Azure NetApp Files vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 comparison

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NetApp and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Public Cloud Storage Services category. NetApp is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0. NetApp holds a 3.3% mindshare in PCSS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Azure NetApp Files

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 8, 2026

Azure NetApp Files and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 compete in the storage solutions category. Despite both having notable features, Azure NetApp Files holds an edge for users needing dynamic scalability and seamless cloud integration, whereas HPE Alletra offers superior reliability and manageability for enterprise-level settings.

Features: Azure NetApp Files offers replication, cross-region data handling, and dynamic storage management without disruptions. It provides ease of scalability with high redundancy and disaster recovery options. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 excels in data availability, AI-driven predictive analytics, and independent management of capacity and performance, making it beneficial for large-scale operations.

Room for Improvement: Azure NetApp Files needs simplified deployment, reduced pricing, and more regional availability. Enhanced integration and security features are also desired, as is improved issue resolution support. HPE Alletra's high cost and complexity in managing advanced features, such as replication, are drawbacks. Enhanced support and integration for multi-protocol capabilities are areas for growth, alongside a more transparent pricing model to suit smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure NetApp Files is favored in cloud environments for its plug-and-play deployment and satisfactory support, though concerns about support quality through managed vendors exist. HPE Alletra is praised for its straightforward deployment in on-premises and hybrid setups, backed by informed service teams that align with enterprise customer needs.

Pricing and ROI: Azure NetApp Files is perceived as costly but delivers operational savings through effective management, seen as a premium service. HPE Alletra is competitive in the market, providing long-term cost-effectiveness. Despite higher initial costs, its reliability and ROI through better uptime and reduced operational demands are appreciated. Azure emphasizes dynamic cloud scaling, whereas HPE prioritizes predictable enterprise-grade service costs.

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Azure NetApp Files vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

7.4

Azure NetApp Files provides high performance and flexibility, enabling significant cost savings and improved IT management despite initial costs.

Sentiment score

4.6

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers cost efficiency and improved ROI through compression, deduplication, and flexible upgrade options.

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It saves about 50% of my time because by default, I configure the host groups and host volumes, and if I need to add one more storage to the VMware environment, I put it in the group and it automatically presents to all of the hosts.

Luciano Batalha

Systems Engineer at evonic

The requirement is that customers need more capacity and more performance due to a growing environment.

Jan Zentgraf

Consultant at IXPACK GmbH

The main advantage of the storage is compression and deduplication.

EnginSeref

IT Operations Manager at Infosys

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.4

Microsoft and NetApp provide Azure NetApp Files with varying support quality, appreciated for complex issues despite regional inconsistencies.

Sentiment score

6.9

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for prompt service, but some users suggest more configuration support is needed.

Microsoft has limitations with Azure Files, which do not support disaster recovery, so they approached NetApp for help based on their experience in on-premises and cloud storage.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

They have top-notch people.

AjayKumar13

Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

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Concerning the storage itself, they're pretty damn close to perfect.

Warren Owens

Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I evaluate the customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 as excellent so far.

reviewer2730105

Video Strategy Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Normally, with the Nimble systems and with HPE Alletra MPs or HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 with Nimble OS, we have not had many support cases in the last years.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Azure NetApp Files offers flexible scaling and cost efficiency for large deployments, despite regional and minimum storage limitations.

Sentiment score

6.6

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 excels in scalability, flexibility, and performance, reducing costs while enhancing operational efficiency.

Scalability is high. I would say it's probably around nine because it's quite a robust solution that can scale up to maybe even five hundred terabytes of data.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

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HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 scales with the growing needs of my organization in terms of performance for applications.

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

I haven't seen any issues with HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 in terms of scaling capacity and performance independently.

reviewer2730105

Video Strategy Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Upgrading from a smaller controller to a more powerful one is straightforward for enhancing speed, or you can extend the network ports.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.4

Azure NetApp Files is highly stable, offering reliable performance, seamless migrations, and no downtime, even under increased loads.

Sentiment score

8.3

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for its exceptional stability, 99.9999% data availability, and reliable support.

In terms of storage stability, I believe it's robust and stable, with a high level of redundancy in the cloud backend.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

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The experience has no downtimes or crashes, and the performance is good.

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

The stability and reliability level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is very good.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

In the past three years, I have not had even one escalation call.

reviewer2650254

Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

Azure NetApp Files needs enhanced disaster recovery, cost-effective pricing, improved support, and broader regional availability to boost user adoption.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 faces issues with slow updates, integration complexities, high costs, and limited replication.

