Dell PowerVault vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Enterprise SAN category. Dell Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 24.6% mindshare in ES, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerVault

Read 29 Dell PowerVault reviews

2,720 Views
1,550 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Read 13 HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 reviews

1,465 Views
190 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

Dell PowerVault

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Dell PowerVault and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise SAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Report (Updated: December 2025).

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

December 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 881,082 peers since 2012

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

5.1

Organizations cut costs and improved profitability with Dell PowerVault 3260i, benefiting from reduced price per gigabyte and enhanced TCO.

Sentiment score

5.1

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 improved ROI with 2X enhancement for most transitioning from 3PAR, except one company.

No quotes available

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

I have seen a return on investment from HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000.

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

I have seen a return on investment, which is a little more nuanced, as with HPE GreenLake for File Storage being an operational expense allows me to do a lot more with fewer dollars, spread over the course of the contract.

Warren Owens

Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Customer Service

Sentiment score

5.4

Dell PowerVault customer service is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness despite occasional contact issues and parts availability challenges.

Sentiment score

7.4

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000's support is praised for effective problem-solving and high satisfaction, despite occasional delays.

Supporting Dell PowerVault is very easy.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

The technical support for Dell PowerVault is pretty good and they usually get back to us in a couple of hours with a technical engineer.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

When things get more complex and there are interdependencies with other vendors, Dell still struggles a bit, for example, regarding Microsoft products.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

Concerning the storage itself, they're pretty damn close to perfect.

Warren Owens

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.

reviewer2730105

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.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.4

Dell PowerVault offers scalable storage for SMBs, although some configurations may limit ease of expansion for larger enterprises.

Sentiment score

7.7

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for adaptability, performance, and flexibility, enhancing operations seamlessly for growing organizations.

I don't face any issues with security with Dell PowerVault.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

Dell PowerVault has features that specifically address the needs of small and medium-sized businesses because it is always very well received with the price-performance ratios that we have repeatedly seen out in the field.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

It is a system that was chosen specifically for this capability, allowing extension as needed and providing scalability on demand.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 scales with the growing needs of my organization in terms of performance for applications.

Jose Cordova

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.

reviewer2730105

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.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

Dell PowerVault is stable and reliable for data storage, suitable for enterprises despite minor issues and rare outages.

Sentiment score

8.2

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for its stability, reliability, seamless updates, and achieving 100% availability without issues.

This was especially important given the choice to store video that is extremely critical both from a general point of view and from a legal point of view, where data must be kept and secured.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerVault has been stable.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The stability and reliability of Dell PowerVault have faced several failures, but these are not related to system outages at customers, rather related to hard drives or a security feature that then did not work.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

The experience has no downtimes or crashes, and the performance is good.

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

The stability and reliability level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is very good.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

In the past three years, I have not had even one escalation call.

reviewer2650254

Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved interface, expandability, affordability, and integration for Dell PowerVault, highlighting scalability and feature deficiencies like deduplication.

HPE Alletra B10000 users seek improved configuration speed, integration, and support, highlighting challenges in logging and unified storage.

It would be beneficial for Dell to enhance outreach to new customers directly to prevent resellers from scaring them away with higher pricing.

VasanthKumar4

Associate Vice President - Technical Services Group (TSG) at HGS

Only when environments become more complex, especially in the enterprise area, does Dell PowerVault struggle in the software area, including centralized management.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

There are two aspects to consider: replication, meaning replicating data from one site to another concerning Dell PowerVault, and another very important area where significant improvement is needed—everything related to expansion rules.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

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.

reviewer2650254

Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees

I would like to see HPE GreenLake for File Storage improved in terms of the program's speed, as the administration, creation of change orders, issuance of those orders, and shipping of products take a while.

Warren Owens

Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 could be improved by integrating it with GreenLake, as this would enable us to do end-to-end monitoring across both on-prem and cloud environments better.

reviewer2730105

Video Strategy Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers appreciate Dell PowerVault's competitive pricing but note potential high initial setup costs and regional price variations.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is praised for competitive pricing, ease of use, and minimal licensing complexity in enterprises.

I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is not so expensive.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good.

Jim VandeVegt

Technical Integrator at Physicians Mutual Insurance

Regarding pricing, this year I compared it with other vendors, and HPE is still on par with what the other vendors have out there, so I'm comfortable with the pricing.

Warren Owens

Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Valuable Features

Dell PowerVault provides reliable, affordable, and user-friendly storage with scalability, excellent support, and seamless integration for high-performance demands.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers intuitive management, scalability, and AI-driven analytics, enhancing efficiency and operational excellence.

We've even used PowerVault series that we intended to use for five years for almost eight years, and it was still working fine, providing good ROI compared to any other brand.

VasanthKumar4

Associate Vice President - Technical Services Group (TSG) at HGS

What differentiates Dell PowerVault from other storage solutions is the performance combined with the ability to meet significant bandwidth consumption needs.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of Dell PowerVault is good; I would rate it a nine.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

For more quotes and insights, download the Dell PowerVault report

Regarding DR, the RPO and RTOs are very good.

