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Dell PowerStore vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 comparison

 

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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
5.3
Dell PowerStore delivers cost savings, enhanced efficiency, reduced downtime, and better ROI through improved performance and reduced hardware needs.
Sentiment score
4.6
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 provides improved efficiency, potential cost savings, and simplified management, though ROI varies by case.
If you purchase storage with 300 terabytes, you can easily achieve one petabyte of effective capacity.
Regional Sales Manager at New Horizon Computers
It's been trouble-free the entire time, with very high performance, as it has been designed and built properly.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have seen a return on our investment in Dell PowerStore; definitely our cost per terabyte has been very good compared to some of the other vendors that we would have been using previously, and our performance benchmarks have exceeded what we were expecting.
Director of Global Platform at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
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.
Systems Engineer at evonic
The requirement is that customers need more capacity and more performance due to a growing environment.
Consultant at IXPACK GmbH
I have seen a return on investment from HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Dell PowerStore support receives mixed reviews, praised for responsiveness but critiqued for inconsistency and expert access challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 users rate support positively but suggest improvements in response times and region-specific engineer assistance.
I would rate the technical support of Dell PowerStore between nine and ten out of ten.
Solution Architect at CDA
They're responsive, knowledgeable, and have a quick turnaround.
Systems Engineer at a government with 11-50 employees
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Dell support as a ten, focusing on that aspect alone, because it's what allows me to sleep at night.
Head of IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Concerning the storage itself, they're pretty damn close to perfect.
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.
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.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Dell PowerStore excels in scalability, supporting seamless expansion and clustering while offering flexibility, efficiency, and strong performance.
Sentiment score
7.3
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers scalable performance and capacity, efficiently managing costs and resources for diverse organizational needs.
The solution's scalability is a ten out of ten.
Pre Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It scales up and scales out both ways, and as our data keeps growing, it is very easy to just keep attaching and keep growing.
Associate Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Scaling up can be done from a single enclosure that already has two controllers to a maximum of four storage units with up to eight controllers, and a massive amount of storage can be added.
Nutanix at Senior System Engineer
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 scales with the growing needs of my organization in terms of performance for applications.
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.
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.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Dell PowerStore offers reliable performance and strong support, with stable upgradability and efficient handling of support instances.
Sentiment score
8.2
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for over 99% stability, seamless updates, and high performance, enhancing reliability.
When I removed all the cables, it failed over within five minutes.
Consultant
It's quite stable and reliable in general.
Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I have not experienced any downtime, bugs, or glitches, and it's much better than previous technologies.
Storage Backup Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The experience has no downtimes or crashes, and the performance is good.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
The stability and reliability level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is very good.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
In the past three years, I have not had even one escalation call.
Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Dell PowerStore users seek better pricing, integration, stability, NAS features, automation, AI insights, documentation, and cybersecurity improvements.
Users criticize the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 for slow updates, complex management, high costs, and poor GreenLake integration.
Pricing must also be considered, as Dell PowerStore is quite expensive compared to competitors in the market like HPE Alletra, Huawei Dorado, or Hitachi storage, for example.
Unit Head - Technology Services at Shahnawaz Ltd
The main reason why people move to Pure Storage is because it's simplified.
IT Director at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Price is a deterrent to scalability.
Consultant
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.
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.
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.
Technical Consultant at Vertex Techno Solutions (B) Pvt Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Dell PowerStore offers competitive pricing with scalability, though concerns exist about software fees, global fluctuations, and comparison to competitors.
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 pricing is competitive yet negotiable, with cost-effective features compared to other market alternatives.
Likely the cost is $400,000 whereas IBM may be $250,000.
Service Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Based on my experience, the cost of Dell PowerStore for around 500 GB of capacity is very competitive compared to any other platform in the market.
Deputy General Manager at HCLSoftware
I asked for a new quotation on a server, and it is quite expensive; it is really expensive.
Responsable Plateformes Et Cloud at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is not so expensive.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
The price has been three to four times higher than one year ago.
Consultant at IXPACK GmbH
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good.
Technical Integrator at Physicians Mutual Insurance
 

Valuable Features

Dell PowerStore offers seamless VMware integration, data deduplication, and cybersecurity, praised for reliability, performance, and cost-efficient storage.
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 provides scalable, AI-driven storage management with high-speed, secure performance, and seamless cloud integration.
The faster the back-end storage, the quicker the entire application performs.
System Administrator at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I consolidated all the data into a single dashboard accessible via Dell PowerStore Manager, which improves performance and IT infrastructure.
Manager, IT Infrastructure at SNSKIES PVT LTD
Due to the low latency on IOPS, it helps us with our critical apps that cannot afford delays.
Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Regarding DR, the RPO and RTOs are very good.
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.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
The performance level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 impacts our organization's processes by enhancing operational efficiency.
Product Engineering Architect at 11:11 Sytems
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore
Ranking in Enterprise SAN
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
234
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (4th), NAS (2nd), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000
Ranking in Enterprise SAN
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Public Cloud Storage Services (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise SAN category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 14.0%, down from 33.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 3.8%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise SAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerStore14.0%
HPE Alletra Storage MP B100003.8%
Other82.2%
Enterprise SAN
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2304864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Resilience has supported proactive management and secured audit readiness across multiple sites
The resilience in Dell PowerStore benefits my company from an auditing perspective because we know we have that resilience in place. I see Dell PowerStore playing a bigger role in the future because we are starting to use it more, and that is pushing it. The biggest return on investment for me when using Dell PowerStore is scalability. Scalability is key. I can amplify that scalability is the biggest return on investment because we have redundancy between two sites; if something goes down, we have to manage it, but we want to do it proactively.
reviewer1309695 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
University
10%
Media Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business78
Midsize Enterprise45
Large Enterprise116
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

PowerStore
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
 

Overview

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