HPE Alletra dHCI vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

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"It has given the company an almost zero possibility of downtime.""We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time."""The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure.""The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service.""Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest.""Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports.""The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem.""The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."

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"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads.""The latency is very low.""Very good in-line compression.""So far, the solution's performance is very good.""The solution is easy to use.""We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure.""We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs.""Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."

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"It is a unique product with simplified setup and independent control over storage and compute.""NetApp HCI is a stable solution.""It has automated a lot of workloads. It has automated us from ticketing a large number to a very small number.""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.""HCI definitely improved how flexible we scale, and our entrance into the cloud. The features are very rich, in terms of both avenues. It's helped us flexibly move and shift our workloads around, back and forth.""The most valuable feature is the software design storage that really provided a faster, agile, easier to scale up and out storage path.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the SolidFire interface.""The NetApp Deployment Engine that comes with it makes the actual deployment and usage very easy. That's our primary focus and it's hyper-converged. That's something that we want to use as well."

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Cons
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky.""Some configuration options still demand service restarting.""I think the setup could be streamlined a bit.""I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal.""It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers.""There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started.""If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things.""Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."

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"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better.""Their documentation needs to be simpler to read yet more detailed so it's easy to compare models and easier for clients to pick.""HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement.""The initial setup is a little bit complicated.""HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's website does not open properly or work consistently.""The only issue I'm really running into is we have a SQL server that we're having a lot of high IO latency on one of my drives and it's my data drive from my SQL server. It's not really giving me any good information as to where that latency is coming from, so that's what I'm trying to track down and troubleshoot.""The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better.""The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."

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"I would like to have the ability to replicate to multiple sites.""There's a limitation with a block in the file. That's where I see that it's not very efficient for upgrades and for management.""If you want to have a really dense data center then it's hard to have a big chunk of cabling going through everything.""The vCenter keeps crashing, meaning that there is no stability in our environment.""Because I like block mode, I'd like to see SAN connectivity. I would like to be able to easily put it into my current environment.""Its stability is 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 crash.""There are some legacy applications which still cannot be migrated. That is why we have to keep two environments: legacy and the new one. We would like to see more compatibility to move stuff.""I would like for them to fall a little closer to like the VMware release model. The new features and new solutions tend to come from the VMware side. I would like for NetApp to follow along closely with VMware's release schedule."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The setup cost is very low. The pricing is great."
  • "We are happy with the price."
  • "The license is reusable. We can always rebuild it and apply the license. Then, boom, we get new servers, apply the license, and we're back up and running."
  • "The pricing is fine for the work that it does."
  • "When we did all the analysis for StarWind, it was approximately 20 percent less than any of the other solutions that we looked at."
  • "The scalability limitation for us is its licensing. At some point in the fairly near future, we will probably have to upgrade our license so we can store eight terabytes instead of four. We are currently at four terabytes, but we're starting to knock on the door of that capacity."
  • "The pricing is excellent. It will run on anything. You don't have to buy a $100,000 server, with hardware you don't need. You just pay for the license and you're good to go."
  • "The licensing is a bit weird. If you license the standard version of StarWind, it allows you four terabytes. Then, they have a pro version, but with the pro version, the only difference is it doubles the terabytes to eight."
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  • "I think it's priced right and it's extremely intelligent."
  • "The customers have found the solution to be expensive. However, when compared to the competition the price is reasonable."
  • "The cost of the licensing is reasonable."
  • "The price of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is expensive."
  • "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 product is very affordable."
  • "I would rate the licensing model a three out of ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is cheap."
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  • "This solution saved our organization time (35 percent) and money. We have a hefty group of developers, and if you multiply that by 30 to 35 percent, that is quite a bit of money."
  • "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."
  • "There are the overall infrastructure costs. Even though the initial costing was higher, we calculated for year-to-year for five years. That brought us into a position where we decided, we have to go for HCI rather than having distributor systems."
  • "All the licenses are included when you buy the program."
  • "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."
  • "Licenses run on a yearly basis, and there aren't any additional fees other than the standard licensing fee."
  • "The licensing fees are renewed annually."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines… more »
    Top Answer:The cost of this is less than you expect. Since they're selling a software stack, you do need to consider your own… more »
    Top Answer:You can maintain and update it with little to no fuss, even the free version is incredibly capable whilst it brings the… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing is expensive. I would rate the licensing model a three out of ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten… more »
    Top Answer:It is scalable, and NetApp Deployment Engine (NDE) makes its deployment easier.
    Top Answer:Its price is comparable to the competitors in the market.
    Top Answer:At the moment, I am not looking for new features. Quality of Service (QoS) and capacity efficiency are the two things… more »
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    Also Known As
    StarWind SAN & NAS
    HPE Nimble Storage dHCI
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    Overview

    StarWind Virtual SAN provides high availability and fault tolerance for virtualized environments without the need for dedicated SAN hardware. It allows for real-time replication between servers, shared storage for Hyper-V clusters, and enables vMotion and High Availability features for VMware vSphere. The solution reduces costs and leverages existing hardware while providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure. Valuable features include ease of use, scalability, top-tier support, hardware agnosticism, and the ability to use off-the-shelf standard servers to increase storage space. StarWind VSAN has helped organizations improve performance, data availability, and data security while reducing downtime and providing cost-saving storage options.

    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.

    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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    Sample Customers
    Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School
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    American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company10%
    Construction Company8%
    Educational Organization8%
    Computer Software Company8%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government9%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Outsourcing Company10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Training & Coaching Company10%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Transportation Company15%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Insurance Company10%
    Pharma/Biotech Company10%
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    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business64%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise13%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business83%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise9%
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    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews while NetApp HCI [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 32 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.0, while NetApp HCI [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp HCI [EOL] writes "Ease of provisioning has allowed us to implement large installations in a very short time frame". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series, whereas NetApp HCI [EOL] is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).

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