We performed a comparison between Dell Unity XT and HPE Primera based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The solution is very reliable."
"Running SAP on Pure Storage helps a lot without doing any further tuning to improve application performance. Our internal clients are happy."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"With all-flash it should be able to scale. You probably just need one 4U device and you have terabytes of space."
"Quick Snapshots and cloning are key features."
"It has helped us be able to use less administrators per device or system. Therefore,we are more streamlined."
"The All-Flash models are pretty fast for the vast majority of our remote workloads."
"In the hybrid version, I would say they are fast. They have fully automated storage tiering. In the all-flash version, higher performance, compression, data replication."
"A lot of the Unisphere interfaces are greatly improved in terms of monitoring capabilities, alerting, and ease of use. Setting up the storage and the file system are all just a few clicks away."
"The most valuable features of Dell Unity XT are the data compression for all of our VMs up to four times and the performance is good."
"The storage management is superb, with a user-friendly graphical interface and dashboards. The performance is good. The integration, dashboards, and analytics are excellent. It gives me immediate output and quick access to the reports I need promptly. It's an excellent product with high stability. The solution is scalable. The support team is highly supportive, responsive, and efficient in providing solutions. This product is highly useful and well-suited for all types of automation."
"The most valuable feature of HPE Primera is its performance and simple replication."
"HPE Primera is an all-flash storage product that's very stable and has a higher storage capacity. It can also give better ROI compared to NetApp."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of deployment."
"The greatest advantage is the support when we encounter incidents, as HPE's support is highly responsive."
"Primera's main advantage is its support for NVM drives and normal flash drives. It has some sort of AI analysis that automatically tells us how to optimize the performance."
"The most valuable feature of HP Primera is that you don't have to buy an additional product for application replication. It's a stable product. The tool is scalable. I recommend HPE Primera because it's one of HP's most stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to provide the IOPS ratio which is required by a lot of our customers."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"They could improve the price."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"They should have more wizards for customers so they can do more of the self-service types of functions, in terms of upgrades and patching, although it's pretty easy right now."
"It needs more functionality and the ability to move across more landscapes."
"Compression and block deduplication on non-all-flash solutions."
"The price of this product can be more cost-effective."
"We noticed in the last release of code that there were some inefficiencies around getting our data efficiency up in terms of dedupe and compression."
"This product needs to have better integration with enterprise backup solutions and archiving devices."
"In the dashboard there could be notification of duplicate files and the like, so we don't have to rely on Windows to do that."
"I would like to see them add Storage Groups, like we have had in Clariions and VNXs."
"Price is always important in Turkey, so HPE could lower the price to keep it competitive. It's not as competitive as other solutions in this market."
"Only HPE can manage the product."
"The solution could improve by having seamless migration from other storage systems. The process should be made easier."
"On the hardware side, you should have the ability to expand capacity to larger numbers."
"The product's stale snapshots feature needs improvement."
"HPE Primera's pricing model is an area of concern and can be considered for improvement."
"The price of the product is an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the solution should be made more affordable in terms of price."
"The solution could prove the reporting."
Dell Unity XT is ranked 4th in All-Flash Storage with 186 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Dell Unity XT is rated 8.4, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell Unity XT writes "Easy to set up with good data compression technology and useful deduplication". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". Dell Unity XT is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Huawei OceanStor Dorado. See our Dell Unity XT vs. HPE Primera report.
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