HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 vs Microsoft Azure File Storage comparison

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

9th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 1.7%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure File Storage is 10.0%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Jose Cordova

Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT

Seamless management and monitoring elevate uptime and operational efficiency

The features of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 that I appreciate the most are availability for the company. These features benefit my organization because uptime is better for the company. Managing and monitoring my global block storage environment from the solution's single cloud console is very simple for me as the administrator. It is simple since it is very easy to create hosts. The ability to scale capacity and performance independently makes for very easy operation. The solution has helped us lower costs. It's helped us reduce time spent on capacity planning. Regarding DR, the RPO and RTOs are very good. It's very important for the company to be able to recover our data easily. It's flexible. The time to recovery becomes very fast. The administration is very straightforward. The uptime has been good.

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PrashanthR

Lead Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Seamlessly streamlines document processing with advanced file storage and OCR integration

We need to store data over there. We process documents through Kofax Time is a major benefit, as well as ease of processing. With configuration, it happens quite easily, and we can finish tasks early. File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service. This enhances the processing…

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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

"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 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."

"The scalability is very good."

"The ease of use, the reporting, and the setup are excellent."

"The unified management experience has been great. That's a huge advantage."

"The features of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 that I appreciate the most are availability for the company."

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"The most valuable aspect of Azure File Storage is that all the features are available in one place."

"The biggest advantage of Azure File Storage vis-à-vis other public cloud storage providers, and why we recommend Azure first and foremost, is that many of our customers have partnerships with Microsoft and so they have access to better cloud economics. Compared to AWS, we have found that (from a customer perspective) Azure is much more competitive."

"It was quick to synchronize back from Azure to the on-premise server."

"The interface is very good."

"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."

"The tool offers a secure way to access storage. You can also easily share the files securely across Azure."

"Azure File Storage gives us easy access to cloud solutions at the storage level."

"The initial setup is straightforward and takes approximately twenty minutes."

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Cons

"The administration UI is only in English, not Spanish."

"They take a long time to return the action plan after I send the logs. It takes them one to two days to respond."

"They need to put back in the feature in which you can export volumes by set instead of individually."

"The solution could improve the integration with sustainability-related services. A lot of clients ask us about that."

"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."

"You need two different boxes for block and file storage."

"With support, occasionally, we have a little trouble escalating things."

"The classifying of the data could be better."

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"I would like to see more updates around File Storage."

"Maybe Microsoft can make it more economical because it is a costly affair."

"If the file is large, there may be a delay in download time."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage needs more integrations. In the future, I also want to see GRC added to the portal. If you enroll or sign up for Azure services, your country may not have GRC available in the portal, so you may have to choose a strange country, for example, Kenya, to activate credit."

"It would be helpful if we could remove data that we don't frequently access to reduce the cost of the storage."

"The product name keeps changing. It can be confusing when product names change frequently, especially with Microsoft. Sometimes, if you refer to a product by a certain name last year, it might have a different name six months later."

"They should make the solution more user-friendly."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage should improve its pricing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price seems okay for us. It is what we expect for this kind of storage."

"The solution is a bit pricey compared to AWS and Google."

"One of the major benefits for AWS is that they have a very large customer representative base where clients can be picked from, they offer large discounts and credit. We were not able to receive the same kind of offers from Microsoft Azure File Storage. We tried to approach Azure while hiring for our disaster recovery discussion, but we didn't receive anything from Azure."

"The licensing cost for Microsoft Azure File Storage comes with an agreement from Microsoft."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price."

"The price is comparable to other competitive solutions."

"The pricing is usually dependent on your storage requirements. Overall, I believe Microsoft Azure File Storage's price is reasonable."

"For one terabyte of data, we are spending about 150 Euro every month."

"I think the pricing of the product can be reduced."

More Microsoft Azure File Storage pricing and cost advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

University

Logistics Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

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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?

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. It has a lot...

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

Our main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 involve a lot of VOD infrastructure within my company, where we store the content so that we can play it out to the clients. This is where we st...

Which file storage system is better - Amazon EFS (elastic file storage) or Azure File Storage?

Amazon EFS is easy to set up: you can use the AWS management console, API, or command-line. Amazon EFS can grow to petabytes and deliver consistent low latencies and high levels of throughput. This...

What do you like most about Microsoft Azure File Storage?

The product is a reliable cloud solution.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure File Storage?

The pricing for Microsoft Azure File Storage is five out of ten, not so expensive and not so low.

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Also Known As

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage

MS Azure File Storage

Overview

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.

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Fully managed file shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol

Key scenarios:

Share data across on-premises and cloud servers
Migrate file share-based applications to the cloud with no code changes
Integrate modern applications with File storage
Simplify hosting for high availability workload data

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Sample Customers

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Talon, Camden

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage