We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"It has good stability for our company."
"The first year, we started out with one or five terabytes and it took what was 20 terabytes of storage down to less than one terabyte."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"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."
"I use InfoSight quite a bit. It works well. It allows you to get some insight into what's happening in your environment immediately, instead of having to send things off and having them analyzed and sent back to you."
"The management software that runs in the cloud is called InfoSight and it is very good. It is similar to machine learning software that monitors your hardware."
"Its speed, ease of use, and it has been completely reliable."
"The fact that you can manage the requirements is one the most valuable features of HPE Nimble Storage. The other is the rapid deployment time."
"Nimble Storage is a great storage solution which will give you a lot insight on the growth of your storage."
"We get storage access without the need for more human monitoring of those resources."
"Performance Integration with Commvault"
"It dynamically understands what data is being stored on it and where to store it, because they have got a flash array at the front, then obviously the standard style of storage at the back."
"You don't need to think about compatibility of components."
"The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case; I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand."
"It makes for easier deployments through automation and improved accessibility."
"The stability continues to get better and better. It's pretty reliable."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"The solution is really stable."
"The most compelling aspect of VxRail lies in its unwavering guarantee of sustained performance for my systems, regardless of their geographical distribution."
"Our clients value being able to upgrade with one click or a few clicks."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"The price could be better."
"They could improve the price."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"I think the scalability of HPE Nimble Storage could be improved."
"It would be ideal if all these enterprise-class high-performance products would come at a cheaper price."
"The solution’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"The solution that I have is a hybrid, not a full flash. The hybrid version could be improved."
"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."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"I would like to have more administrative rights, for example, root-level administrative rights to the underlying OS of the storage array. We want more access to the kind of underlying infrastructure of the storage array rather than relying on support. However, most companies are looking to have more managed solutions which is the opposite direction of what I want."
"It would be nice if the update process was shortened and that patching would be simpler."
"There could be better documentation and they should allow everyone to access the simulator."
"The product has high pricing. This particular area needs improvement."
"The search feature isn't good."
"What I find very valuable is VxRail's life cycle management. The life cycle management takes care of everything from firmware to the actual upgrading of the hypervisor and keeps everything up to level."
"The licensing costs are too expensive. They should work on their pricing model."
"The initial setup was not that easy, it was a medium difficulty level."
"We have some issues, but they are possibly out-of-the-box issues. There was a host that was dead on arrival, and there were some file issues on other hosts. We're currently working actively with Dell to resolve all these issues. Once they are resolved, the product should be stable."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 118 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series.
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