I use the solution in my company for virtual machines. My company uses Cray ClusterStor E1000 NVMe Gen4 for all HPC clusters. HPE Primera is useful for data replication.
I can't see any useful features in the product since it is the staff members in my company who primarily use the product.
HPE Primera's deduplication area is not as good as the one offered by Dell PowerStore, making it an area where improvements are required.
I have been using HPE Primera for a year.
For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product.
It is a scalable solution. It is possible to add or scale up the product.
The product is useful for medium-scale companies and not for large-scale businesses.
There are no plans to increase the use of the product currently in our company, but we may plan to increase its usage after five years.
The solution's technical support is good since it is available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. The product's support team can be contacted via phone or email. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
I have experience with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G Series and HPE MSA 1060 Storage. HPE Primera is a built-in storage. While NVMe is also the same. HPE MSA 1060 Storage is an entry-level storage. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G Series is in an end-of-life phase, so since our company wanted to shift to some other storage, we chose HPE Primera. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G Series was a good tool.
The solution can be deployed in a couple of days.
The product's vendor installed the solution in our company.
HPE Primera is a little bit higher than Dell PowerStore. The price difference between HPE and Dell is not a big deal. HPE NVMe Storage was purchased for around 60,000 USD. HPE Primera costs around 80,000 USD. My company has purchased HPE Primera under a five-year contract, so we are at peace now since we don't have to pay anything more to HPE.
The product is cost efficient in my opinion.
I use HPE Primera for mission-critical applications. My company uses the product as a storage solution for our machines.
The availability of HPE Primera in our company is critical for us, considering that we operate in an HA environment where we can't have downtime since we need to deal with cheque clearance for banks.
The product's interface is simple to use.
I am satisfied with the user experience provided by the product.
The ease of use of the product's interface has directly had an impact on our company's operations, along with the improvement in the availability and performance of machines.
Compared to HPE Primera, I work with a much more reliable storage solution like Dell PowerStore.
Compared to HPE Primera, Dell PowerStore's features related to deduplication are very good, and it also offers a physical storage capacity of eight TB, which can be expanded up to forty TB.
I would recommend the product to others who plan to use it only after taking into consideration their usage and requirements. From the price and performance point of view, Dell PowerStore is a better choice.
I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
