We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and HPE SimpliVity based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both of these HPE solutions are part of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise brand of excellent data management products. Users say HPE SimpliVity is the more comprehensive product. It is a very user-friendly, simple product to use, implement, and manage. The storage virtualization layers and super fast backups make it extremely valuable. Some users say HPE Nimble Storage dHCI can be a bit buggy and should provide better file-level restoration and DVX system options.
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"I save both physical and virtual space."
"As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."
"The solution works well."
"The product provides zero downtime."
"The product has cut down a lot of service tickets. Earlier, people complained about slowness."
"The latency is very low."
"Artificial intelligence is built into the product. If there's a failure, HP support will proactively call the client about the issue."
"The technical support services are good."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"The rate of compression for the data in SimpliVity is the most valuable feature."
"I have found backup and replication to be useful. We have a 10 megabit line between the data center and our main site. The backup and replication are very good. Additionally, the solution runs on VMware which is a benefit."
"The backup and recovery is very fast, effective, and easy to use."
"The compression and deduplication ratio."
"The most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"Its deduplication and backup functions are reliable."
"Has good performance and ease of use"
"Up scaling is very possible, and at any time it is scalable."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"For improvement, I would like to see how the software determines which networks to use for which purpose. It seems like the naming terminology changes a bit from here to there."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"A web management interface would be good, especially for those coming from other solutions that have one."
"This is a great product."
"In all areas the product could be made faster."
"An extended trial period would serve as a way to get clean insights into the technology's adaptability and alignment with their specific needs before committing to long-term integration."
"They should improve just the support."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"The product's active controller feature needs improvement."
"The solution must be hypervisor-agnostic."
"Lacking integration to the cloud."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"I would like some reporting about backup and replication."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"Not a lean architecture in terms of anything."
"They could have better-specialized support for more countries."
"The interface is good but takes some time to get used to."
"The initial setup was complex. It took a few months to integrate and adapt to the new platform."
"I have a free project with SimpliVity deployment in the next three months. What can be improved is that in one or two of these projects, I need a cloud backup for the infrastructure and data. As for the infrastructure of the product as it relates to customer size, it is not very good at this moment in Peru. I need a solution for the cloud. In Peru, it's a three or four solution provider for cloud services."
"The price is quite high. The system could also be more scalable."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 24 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex, VxRail and HPE Hyper Converged, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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