We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Primera based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions had a similar user rating in terms of ease of deployment. HPE Primera had a better user rating regarding pricing and service and support. In terms of features, HPE Nimble Storage users felt there were stability and scalability issues, while HPE Primera users felt the reporting console needed improvements and the user interface wasn’t user-friendly.
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"InfoSight - analytics sight that collects data for all Nimble arrays deployed"
"The replay and IOPS work well."
"The scalability is straightforward."
"HPE Nimble Storage is quick to release updates that fix bugs or problems and the failover has been good."
"Performance Integration with Commvault"
"HPE Nimble Storage uses the InfoSight platform and it is useful because we can identify the faults and can analyze the performance. It has many other features. This feature is the best that I have observed from HPE Nimble Storage."
"Performance, reliability, InfoSight, the ability to upgrade the O/S on the SAN without taking it down, and cost."
"In the 20 days that we have been using this solution, it has been stable."
"It is a stable and scalable solution with quick and efficient storage capability."
"The product has better replication features than the previous products."
"We sold Primera to a public university, and they're happy with it. They have been using it for about four months with no significant problems."
"There has been a lot of changes in HPE Primera OS, and most of the time any package related to it is simple to upgrade. It does not require any support for the operation. The customer can easily deploy any code directly from the GUI which is very good. Additionally, we have individual storage we can allocate and easily manage."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"It serves as the primary storage in my production environment."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"I wish they would put the InfoSight page back the way it was. I got in it for the first time about two years ago, and it looked the same for about a year and a half. Then, about six months ago, it changed. There are different options now. I can still get to where I need to go, but it feels like it takes longer, where before it didn't. Also, I felt like I had a lot more options before. I have to do a lot more to digging now to get to where I need to go. I just wish they had their old page back."
"I would like to have more administrative rights, for example, root-level administrative rights to the underlying OS of the storage array. We want more access to the kind of underlying infrastructure of the storage array rather than relying on support. However, most companies are looking to have more managed solutions which is the opposite direction of what I want."
"There should be faster interfaces."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"We face challenges with hardware delivery."
"I would like to see SSL Certification."
"I would like to see more integrations."
"The solution needs to be an active-active controller."
"HPE Primera's pricing model is an area of concern and can be considered for improvement."
"Price is always important in Turkey, so HPE could lower the price to keep it competitive. It's not as competitive as other solutions in this market."
"The pricing is very high."
"Like most storage, we want to see flash become more and more stable. Like any flash that uses MLC or TLC techniques, over time, the more writes you have, the less usable the storage becomes. They try to plan for this and have a lot of extra space in the arrays, but over time, their performance does degrade. This is true for any flash storage."
"The cost of HPE Primera could be lower."
"There really isn't any aspect of the solution that needs improvement for the customer other than its price."
"The solution could improve by having seamless migration from other storage systems. The process should be made easier."
"On the controller side, I would like to see NAS capabilities."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, VMware vSAN, IBM FlashSystem and NetApp AFF, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Huawei OceanStor Dorado. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. HPE Primera report.
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