HPE Alletra dHCI vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 95% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

HPE Alletra dHCI

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95% willing to recommend

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88% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Alletra dHCI

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

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HCI (9th)

NetApp HCI [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

Mohamed-Mousa

IT Manager at a media company with 201-500 employees

Modern infrastructure has supported critical business services and delivers strong data protection

To be honest, I did not make any changes in Nimble, and the same applies to StoreOnce. The system is built and ready-made. It was already built before we received it, but overall, everything is clear and direct, and there is nothing complex, so I do not need to do a deep dive in the system to resolve or change anything. I do not use HPE Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI intelligent automation. I do not use intelligent data services in managing my data infrastructure. I have not actually used additional functionality for Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI right now, but I think this feature is very useful, especially AI. AI is involved in any software now, and I do not use it in my system, but I think it's very useful.

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Massimiliano Bartolozzi

Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.

Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022

Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.

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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

"Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."

"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."

"So far, the solution's performance is very good."

"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."

"The solution is easy to use."

"It's helpful as you stand on high-end storage. Alletra offers up to 99% availability, providing excellent stability. You also get the benefits of an HCI solution with a template and upgradability at any time."

"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."

"Very good in-line compression."

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"The most valuable feature is the software design storage that really provided a faster, agile, easier to scale up and out storage path."

"It is a unique product with simplified setup and independent control over storage and compute."

"This is a strong product and it works very well, and the processes around it continue to grow and mature."

"It is easy to set up, and you don't have to do much work to get it to do what it needs to do."

"In terms of helping us with storage persistence across private and hybrid clouds, we do store data internally and in Azure. It has allowed us to consolidate a number of workloads, across our old NetApp and a number of our older storage arrays, into a single unit and have that unit also working with Azure."

"The most valuables features of it are the deduplication and the compaction because the ratios are much better than what we normally get on our FAS storage."

"Our goal with NetApp HCI is to have no single point of failure."

"It's an all-flash solution. NetApp guarantees 3-to-1 or more than 3-to-1. It has guaranteed performance, like 15K IOPS per node."

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Cons

"The product does not support file services."

"The solution must be hypervisor-agnostic."

"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."

"The deployment of a new server could be improved."

"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."

"This year 2022, we have the possibility to include new kinds of storage with a high disk availability, such as Alletra 6000 and Alletra 9000. Those are the new storage available. If we would like to improve the quality and the capability and the high availability of these products, we can choose between different costs. This is another benefit from this HPE Nimble Storage dHCI solution of hyper-converged."

"Their documentation needs to be simpler to read yet more detailed so it's easy to compare models and easier for clients to pick."

"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."

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"I'm not a fan of how they don't log you out properly from some of their web tools for management."

"It is easy to install now, but could potentially be even simpler."

"The deployment process has room for improvement. I would like for it to be a cookie-cutter deployment."

"HCI has not enabled us to consolidate workloads or break down silos and has not increased application performance. It has also not resulted in more efficient use of compute resources."

"There have been some drive type of issues where we have to apply a new code level. Storage nodes kick certain drives until they act as though they have failed when really they haven't. You just have to reinsert them, then they go on about their happy way. It's sort of a bug."

"I'd like to see some additional graphics capabilities because I'd like to look at some virtual desktop integration for CAD software."

"The administration side of it needs to be improved. We expect an easier interface and a single upgrade for updating the infrastructure."

"The price should be lowered. It's a little expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product licensing costs vary depending on whether VMware or other solutions are used."

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is much cheaper than the competition and has value proposition. Customers can see an ROI in three months. There are no additional costs, and VMware licenses can be reutilized."

"With the features that HPE Nimble Storage dHCI provides, I cannot say its pricing is more."

"The price of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is expensive."

"The product is costly."

"The solution’s pricing was very good."

"The customers have found the solution to be expensive. However, when compared to the competition the price is reasonable."

"I think it's priced right and it's extremely intelligent."

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"Licenses run on a yearly basis, and there aren't any additional fees other than the standard licensing fee."

"You still have to pay for the licensing for VMware and Red Hat licenses separately. It's not all inclusive at this point."

"This solution reduced our maintenance costs. We were going to have to pay one to two million dollars to put in compute nodes. We are avoiding those costs."

"Its pricing is lower than our previous solution."

"Its price is comparable to the competitors in the market."

"The licensing fees are renewed annually."

"Where we lost nearly 75 percent of our infrastructure due to a malicious attack and were able to recover two and a half hours into it due to the integration, it saved us and all of our customers. Because we were able to recover so fast from the attack, the solution paid for itself right there."

"Its price is aligned with the market. In addition to the standard licensing fees, there is an integrator cost."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Marketing Services Firm

14%

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Company Size

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Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

Pricing is rated at six, which is normal. The price is appropriate for the capabilities and features that the customers receive.

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What needs improvement with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

I would like the HPE Alletra dHCI to provide options to install products separately. When extending or when servers are already present, normal Alletra systems are more suitable. dHCI projects ofte...

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What is your primary use case for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

Our customers' usual use cases for HPE Alletra dHCI ( /products/hpe-alletra-dhci-reviews ) are the same as with the Nimble ( /products/nimble-32125-reviews ) systems: virtualization, storage for bu...

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HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

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Overview

HPE Alletra dHCI, a data storage solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), offers Disaggregated Hyperconverged Infrastructure (dHCI), separating storage from compute resources for independent scaling and management. Utilizing HPE Nimble Storage technology, known for AI-driven optimization, it ensures high performance and management efficiency. With scalability and agility, users can effortlessly expand storage or processing power as data requirements evolve. Additionally, boasting rapid deployment in under 15 minutes and a claimed 99.9999% data availability, HPE Alletra dHCI promises robust and reliable storage solutions.

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NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

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American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology

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