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PowerScale vs. NetApp E-Series

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPowerScale

by Dell Technologies

NetApp E-Series

by NetApp

Overall rating4.34.2
Review count2818
Ease of use8.90.0
Ease of setup8.10.0
Quality of support9.010.0
Meets requirements9.29.1
NPS51.85185255.555556
Small Business30.8%0.0%
Mid-Market15.4%0.0%
Enterprise53.8%0.0%
Total page views308126
Total LLM citations967446

PowerScale

Product Description Dell PowerScale is a scale-out NAS platform for enterprise unstructured data and a storage engine in Dell AI Data Platform. Powered by the OneFS operating system, it provides a single namespace with unified file and object access for storage into a single intelligent namespace that scales from terabytes to over 700 petabytes without disruption—eliminating data silos and simplifying management of unstructured data at any scale.

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Integrations
  • Easy Integrations
  • Search Efficiency
  • Fast Processing
  • Ease of Use

NetApp E-Series

NetApp E-Series systems are flexible, highly reliable hybrid flash arrays designed for organizations that need simple, fast, and cost-effective block storage. Powered by the SANtricity operating system, E-Series delivers high-capacity and consistent performance with straightforward management, making it ideal for environments where ease of use, density and predictable throughput matter most. E-Series systems are commonly used for video surveillance, backup and recovery, virtualization, HPC workloads, and general-purpose block storage in departmental or distributed environments.

Pros