HPE Primera vs IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe and HPE Primera are both leading enterprise storage solutions. IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe has the upper hand in performance and scalability, whereas HPE Primera stands out due to its data protection and reliability.

Features: IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is highlighted for its high-speed performance, scalability, and NVMe technology. HPE Primera receives positive feedback for its advanced data protection, efficiency in handling mixed workloads, and automated management capabilities.

Room for Improvement: IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe users suggest enhancements in integration capabilities with third-party tools, improved documentation, and better customer support. HPE Primera users seek improvements in the complexity of configuration, a more intuitive user interface, and reduced deployment time.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is noted for its straightforward deployment but receives mixed feedback on customer service responsiveness. HPE Primera offers a more complex deployment but excels in providing excellent customer service support.

Pricing and ROI: IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe users find the initial setup cost reasonable and report a good return on investment. HPE Primera, though slightly more expensive upfront, is valued for its long-term ROI due to its reliability and features.

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Everpure FlashArray

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashArray is 6.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Primera is 1.5%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Everpure FlashArray	6.4%
HPE Primera	1.5%
IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe	1.3%
Other	90.8%

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Cristian Ion

Senior Information Technology Engineer at Eta2u

All-flash storage has unified my clients’ workloads and has reduced TCO through efficient data services

The pricing and licensing of Everpure FlashArray is a problem because Everpure is considered more expensive than competitors. IBM, Lenovo, and Dell are more aggressive on prices. It is a very complicated market, especially now, and I understand the prices are higher at Everpure because of the software and all the enhancements it has. However, in this competitive market, we have a big problem selling to customers that are on a tight budget. A product with better pricing would be a win in the end. The RC or C20, for example, was a very good product that I could sell more easily than other options. Everpure FlashArray//C is sufficient for most workloads and virtualization workloads if you do not have very large databases. A product like that helps, and perhaps a new product in the future that is a little cheaper than the current options would be a possibility to gain more market share. I see the return on investment clearly from using Everpure FlashArray, but the challenge is selling it to customers for the first time. There are many customers who fall in the sweet spot where they are too small for an X or even a C model. They need something a little cheaper, they have the money for a cheaper version, and they need the performance of a Pure system. These customers could be more easily approached if Everpure offers a version of a local device in the future that is even cheaper than the C-class. I am trying now to help customers understand the concept behind AG1. I know that AG1 is not profitable if capacity is less than 50 terabytes. However, some customers would be very willing to pay for 25 terabytes in a cloud operated by Pure and to have it accessible with very good speed. We will see what the future brings.

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Manikandan Ramalingam

Storage Architect at DXC Technology

Improved data compression has maximized storage capacity and simplifies daily operations

In terms of advantages, I don't see any improvements needed; however, when comparing HPE Primera with Hitachi and KvSP Harrison, it's not on the enterprise level, but we can go ahead with mid-level to enterprise cloud solutions. I don't have any specific ideas for additional features for HPE Primera in the next release; currently, all the features seem good, and I don't see any missing functionalities. I believe architecture could be scaled up to rate controllers, but I don't have any specific suggestions for improvements. Stability could be improved because maintenance-wise, issues with the controllers can sometimes be challenging; enhancements in high availability architecture could help.

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Yacine Bouakttaya

Chief Technology Officer North Africa at Huawei

High-speed data processing has improved billing cycles but performance headroom still needs growth

In terms of improvement regarding IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe, I can compare with other competitors, especially regarding solution architecture. Data resiliency can be a concern because IBM can reach up to only four controllers, while others like Dell EMC can support up to eight controllers with better resiliency without service staff. Additionally, the SBC one benchmark is a storage performance console that stresses different storage solutions like Dell EMC and NetApp. It generates metrics of IOPS and latency, showing that the competition can have two million IOPS, significantly outperforming IBM's capabilities. As for the capability of scaling, we can see the limitations in reaching such high-performance levels.

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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

"Everpure FlashArray has reduced downtime in some situations, reduces downtime considerably, and can help perform upgrades or replacements of certain hardware or its firmware without shutting the machine down."

"We experience fast demos and zero downtime; we do not experience any downtime with Pure Storage, thanks to resilience with Safe Mode, integration with backup software, and everything related to cyber resilience."

"Once it's set up, it just runs on its own and only requires the occasional checkup."

"Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."

"I used to have to manually sync storage from server to server, for multiple clusters and database storage for disaster recovery but now, that's all automated."

