

CommVault, VMware ESXi

Good and Bad

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Ezra OwenView profile
Director of Infrastructure in Engineering at Lume Technologies (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Simple to set up.
  • Single pane of glass to monitor several arrays.
  • Ability to scale.

Cons

  • Maintenance is tough. Dell recommends bringing the unit down for any kind of maintenance of upgrades.
  • Internal IOPS monitoring could be greatly improved.
  • Arrays are locked down to Dell licensed disks.

Return on Investment

  • It has provided a great start for our business. Great entry into our client base.
  • Not great when you want to scale.

Other Software Used

Pure Storage, Nimble Storage

It works and works well.

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Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • iscsi
  • storage
  • and it's simple.

Cons

  • UI is lacking some love.

Return on Investment

  • as a tech/network guy i dont care for ROI... it works.