We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and HPE Nimble Storage 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 simplifies storage."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"The reliability is very good."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It's extremely stable and has good performance."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"Very good IOPS performance"
"We mostly use it for backup, because we cannot measure anything, and we are afraid to use it for surveillance systems. We were planning to use it for mostly for surveillance systems."
"Speed and reliability:"
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It's easy to use, it's just like 3PAR. I made clusters of 32 hosts with 50 volumes and that took barely an hour. I scripted a lot of it, filled in the names of volumes, the names of servers."
"The capacity for data storage and compression is good."
"The tool’s support is feasible."
"It's very easy to set up. It's very stable, and it has got great deduplication, especially for hypervisor users."
"The fact that you can manage the requirements is one the most valuable features of HPE Nimble Storage. The other is the rapid deployment time."
"Not only is it high performing, but it is also more compact and fits better in our storage arrays than equipment from other storage providers."
"We use InfoSight predictive analytics. It helps us from a performance perspective by identifying potential bottlenecks."
"Deduplication and compression."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"They are doing some stuff with containers and an object search. These could be improved, because containers is one of the main topics that we are talking with our customers about."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"Management: At the time, there was no snapshot scheduler, so I had to write XSnapCourier to address it. The sad thing is that even after the newest release, which includes a native scheduler, most customers using XSnapCourier chose to stick with it due to a more feature-rich experience."
"We've encountered challenges in integrating other products with Dell Xtremio, as it tends to be more vendor-locked. This means we can't easily explore other solutions that might work alongside Dell."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"One thing that should be improved is the reporting and monitoring tools. It should use real time monitoring for storage, IOPS, latency, etc."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"When sizing the array based on requirements the option to add more network cards for throughput would be something to help clients."
"I would like to see more advanced analytics in the next release of this solution."
"I'd like to see more granular quality of service rules. Currently, I think currently there's not much room for maximum IOPS, but there's not an option for minimum IOPS for a given volume."
"The only thing that I can really compare Nimble to is all-flash because, right now, Nimble is a hybrid solution. I would like to see them come out with an all-flash alternative."
"The solution’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"There are customers who want to do some different things with the Microsoft Resilient File System. There are some customers who want to do different types of connectivity. I do not know if I would call that an improvement, necessarily, because if you want that, you should get a different product."
"Web GUI should be HTML5."
"There should be faster interfaces."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 117 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell XtremIO vs. HPE Nimble Storage report.
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