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.
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"The failover protection and the ability to expand storage and nodes with no downtime are by far the best physical features we have benefited from."
"It provided the much-needed HA on an extremely low budget."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"It provides shared storage to multiple hypervisor hosts. Times had changed, however. StarWind Virtual SAN is the “software replaces hardware” for SAN. We have access control and CCTV systems up and running using Microsoft clustering and shared storage"
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability and data resilience features to prevent data loss if hardware fails."
"The vSAN provides full redundancy for storage while reclaiming some rack space."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"Artificial intelligence is built into the product. If there's a failure, HP support will proactively call the client about the issue."
"I love InfoSite. That gets you a lot of good detailed information."
"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."
"The most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"I like the expandability of the solution. We can effortlessly grow the storage and resources without downtime."
"The ability to manage the environment without special consoles or interfaces is a plus."
"Its ease of use is valuable. It is being used in a mining company. They wanted their working nodes to be seamless, and they wanted ease of use. That's why they opted for SimpliVity. They are running VMware virtual machines on it."
"The most valuable features are replication and backup."
"SimpliVity works well in a UAT environment.."
"We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO."
"Improves backup time and DR solution."
"I see no need for major improvements but there could be some improvements in the form of notifications and the simplifying of maintenance mode."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"The main issue we ran into was the documentation. We attempted to set up the product in our test environment by ourselves and ran into several areas of the documentation that were unclear to us."
"I would like an automated installation/configuration despite the fact that their service is very collaborative, a customer should be able to deploy the solution by themselves."
"I'm sure it needs bug fixes..."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better."
"Software upgrade is still more complicated than the competitors, so that's an area of improvement."
"It can be made cheaper."
"The product's active controller feature needs improvement."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"Their documentation needs to be simpler to read yet more detailed so it's easy to compare models and easier for clients to pick."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."
"The greatest disadvantage is the update process. Every patch or release update must be checked and deployed with the HPE solution, which sometimes is a little bit difficult. It is not difficult in terms of installation, but it is difficult to get the patches in time."
"The Omni Card consumes a lot of memory and CPU."
"One thing that I would like to see improved is the flexibility of the node expansion."
"The initial setup was complex because it was a new solution."
"Increased storage capacity for big data, something that we have not had."
"Bottleneck is the main issue."
"I would love it if the solution would auto data balance within the cluster. It is possible, and eventually, it will be likely that certain nodes within the same cluster will hold more data than the other nodes."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 149 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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