HPE All-Flash Storage vs NetApp NVMe AFF A800 comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp are both solutions in the NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.8, while NetApp is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 0.7% mindshare in N, compared to NetApp’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2024

NetApp NVMe AFF A800 and HPE All-Flash Storage compete in the high-speed data storage market. HPE All-Flash Storage has an advantage due to its advanced features, making it a compelling choice despite a higher price point.

Features: NetApp NVMe AFF A800 offers high-performance NVMe SSD capabilities, ultra-low latency, and high throughput, ideal for demanding workloads. HPE All-Flash Storage provides comprehensive data management, protection features, and advanced data services for scalability and efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE All-Flash Storage features streamlined deployment processes and extensive service options that emphasize customer satisfaction. NetApp NVMe AFF A800 offers straightforward setup and efficient support, though HPE's approaches are more user-friendly for complex environments.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp NVMe AFF A800 has a competitive initial setup cost with rapid ROI due to efficient performance metrics. HPE All-Flash Storage requires a higher initial investment but offers superior long-term operational savings and features, justifying the expense for advanced functionality needs.

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 2.8%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE All-Flash Storage is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is 2.3%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Helps to save money and resources with the data compression feature

One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them. One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware. It could also establish more alliances with other operational systems.

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Saquib Hameed

VDI Technology Specialist at Faysal Bank Ltd

Easily manageable, expandable, and provides high-capacity and high security

The solution is used in production. It can be used for core banking applications and database applications The solution has improved our data processing speed and our performance. The solution is easily manageable. It is expandable and can be easily organized. We can get centralized reports from…

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Tanveer Rahman

Chief Technical Office at Novotel Ltd.

A scalable solution that serves as a storage for the cloud services opted by organizations

My company uses NetApp NVMe AFF A800 as storage for our cloud The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a product that is fast and provides a fast I/O. The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better. I don't expect to see additional…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."

"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."

"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."

"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."

"Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use."

"One of the best features is the support, which is excellent."

"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."

"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."

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"HP has its own software called InfoSight for the users. It performs predictive analysis and takes a proactive approach to identify issues even before failures occur."

"The solution is easily manageable."

"HPE is excellent, at least in this part of the world in Kuwait."

"The platform’s most valuable feature is the ability to process huge amounts of data."

"The storage has been very simple to use and offers high availability."

"The initial setup is easy compared to other vendors."

"You can easily scale up, and scale-out."

"Low latency is the most valuable feature."

"Over the eight years, we've been using NetApp with ONTAP, we've never lost a bit of data, and we've only experienced a few minutes of downtime in that entire time."

"The product can be scaled vertically as well as horizontally."

"The storage features are valuable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a product that is fast and provides a fast I/O."

"We find the product to be very flexible."

"The most valuable features are stability and performance."

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Cons

"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."

"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."

"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."

"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."

"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."

"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."

"I would like to see some AI features that would allow arrays to intelligently identify threats or unusual behavior in the data pattern and give an alert."

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"HPE All-Flash Storage does not have snapshot immutability, which is something I need. This was a significant factor in my decision to switch from HPE to Dell PowerStore."

"It might be expensive. If budgets are not a concern for any client, I recommend All-Flash."

"The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."

"The support, visibility, and reporting features must be improved."

"It might be expensive."

"The product’s ability to recover information and generate reports needs enhancement."

"The support can take a few days to have a response. However, the response that we do receive is very informative."

"Increasing the RAM, and including physical cords would be beneficial."

"The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better."

"The initial setup should be easier, and more like a plug-and-play approach."

"Sometimes, it takes a while to get somebody competent on the other end of the line. They do have engineers in multiple time zones around the world. However, their level-one support is not always the best."

"The technical support has room for improvement."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The cost of the solution is quite high. It would be ideal if they could adjust it so that it's a but less."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pure FlashArray X NVMe’s pricing is cheaper than other products."