If they bring the cost a little bit closer to what Azure Files offers, it can be a great product in the market and bring a lot of business to NetApp.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

I would like for them to have more compression so that it can avoid using more storage.

AjayKumar13

Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

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In a price-sensitive market like India, obtaining an administrator is much more cost-effective than the cloud alternative, which is almost four times as expensive.

reviewer2650254

Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees

We have deliberately crashed all four compute nodes, and the secondary storage site manages the workload without any virtual machines malfunctioning.

reviewer1309695

Infrastructure And Systems Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is not suitable for SMB or budget-constrained projects due to the higher capacity and capital investment requirements.

SreejeshSoman

Technical Consultant at Vertex Techno Solutions (B) Pvt Ltd

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Setup Cost

Azure NetApp Files is costly with a four-terabyte minimum, but its premium features compete with Oracle and Amazon.

The HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is cost-effective despite recent price increases due to memory and equipment shortages.

It is expensive, especially with NetApp Ultra Storage.

AjayKumar13

Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

It's highly priced, and there's no cost reservation option available compared to Azure Files.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

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HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is not so expensive.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

The price has been three to four times higher than one year ago.

Jan Zentgraf

Consultant at IXPACK GmbH

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good.

Jim VandeVegt

Technical Integrator at Physicians Mutual Insurance

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Valuable Features

Azure NetApp Files excels in performance, integration, and scalability, providing high redundancy, data protection, and efficient storage solutions.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is valued for its performance, scalability, AI-driven maintenance, and cloud-like experience with HPE GreenLake.

The most valuable feature is that the sixty-terabyte database snapshot can be done in less than two to three minutes.

AjayKumar13

Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

I think the most valuable feature is using the cross-region replication because this feature was not available in Azure Files, and this was the differentiator.

Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

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Regarding DR, the RPO and RTOs are very good.

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

Regarding the predictive analytics feature of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, you can analyze information over the DSCC, the Data Center Cloud Console, where you can see a lot of information to indicate whether the system has had problems or not.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

The performance level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 impacts our organization's processes by enhancing operational efficiency.

Parth Sharma

Product Engineering Architect at 11:11 Sytems

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Categories and Ranking

Azure NetApp Files

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (9th), Cloud Storage (12th)

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Azure NetApp Files is 3.3%, down from 7.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 3.3%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Public Cloud Storage Services Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000	3.3%
Azure NetApp Files	3.3%
Other	93.4%

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Rajat Wadhwa

Cloud Architect at IBM

Cross-region replication has delivered seamless disaster recovery for enterprise storage needs

In terms of improvement, I would say cost reservation; the cost is a bit high. If we compare Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files, I know that customers are using less of Azure NetApp due to the cost. If they bring the cost a little bit closer to what Azure Files offers, it can be a great product in the market and bring a lot of business to NetApp. Backup is quite critical. As of now, Azure NetApp Files requires you to use Azure NetApp Backup solution, which is in public preview at the moment. I would definitely expect NetApp to come up with that solution so that customers can start using it because they do not have confidence in backup as it is still in preview. They are still doing some testing and research on that product, which is not officially released for use by multiple customers.

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reviewer1309695

Infrastructure And Systems Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

High‑availability block storage has protected critical research workloads and boosted VMware IOPS

It is difficult to provide specific areas for improvement at this time. We may realize approximately 20% gains in the future, but the previous SAN we used was not very time-consuming, so the improvement is not very significant. We anticipate gains of approximately 10 to 20%. The management interface could be simplified. The cloud console contains two main sections: one for hardware and one for logical volumes on the LUNs being managed. This split is understandable because the hardware console contains HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 for block storage and HPE Alletra for backup, both accessible in the same console. The separation of the SAN hardware console and the backup console is logical and understandable. We have four compute nodes, and the system was not designed to shut down gracefully with only two compute nodes remaining. Running with just one compute node functions properly, and the system continues to operate at reduced capacity. However, when we experienced a crash involving half of the system, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 failed completely. This behavior is documented as normal in the documentation, but we hoped the block storage could manage to run with half the power. This capability will be available in a future release but is not included in the current version. Our testing before moving to production was not entirely successful, but this aligns with the documented specifications. When we perform failover and data center crash tests, the system performs very well. We have deliberately crashed all four compute nodes, and the secondary storage site manages the workload without any virtual machines malfunctioning. This level of reliability is excellent, and it demonstrates why we selected HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000. Improvements in this area would make the solution even stronger.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

Media Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	17

Questions from the Community

How does Azure NetApp Files compare to NetApp ONTAP?

