We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and IBM FlashSystem based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions received high marks from reviewers. IBM has an edge in this comparison due to the feedback it received for its speed and innovation.
"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"FlashArray has many valuable features. It's very user-friendly and it has high availability, so there is comparatively less downtime. During maintenance, there is no shutdown procedure, so you can directly power off the Array and manage the shutdown process without any data loss, which is a unique feature. Managing replication and data migration is also very easy."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"The scalability is good."
"Even if one control fails, it automatically turns on the other controller and everything moves from one to the second instantaneously without any issues."
"The most valuable feature is the NVMe flash storage."
"HPE Nimble Storage is very stable and performs well."
"It's very stable and fast, and I am very happy with the deduplication. It saves a lot of space, which is great."
"The scalability is straightforward."
"InfoSight is helpful because it is proactive support."
"The most valuable feature is the management of Nimble Storage, InfoSight. This is like a cloud. That's really a very nice feature. I think that's the only reason to buy Nimble Storage."
"It is easy to use. Not too complicated."
"The Flash core models offer amazing performance."
"IBM FlashSystem has been stable in our operations."
"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."
"IBM FlashSystem is a powerful effective storage solution. Additionally, it is user-friendly, anyone can use it."
"IBM FlashSystem is flexible, quick, and has a solid design."
"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."
"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"The price should be lower."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"I like what they're doing, but some of my customers complain that they do not have all the bells and whistles and knobs to fine-tune workloads that some of the competitors have. In my opinion, that's good. All customers don't have dedicated storage gurus, and they can get themselves into trouble if they fine-tune too many of those high-performance knobs, but they do get knocked down. Pure Storage takes a hit in the minds and opinions of some of the customers because they cannot customize things as much as compared to a legacy storage provider's appliance such as NetApp, Dell EMC, or even HPE. I personally think 95% of my customers are better off letting the system fine-tune itself. That was something that you needed to do 12 or 15 years ago, but now with all-flash, the technology can handle what it needs to handle. Customers just end up shooting themselves in the foot if they are tweaking too many default settings."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"It was a bit expensive."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
"We are doing a hybrid and are moving some machines to Microsoft Azure to run in hybrid mode. We are checking the availability of extra software-defined storage so that we can configure it."
"HPE does not have suffficient storage."
"Pure Storages have some option, which allows us the ability to directly download that host inventory and volume report. We can receive everything directly generated from the storage itself. We do not need to use some other web browser or something. If HPE Nimble Storage could do the same it would be a benefit."
"There should be faster interfaces."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"The solution should allow for easier configurations."
"This solution could be improved by offering greater amounts of storage."
"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"The generic functionality of IBM FlashSystem, IBM always dismisses using file share or sharing protocols inside their storage hardware, and they only focus on the block-level storage."
"Our model does not support compression or deduplication."
"There could be some extra features added."
"The technical support in my region is satisfactory but it could improve. Support is very important for customers and downtime is very critical for us. We would like onsite or complete technical support which can help us to minimize our downtime or if problems occur."
"The data reduction pool feature sucks and is not recommended for use with heavy workloads."
IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 28 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 37 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 8.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Proactive end-to-end management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "Reliable and easy to configure with simple data migration capabilities ". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS) and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Dell Unity XT. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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