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.
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"A particularly valuable feature is its simplicity."
"Has a great mapping feature."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerStore are the support for NVMe and SCM, which provides end-to-end performance and high IOPS, minimizing latency. It is a full-fledged storage solution."
"Pricing is very good. It's very competitive against those of all the others that I looked at in the marketplace, such as Hitachi, IBM, HP, and Pure. Dell is right there in the mix as far as providing the best price point as well as meeting the performance requirements that we have."
"The deduplication functionality provided by the solution is fairly good. The speed offered by the product is enough for our organization."
"The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from the PowerStore and is the most valuable feature."
"Gives us flexibility, performance, and ease of use. It also has some very good compression capabilities. We were looking for a solution that was easy to install in our VMware environment, that was flexible. PowerStore X is a type of a VMware cluster that you install inside your environment. If you have a VMware environment, like we have in production, it's easy to install and use."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"Performance, reliability, InfoSight, the ability to upgrade the O/S on the SAN without taking it down, and cost."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We use InfoSight predictive analytics. It helps us from a performance perspective by identifying potential bottlenecks."
"Our virtual admins are able to take control of Nimble and know how to allocate the storage, whenever it is required, thus reducing time."
"The performance and the processor are good."
"The replay and IOPS work well."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"InfoSight, for sure, has been the best feature so far."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"I think replication is one area that still needs improvement. Earlier, Pure Storage FlashArray only had IP-based replication. There was no API-based replication, but they have enhanced the feature now. However, they need to work on API replication for C-type of arrays."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"With PowerStore, we have to choose between block storage and NAS functionality."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"Data reduction needs improvement."
"We are looking for the Dell PowerStore to become more mature to maximize our use cases."
"The support is not very good."
"Where the system needs to improve is by adding more enterprise features like replication on other sites. We would also like it to be much more aligned with the VMware version. For example, today we have two different versions of VMware ESXi running to keep the PowerStore online. It would be better if the software cycling was faster."
"I'd also like to see them incorporate tools that let me get granular with the VMs. I want to see an individual VM, I want to Snapshot and recover an individual VM."
"The stability can be improved."
"It was a bit expensive."
"Web GUI should be HTML5."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"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."
"I don't think it is officially released yet, but the main reason that we chose Nimble is because of the sync rep feature. So, I would like to see that further evolve. This feature will be essential for our setups."
"When we’re setting up the solution, making options available regarding the replication tool mechanism would be ideal."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 46 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN, IBM FlashSystem and NetApp AFF. See our Dell PowerStore vs. HPE Nimble Storage report.
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