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HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 vs Microsoft Azure Block Storage comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
13th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure Block Storage
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 1.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is 0.8%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Eric Popiel - PeerSpot reviewer
Good support, highly scalable, and a great cloud-like experience on-prem
Moving to a consumption model is highly desirable from the client side. everyone seems to be moving in that direction. It provides a cloud-like experience on-prem. It simplified it for the most part. When you look at a lot of the storage and historically how it's been done, you're doing a lot of forecasting, a lot of business justification, a lot of purchasing of hardware, and oversizing for growth, et cetera. The pay-as-you-go model is a much more simplified way of doing things. And it offers more flexibility. The scale capacity improves and simplifies the experience in terms of growth and performance. A lot of clients I work with have performance requirements. I work heavily in financial and healthcare segments and those need 24/7/365 performance with no downtime. GreenLake helped to reduce our operational expenses.
MatsHagberg Olsson2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Empowers secure data management with affordable tools and minimal hassle
The most valuable feature is that it's very affordable in comparison to competitors. The absolute best feature is the Azure Storage Explorer tool. The tool allows me to download to my device, control access, and manage data with ease. Additionally, the joint use of Azure portal further facilitates management depending on my location.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 management, with the features that come with central management."
"The scalability is very good."
"Moving to a consumption model is highly desirable from the client side. everyone seems to be moving in that direction."
"The ease of use, the reporting, and the setup are excellent."
"The unified management experience has been great. That's a huge advantage."
"The uptime, the guarantee from HPE, and NVMe Storage are valuable."
"Today I get a better deduplication level compared to the previous generations. That means the price per gigabyte or terabyte is lower for me."
"Overall, I rate the solution as ten out of ten."
"I can store data, use the storage account as a queue, and the pricing is also quite economical."
"The solution has a valuable gearing feature."
"The ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective."
"The initial setup for the production areas was on premise, which is very simple."
"The scalability is rated at ten out of ten."
"RBAC, access control, soft delete, hard delete, and cool and hot storage tiers are some of the features I have found valuable in Azure Block storage."
"The most valuable part of Microsoft Azure is its scalability and availability, which make it easy to work with."
 

Cons

"The debugging of devices could use improvement. Connection problems on devices as well."
"You need two different boxes for block and file storage."
"The solution could improve the integration with sustainability-related services. A lot of clients ask us about that."
"With support, occasionally, we have a little trouble escalating things."
"The classifying of the data could be better."
"The marketplace should improve. There should be a more robust variety of vendors."
"The performance could be improved, but all the services in the cloud are improved every week."
"If the documentation could be improved then it would be very good. Right now, if you face a question, you have to guess how it works or you have to test your hypothesis."
"Support is an area where improvements can be made, particularly in response time for enterprise support."
"The performance of Microsoft Azure Block Storage needs improvement because it's laggy. Microsoft Azure Block Storage also has a lot of limitations on file sizes. The rendering and loading times also need improvement."
"I encountered a challenge where certain metadata was located on a secured network that could only be accessed through a VPN. As there was no direct connector available to reach the private networks that require VPN access, we had to rely on manual effort to access the data. This could potentially be addressed as an area of improvement, especially with regard to accessibility issues where data is only accessible through a VPN connection."
"Customer support could be improved, it can be difficult getting appropriate support."
"I have used Amazon's solutions which are better than Microsoft's. However, since I have predominately Microsoft solutions it is a better choice for me to use another Microsoft solution."
"Azure Block Storage could use more capacity."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price seems okay for us. It is what we expect for this kind of storage."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage is an expensive solution and I pay monthly."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage is a pretty cheap and affordable product, so we have not seen any budget issues related to the solution in our company."
"I would rate Azure a three out of ten for pricing."
"The cost of procuring storage depends on the customer's license availability."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage is not an expensive tool. I'm subscribed to the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors program, so Microsoft gives me between $120 to $150 credit each month."
"The solution is affordable, and we only pay for what we use."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing a nine out of ten and it’s cheaper than Amazon S3."
"The price of Microsoft Azure Block Storage could be less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
10%
Non Profit
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
It's still a block environment. The file storage is too big. If they can lower that so I can store files and objects on the same device, that would be great. You need two different boxes for block ...
What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
My use case is mainly for virtualization. Most of the workloads are virtualization. They're running virtual machines on there. Now I'm also deploying it for containerized applications. I also have ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
We use the solution to develop SaaS platforms on Azure. We utilize various Microsoft components like block storage and databases for this purpose.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
Pricing could be rated as eight out of ten. It is reasonable, however, it can be cheaper.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
At the moment, I do not have anything specific in mind for improvements. The most important thing for me is accessibility and easy provisioning to multiple servers with different vendors.
 

Also Known As

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
MS Azure Block Storage
 

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Sample Customers

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Mazda, BlinkBox, Rakuten Showtime, Xbox One, Serko, ChronoDrive
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