NetApp HCI [EOL] Reviews

Name: NetApp HCI [EOL]
Brand: NetApp
Rating: 4.0 (32 reviews)

Vendor: NetApp

4.0 out of 5

32 reviews
88% willing to recommend

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What is NetApp HCI [EOL]?

NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

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Massimiliano Bartolozzi

Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.

Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.

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Rajith Attupurath

Senior Network & System Administrator at UOWD

We are mainly using it for lab virtualization with GPU and everything else. So, it is mainly for the lab environment It is highly scalable. Their support is also extremely good. The administration side of it needs to be improved. We expect an easier interface and a single upgrade for updating…

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Ketan-Patel

Pre-sales Solution Architect at SHI international corp

One of the most valuable features of the solution is that they have taken something like 400 steps and compiled it into like 30 steps to install it. That level of simplification is one of the best things I've ever seen in any appliance in the market. Normally when you build an appliance, you have to go through an extended installation process. But once you collect all the IP's that you need to for this appliance, the NetApp engine does all the rest of the work for you. So instead of leaving it on the operator to do all the work, the appliance does it. That is one of the features that I have seen in any appliance that really simplifies a lot of the work you would otherwise have to do for setup.

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Valuable Features

"It is scalable, and NetApp Deployment Engine (NDE) makes its deployment easier."
"It is highly scalable, and their support is also extremely good."
"NetApp HCI is used for enterprise-scale hybrid cloud infrastructure and we are using the standard version."

Room for Improvement

"Quality of Service (QoS) and capacity efficiency are the two things that I want to resolve in my customer's environment."
"The administration side of it needs to be improved. We expect an easier interface and a single upgrade for updating the infrastructure."
"The price of the solution is okay but could improve."

Pricing

"Its price is comparable to the competitors in the market."
"Its pricing is lower than our previous solution."
"The price of the solution is okay but could improve."

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Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	15

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Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	18

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American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology

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NetApp HCI [EOL] Reviews Summary
Author info	Rating	Review Summary
Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.	4.0	In 2020, we chose NetApp HCI for our new SQL server environment despite initial support issues and crashes. Although it initially hindered ROI, improvements in 2022 boosted savings by 20% compared to our 2019 infrastructure TCO.
Senior Network & System Administrator at UOWD	4.5	I use this for lab virtualization and find it highly scalable with excellent support. While administration could be easier with a single upgrade, it's stable and cost-effective, earning a 9/10 from me.
Pre-sales Solution Architect at SHI international corp	4.5	As a reseller, I find this product exceptional for demos due to its simplified setup and unique independent compute and storage scaling. It's highly stable, reduces TCO, and earns a 9/10, though I wish setup pre-checks were even simpler.
Storage Engineer at University of California, Irvine	3.0	We're testing HCI and value its all-in-one nature, cloud-like flexibility, and 20% reduced maintenance costs. Though initial setup was challenging, its independent scaling is key. I hope for closer alignment with VMware's release model.
Senior SAN / Systems Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees	4.5	I use this for Tier 2/3 storage, achieving significant OPEX savings and 35% ESX footprint reduction. It offers good modularity, scalability, and stability. Despite complex setup and GUI quirks, I'm satisfied, rating it 9/10.
IT Deputy at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees	4.0	I've used NetApp HCI for three years for hybrid cloud, finding it stable and scalable with good support. While the price is okay, it could improve. I rate it eight out of ten.
Senior IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees	3.5	We purchased NetApp HCI for redundancy and scalability, but the vCenter keeps crashing, preventing stable operation. We hope to resolve this instability to achieve our goal of no single point of failure and consolidate workloads.
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees		As a distributor, I find this solution very scalable and stable, with great support. I appreciate the separate compute and storage growth. However, networking needs improvement, and more hypervisor support is desired.

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