We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and HPE Alletra dHCI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."
"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."
"It has been extremely stable for the three years we've been running it."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The solution is quite stable."
"It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion."
"The setup was very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is high availability."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution was connected to alternate storage. It provides great scalability and reliability."
"The integration with AWS is a valuable feature."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."
"The solution is easy to use."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"Very good in-line compression."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"The nice thing about it is that it truly integrates with the cloud, so I can move my volumes bi-directionally in and out of the cloud."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"Artificial intelligence is built into the product. If there's a failure, HP support will proactively call the client about the issue."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"This is a great product."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"It is hard to find adequate technical documentation on their support website."
"Compared to similar solutions, Dell PowerFlex is not cost-effective and has room for improvement."
"They should provide continuous support for data migration."
"Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface."
"Needs some more monitoring tools."
"It would be great to get earlier access to beta builds because we have to develop providers on our own. The APIs and enablers for custom automation could also be improved."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
"The support of containers needs to be improved. At present, it is limited to VMware. There needs to be direct communication with the hardware rather than through a hypervisor."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."
"Software upgrade is still more complicated than the competitors, so that's an area of improvement."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's website does not open properly or work consistently."
"This year 2022, we have the possibility to include new kinds of storage with a high disk availability, such as Alletra 6000 and Alletra 9000. Those are the new storage available. If we would like to improve the quality and the capability and the high availability of these products, we can choose between different costs. This is another benefit from this HPE Nimble Storage dHCI solution of hyper-converged."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
Dell PowerFlex is ranked 10th in HCI with 19 reviews while HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.2, while HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Infrastructure management solution that offers rapid provisioning of computer storage but the APIs and enablers for custom automation could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and HPE Hyper Converged, whereas HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VxRail. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. HPE Alletra dHCI report.
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