We performed a comparison between Dell Powerstore and HPE Nimble Storage based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, HPE Nimble Storage seems to be the marginally superior solution. Our reviewers found Dell Powerstore’s lack of a data replication tool to be an area where it can be improved.
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"Support has been helpful."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"I have found the most valuable part of Dell PowerStore is the price."
"It is a stable solution."
"Overall, we're quite happy with the product because we can move the data that is stored on more than 10 of our current storage devices to a single PowerStore."
"I like the performance of the PowerStore. When you talk about PowerStore, it's mainly about flash systems and high-end IOPS. The 1000T is a midsize box, in terms of the way the vendor positions it, but it is more than enough for our needs."
"I find all of the Dell PowerStore features to be valuable."
"Currently, the features of replication and deduplication have been very important to us."
"There is no complicated configuration for queries and calls. You just create a model and go."
"The most valuable features are its cost-effectiveness, performance, and its deduplication deficiencies."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The capacity for data storage and compression is good."
"Updates are very easy to do when the customer is connected to the internet."
"The solution is quite scalable."
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"It's very easy to set up. It's very stable, and it has got great deduplication, especially for hypervisor users."
"The scalability is straightforward."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"The price could be better."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"There is no Synchronize replication feature on the storage."
"The only area I can highlight for improvement is that the 4:1 data reduction target has not been reached. This may be due to an issue with Dell EMC's initial analysis of data compression. As a result, we have had to add new physical disks to reach our goal of total available disk space."
"The storage could be improved. I would like a feature for how to best secure an appliance and the storage since we are connecting the container to the public cloud. I would like them to develop another level of security, making it more secure than from what they have now."
"Horizontal scaling has room for improvement."
"The solution only does thin provisioning."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity."
"More demonstration and training options are needed."
"There is a new version of the Nimble and 3PAR systems called Alletra and they have a lot of new features."
"You could argue that it would be preferable if everything were cheaper in order to save taxpayer money."
"If they could reduce the cost, that would be ideal."
"We would like there to be more enhanced features."
"Pure Storages have some option, which allows us the ability to directly download that host inventory and volume report. We can receive everything directly generated from the storage itself. We do not need to use some other web browser or something. If HPE Nimble Storage could do the same it would be a benefit."
"The scalability could be better."
"HPE does not have suffficient storage."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 34 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 28 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.4, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "Saves us power and floor space, and we can quickly assign new data stores for our developers' VMs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Proactive end-to-end management". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS) and HPE Primera, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS), VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell PowerStore vs. HPE Nimble Storage report.
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