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HPE ConvergedSystem vs HPE SimpliVity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (3rd), Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (2nd)
HPE SimpliVity
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
155
Ranking in other categories
HCI (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. HPE ConvergedSystem is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 10.9%, down 18.8% compared to last year.
HPE SimpliVity, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 6.3% mindshare, down 8.7% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ConvergedSystem10.9%
FlexPod XCS12.8%
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance8.3%
Other68.0%
Converged Infrastructure
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE SimpliVity6.3%
VxRail10.6%
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)9.2%
Other73.9%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

PF
Project Engineer at Astellas Pharma US
With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support
It is a solution that we could expand in our company. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Our company has 400 users, all of whom have used it at one point or the other. All of the departments are involved in the usage of the tool.
Mohammed Lokman Hossen - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Has integrated solutions and rapid recovery made management smoother and more reliable
There is the latest update from HPE regarding HPE SimpliVity. For virtualization, HPE has to depend on other manufacturers, OEMs such as VMware or Hyper-V. Recently, HPE declared the VM essential virtualization solution. In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination. Functionality-wise, I am totally satisfied with HPE SimpliVity, but for improvement, if HPE integrates its own virtualization solution, this combination and integration will be beneficial because this integration can be configured with the cloud-based system. A VM can be uploaded to the cloud from this, which will be advantageous for backup to other sites.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution. Our system has a very big environment. Due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task. We prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment, even when we have some different cases in operations."
"Over the last four years we had a 99.9% uptime."
"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution; our system has a very big environment and, due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task, yet we prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment even when we have some different cases in operations."
"As far as what we are doing now, there is no problem with stability; it's pretty flexible, it's efficient, and it is centralized management, cost-effective."
"It's a great solution that is very secure, and very easy to configure."
"This is a scalable solution. Our customers begin with an initial configuration and later add more servers, memory and other options to meet the demands of increased processing."
"The best feature of this solution is the backup system."
"The solution is incredibly stable; it's one of the great advantages of the product, and we've never faced any problems when it comes to stability."
"No SAN switches and having a native backup is pretty cool."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the storage virtualization layer, together with the built-in backups."
"I like HPE SimpliVity's hard disk compression capabilities; the data is compressed into very little space or volume, and I'm saving a lot of disk space using SimpliVity."
"The globally federated architecture means that the backup across sites does not consume precious MPLS bandwidth, which is cool."
"SimpliVity helps us to manage and has made deduplication work really well."
"I highly recommend Simplivity to fill any hyper-converged needs."
"SimpliVity helps us to manage and has made deduplication work really well."
"Given we needed a datacenter refresh, we were able to implement SimpliVity at a cheaper cost than replacing our legacy compute and SAN, we inherited true business continuity (priceless), and were able to prune our preexisting server backup solution."
 

Cons

"This is an expensive solution."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"I think the MTG inside HP could be improved."
"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."
"I would like to see a full flash array added and the pricing improved, as HP is expensive."
"Something that we think should be better in the HANA converged solutions is all of the monitoring of the solutions."
"With ConvergedSystem, we'd like to see just how portable and scalable HP can make it. Is it really just an add-on each time and not a complete redesign?"
"I would love to see a more proactive approach to implementing patches and reaching out to customers with new initiatives."
"I have not seen ROI."
"The price could be better and it needs to back to other storage."
"We want HPE to do whatever they can do to improve, in order to make it a better customer experience."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"The production server infrastructure is an area with room for improvement."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"The fact that it is tied to a certain hardware platform would probably be the bigger negative versus just being able to buy something off the shelf."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is good. We have not calculated what hyper-converged infrastructure has brought us but I think there has to be some lower cost for us, compared to the public cloud. Obviously, there would be a lower cost, probably by more than half."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The pricing is competitive. Not a major problem. We have a subscription model."
"The pricing is sensitive."
"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The price should be cheaper."
"It is expensive for this market. Everyone says that it is a very good product, but the only complaint is about the price."
"We spent $250,000 back in the day, and that was for two servers in my data center for that cluster. We then ran what they call an arbiter, and that took the place of a third server or the third node in the cluster. My DR site was one standalone server, and its horsepower was more than the two at my main site. It included my Cisco Switches that I needed to re-upgrade. It was comparable to what we were paying a year in VM."
"There is not a license required for the solution."
"For most use cases, look to see if you can use all-flash as the price point, as it has come down significantly."
"The price of the solution is reasonable. We have purchased a five-year license with all the support and upgrades."
"Its licensing is quite easy. There is a model license, but it depends on the system you buy. There are no extra costs. There is only one license."
"All-in license, simple and fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Performing Arts
6%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business67
Midsize Enterprise49
Large Enterprise80
 

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What do you like most about HPE SimpliVity?
The solution's technical support is good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE SimpliVity?
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Also Known As

HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300
SimpliVity, HPE HCI
 

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