Azure NetApp Files is a Microsoft Azure file storage service built on NetApp technology. The platform combines the file capabilities of Azure and NetApp to move critical file-based applications to ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure NetApp Files?

On pricing, I would rate it around eight. It's highly priced, and there's no cost reservation option available compared to Azure Files. If NetApp could bring that kind of model for customers to sav...

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What needs improvement with Azure NetApp Files?

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What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 can be improved by creating a better bridge from legacy technology, such as SimpliVity, connecting the old technology to the new one regarding the type of data that th...

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What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

A hybrid solution with both an on-premises and cloud-based component would be optimal, though you must receive training with this storage before implementing it.

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What advice do you have for others considering HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

First, you must create a project with this type of storage because you are entering an enterprise product, so it is not straightforward to answer this question. If you have a thorough project and a...

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Also Known As

NetApp ANF, ANF

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage

Overview

Azure NetApp Files offers a versatile storage solution with exceptional setup simplicity, remarkable performance, and features like cross-region replication and high data protection. Ideal for enterprises prioritizing speed and scalability in data management.

Designed to enhance database operations and flexibility, Azure NetApp Files integrates seamlessly with Active Directory, allowing easy scaling and rapid backups to minimize downtime. Financial sectors and educational institutions appreciate its intuitive interface and non-disruptive changes that simplify operations. While it delivers optimized storage facilities, improvements in support, deployment process, and integration capabilities with other solutions could amplify its potential. Expanding regional availability, along with enhanced disaster recovery options and cost efficiency, addresses key user concerns.

What are the important features of Azure NetApp Files?

Cross-Region Replication: Facilitates data redundancy and disaster recovery.
SnapMirror: Ensures efficient data replication and enhances disaster recovery.
Compression: Optimizes storage, improving cost management.
Scalability: Supports easy and seamless expansion of storage capabilities.
Integrated Active Directory: Enhances flexibility and simplifies user access management.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Speed and Performance: Improves database management with rapid data processing.
Operational Simplicity: Makes deployment and scaling user-friendly.
Downtime Minimization: Fast backups and optimized storage reduce disruptions.
Cost Alignment: Balances expenses with performance efficiency.
Disaster Recovery Efficiency: Snapshots bolster recovery strategies.

Azure NetApp Files is widely employed in industries like finance and education, which require robust data management and storage solutions. For tasks such as storing user profiles for Azure Virtual Desktop and managing high-performance VDI needs, companies rely on its features for enhanced data protection and accessibility. Its usage spans file storage for SAP HANA and unstructured data management, showcasing its adaptability across demanding applications.

NetApp

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, formerly HPE GreenLake for Block Storage, is a flexible solution known for central management and scalability, ensuring improved uptime and seamless system integration.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers an intuitive interface, AI-driven predictive analytics, and the ability to scale capacity and performance independently. It provides a pay-as-you-go model for simplified management and reduces operational expenses and downtime. The solution is characterized by high availability, strong support, and a simplified disaster recovery process. Intent-based and self-provisioning features streamline storage management. Despite its strengths, enhancements in configuration speed, portal updates, and connectivity are needed. Users request improved data classification, vendor marketplace details, a deeper GreenLake integration, and enhanced sustainability services.

What are the key features of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000?

Central Management: Streamlines control across storage resources.
Scalability: Independent scaling of capacity and performance.
AI-driven Predictive Analytics: Anticipates and resolves issues proactively.
High Availability: Ensures continuous operation and minimal downtime.
Intent-based Provisioning: Simplifies storage allocation with minimal input.

How does HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 benefit users?

Cost Efficiency: Pay-as-you-go model reduces expenditure.
Improved Uptime: High reliability minimizes operational interruptions.
Simplified Management: Easy-to-use interface and self-provisioning streamline processes.
Reduced Downtime: Proactive analytics and robust disaster recovery enhance system resilience.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is primarily used for virtualization in VMware and Hyper-V environments, addressing storage provisioning, database hosting, and SAP data requirements. It supports video-on-demand infrastructure and containerized applications, facilitating disaster recovery and data backup solutions. Many users integrate it with VMware infrastructures, transitioning from Nimble systems to meet storage demand.

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Sample Customers

SAP, Restaurant Magic

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