We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and Pure FlashArray X NVMe based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It worked flawlessly."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"It's just very easy for general block storage."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"It has allowed us to upgrade our DMS to the latest version and reuse the older array as the DR storage for VMware SRM."
"It's very easy to set up. It's very stable, and it has got great deduplication, especially for hypervisor users."
"It's very stable and fast, and I am very happy with the deduplication. It saves a lot of space, which is great."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is quite scalable."
"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."
"The most valuable features are its cost-effectiveness, performance, and its deduplication deficiencies."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe has low latency and high Ops. It is an evergreen model."
"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."
"The Pure1 component is most valuable at this point in time when comparing it with EMC. Pure1 is where you can have your diagnostics in the cloud, so you can look at things from your mobile phone."
"The price could be better."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"It was not proactive communication."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"Automation could be simplified."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"The HPE Nimble Storage could have better integration with monitoring and machine learning system information solutions."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"It would be ideal if all these enterprise-class high-performance products would come at a cheaper price."
"We face challenges with hardware delivery."
"A feature that would be a nice addition to the next release would be a filer option. A filer option so that you could connect the sim or NFS or chips like NetApp does for NAS functionality."
"I have problems with the next servicer. For example, I have a new device and it needs to connect to Nimble."
"Nimble Storage could increase its flexibility by adding more protocol options. Nimble mainly uses fibre channel protocols, whereas many other storage arrays support fibre channel, iCSI, and NFS protocols."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"Our use cases require more multi-tenant capabilities and additional VLAN interfaces for separating different customers. We currently use it to provide storage, sometimes shared storage, to different customers, but it is less flexible in comparison to a dedicated solution."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 23 reviews while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is ranked 14th in All-Flash Storage with 11 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 8.8, while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Proactive end-to-end management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure FlashArray X NVMe writes "We can monitor our storage from anywhere, and it is light in maintenance and very stable". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, HPE Primera, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, whereas Pure FlashArray X NVMe is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell PowerMax NVMe and Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe report.
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