"They can tout the functionality and cutting edge technology that they have, but that's where the price tag comes in. The cost is high, but I think as they grow their business and get more customers that it will probably go down a little bit."

"The product is expensive."

"Its price could be better. It is not too expensive, but it is the high-end cost. It is kind of a Rolls-Royce. You pay a lot, but you get a lot out of it. So, the price pressure on the way down would be great, but at the end of the day, if you need to do the work, you just pay for it."

"We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Pretty much everything that you need is licensed when you buy the product. Licensing to me is different than the maintenance cost, but they can bleed into one another. We buy the product, and we expect three years of support bundled into what we negotiate on our storage arrays. I would start to see maintenance costs going into the fourth year, but we're not there yet."

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

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"The product is more expensive than one of its competitors."

"The product is not cheap."

"The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."

"There are licenses for the use of this solution, such as commercial licenses."

"Though NetApp NVMe AFF A800 may seem like a highly-priced product, it is not extremely expensive."

"Considering the requirements and the situation, I don't feel that this is an expensive product."

"The solution is expensive."

"I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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Manufacturing Company

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics ...

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What do you like most about HPE All-Flash Storage?

The solution is easily manageable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE All-Flash Storage?

In my region, the pricing is good. We work with a local channel for HPE, which provides a good final price. The list ...

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What needs improvement with HPE All-Flash Storage?

HPE All-Flash Storage does not have snapshot immutability, which is something I need. This was a significant factor i...

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What do you like most about NetApp NVMe AFF A800?

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a product that is fast and provides a fast I/O.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp NVMe AFF A800?

Though NetApp NVMe AFF A800 may seem like a highly-priced product, it is not extremely expensive.

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What needs improvement with NetApp NVMe AFF A800?

The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better. I don't expect to s...

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Comparisons

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Compared 18% of the time

Pure Storage FlashBlade vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 14% of the time

IBM FlashSystem vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 11% of the time

HPE Alletra Storage vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 9% of the time

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Dell PowerStore vs HPE All-Flash Storage

Compared 100% of the time

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Compared 27% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs NetApp NVMe AFF A800

Compared 12% of the time

IBM FlashSystem vs NetApp NVMe AFF A800

Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

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Overview

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Pure Storage

HPE All-Flash Storage provides high-performance, reliable storage solutions for enterprises, optimizing workflow efficiency with advanced data management capabilities and flexible scalability.

HPE All-Flash Storage is designed to enhance enterprise storage capabilities with reliable data solutions. It offers exceptional speed and efficiency, making it ideal for businesses requiring rapid data access and processing. Its architecture supports seamless integrations, catering to demanding workloads in diverse industries. With a focus on data reduction and compaction, HPE All-Flash Storage provides a robust environment for efficient and dependable data handling.

What are the valuable features of HPE All-Flash Storage?

Data Reduction: Minimizes storage use through efficient compression and deduplication.
Scalability: Easily expands to accommodate growing data requirements.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing IT infrastructure.
Performance: Ensures rapid data processing and retrieval speeds.
Reliability: Provides consistent uptime and data availability.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces overall storage costs with improved data management.
Business Agility: Enables quicker response to market changes with faster data processing.
Operational Efficiency: Decreases downtime with reliable infrastructure.
Scalable Investment: Invests in scalable technology for future growth.

HPE All-Flash Storage is widely implemented in sectors like finance for real-time transaction processing, healthcare for managing large patient data systems, and retail to enhance customer data analytics. Its adaptability makes it a valuable asset in tech-dependent fields.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Your data is a gold mine. Get the most out of it - faster - with AFF A800. Designed for NVMe media, further accelerated with NVMe/FC connectivity to the host, AFF A800 all-flash systems deliver an incredible sub-200 microsecond latency. Providing more than 11.4M IOPS and 300GB/s throughput in a single cluster, AFF A800 redefines the limit of what’s possible with artificial intelligence and deep learning.

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Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

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