Jose Cordova

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.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

The performance level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 impacts our organization's processes by enhancing operational efficiency.

Parth Sharma

Product Engineering Architect at 11:11 Sytems

For more quotes and insights, download the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault

Ranking in Enterprise SAN

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Fibre Channel (1st)

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Ranking in Enterprise SAN

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Public Cloud Storage Services (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise SAN category, the mindshare of Dell PowerVault is 24.6%, up from 21.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 1.3%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise SAN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerVault	24.6%
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000	1.3%
Other	74.1%

Enterprise SAN

Featured Reviews

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

Reliable midmarket backups have supported disaster recovery while centralized management needs work

Areas where I feel Dell PowerVault could be improved include especially the enterprise area and multiple interfaces in other areas, for example, backup software solutions and their integration. Handling extensive storage management functions such as snapshots, replication, and provisioning with Dell PowerVault is very well suited for the midmarket or even smaller midmarket environments. Only when environments become more complex, especially in the enterprise area, does Dell PowerVault struggle in the software area, including centralized management. I would welcome it if Dell PowerVault were a bit easier to manage in centralized management via the GUI, as it was in the past, because at the moment mid-sized companies find it not so straightforward to clearly calculate things such as how and where to use something, especially in the snapshot area. There is still room for improvement due to the missing interfaces and also the flexibility.

Read full review

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

Works reliably for virtualization workloads and has supported smooth migrations from legacy systems

The features and capabilities of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 that I have found most valuable include very good and fast hardware controllers and CPUs. The new systems have features similar to the old Nimble, such as virtual lock or ransomware snapshots to save the data. 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 In my opinion, it helps optimize data management for the customers fairly well, though I have no definitive assessment.

Read full review

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Enterprise SAN solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

11%

Media Company

11%

University

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?

Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

I don't get involved in the negotiations for price for Dell PowerVault. We get a pretty good discount. I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

See all answers

What do you like most about HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

The feature I like is that I can create a template and apply it to multiple switches. I don't have to do the same task on every switch, and the same goes for access points. It's central managemen...

See all answers

What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

The main point for choosing HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 over the vendors we compared it with is the costing, which is much lower compared to the others. Currently, I believe HPE Alletra is giving...

See all answers

What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is primarily used for managing data storage needs. The usual use cases involve all storage being generally used for the storage of computing operations and data that i...

See all answers

Comparisons

Dell PowerStore vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 58% of the time

HPE StoreOnce vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 9% of the time

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 9% of the time

Lenovo Storage V Series vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 5% of the time

ExaGrid EX vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 4% of the time

More Dell PowerVault Competitors

Amazon S3 vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Compared 32% of the time

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Compared 14% of the time

Dell PowerStore vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Compared 12% of the time

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Compared 9% of the time

Azure NetApp Files vs HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Compared 8% of the time

More HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerVault

January 2026

Download Dell PowerVault product report

Buyer's Guide

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

January 2026

Download HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 product report

Also Known As

PowerVault

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage

Overview

PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.

Dell Technologies

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, formerly known as HPE GreenLake for Block Storage, offers unmatched data availability with enhanced management and scalability, providing a cloud-like experience on-premises.

Designed for integrating applications and managing virtual environments, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 supports VM snapshots and disaster recovery. It combines NVMe Storage with AI-driven analytics and Intent-based Provisioning. The subscription model ensures efficient cost management, decreasing operational expenses and boosting SLAs. Users benefit from simplified provisioning and monitoring, improving efficiency while minimizing downtime. Despite its advantages, users find configuration changes slow and device identification challenging due to default naming issues.

What are the key features of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000?

Central Management: Streamlines control and oversight of storage resources.
Enhanced Scalability: Adapts to growing data requirements seamlessly.
High Performance: Delivers superior speed and efficiency.
100% Data Availability: Ensures uninterrupted access and reliability.
AI-driven Analytics: Leverages advanced insights for optimized performance.
NVMe Storage: Provides fast and efficient data handling.

What benefits should users consider?

Reduced Operational Expenses: Lowers costs through a subscription model.
Improved SLAs: Enhances service level agreements for better performance metrics.
Simplified Configuration: Eases setup and management processes.
Cloud-like On-Premises Experience: Offers flexibility similar to cloud solutions.

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is widely implemented in industries leveraging virtualization and VMware workloads. It supports VMware infrastructures, including switches and access points, and is the next generation for Primera storage. Users in radiology pack solutions and Kubernetes stacks benefit from its advanced provisioning and demo-running capabilities.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sample Customers

Dayco, FAW Foundry, University of Cambridge, Finder, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co.

Information Not Available

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

December 2025

Free Report: Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Find out what your peers are saying about Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 and other solutions. Updated: December 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Dell PowerVault vs. HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 report.

See our list of best Enterprise SAN vendors.

We monitor all Enterprise SAN reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.