"Running on Pure has given us the ability to scale out our SQL environments."

"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."

"We chose Pure Storage because it had the best performance of all the products that we tested."

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"It's an excellent solution, HPE definitely stands behind it, and I would put it up against most of the storage arrays that are out there because it is enterprise-class."

"Primera is really robust, effective, and cost-saving as well."

"HPE provides good support through their customer service."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The most important thing that we had found when we purchased this product around six months back was its 100% availability and uptime."

"The initial setup is simple."

"HPE Primera has high availability and is stable."

"The features that I have found most valuable are the artificial intelligence for the storage inside of the software and firmware because customers do not like functionalities which require manual interruption."

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"IBM FlashSystem is an excellent product."

"The storage serves the virtual environment. Most of our applications run in the virtual environment, and it serves nearly 30% of the bank's capacity."

"The FlashCore modules support more value to the architecture due to their unique characteristics."

"It's easy to use, has good stability, and many features."

"The technical support is good."

"The product is a game-changer; IBM changed the game architecturally by moving computational resources into the flash media."

"You get value for money, because the product is good in terms of control failure."

"The most valuable features of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe are its steady performance and usefulness in high-traffic environments."

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Cons

"The only minor issues that come to mind are that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad. Also, the solution should be cheaper."

"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."

"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."

"It would be nice to have a better view of the allocated capacity on their Platform as a Service solution because we have to do some manual calculations to understand how much we are going to pay every month to use the storage that is allocated."

"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."

"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."

"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."

"I have been primarily working with storage and have not fully explored other areas, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to performance reporting."

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"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."

"One of the drawbacks of the model we purchased is that it is not running NVMe drives. Even though they say that it is NVMe-ready, it is still on the SSD drives. The model that we purchased has only eight hard drives, and only the ones on the top could work on NVMe. The rest of them are still on the SSD. Its competitors, such as EMC and Pure Storage, are moving or have already moved to NVMe. HPE should improve this solution for NVMe. HPE should also improve IOs in this solution. IOs in HPE are weaker than Hitachi and Pure Storage."

"The price of the product is an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the solution should be made more affordable in terms of price."

"The product’s price needs improvement."

"The initial setup is not straightforward."

"Some application solutions can be more acceptable on the HPE Primera site because the size is important and costly."

"Primera should be more user-friendly."

"We face challenges with false alarms, particularly daily alerts related to replication link breaks. I'm not happy with the customer service and support."

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"I would like to have replication functionality built directly in the product, rather than having to use a separate device for this."

"IBM is currently not offering volume-based encryption or compression, while other brands or IBM's competitors are doing it."

"IBM's support is not good. I experienced a big problem where I opened the console IBM Storage and would see that something was broken. I called the call centers, and I said, "I have a problem. My drive is not working." They want me to give them the serial number, I gave it to them and they told me "I cannot find your product. Your product is not here.""

"The ZIO interface could be improved."

"Other vendors have included a block and file system. IBM doesn't include a file system. And yet, it's very necessary for all organizations' networks to have file systems. We have other systems for the file system, however, ideally, we would like to have one system with these features."

"The solution's compression feature could be better."

"Currently, when we want to hook up tape drives, we have to add some extra equipment, which is a little bit complex."

"The solution's compression needs to be improved, as it's not the best."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Dell and Pure Storage offer competitive pricing, but Pure Storage might have a slight advantage."

"It's expensive, but you get what you pay for."

"The cost of Pure Storage is subjective and determined by your environment. Pure Storage tends to be more expensive than NetApp, but it is cheaper than EMC. Performance varies with data workload, making cost considerations complex."

"Because the price is a bit higher than other products, the data reduction equalizes the price with amount of the data reduction."

"For us, as the customer, it reduced the price of the management."

"We feel that the pricing is fair and the licensing process was easy for both."

"We evaluated Oracle and Hitachi, but Pure Storage had the better pricing."

"The price is too high."

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"The pricing for HDD was good."

"From what I see, this is competitively-priced and HPE are doing their best to stay competitive."

"HPE Primera is less expensive than HPE Alletra."

"The tool is expensive. I can say that HPE Primera is one of the costliest tools in the market."

"It is basically in the mid-range of the price. It is not cheaper than Hitachi, but it is cheaper than Pure Storage. There are no additional costs. Everything was taken care of in the price."

"It’s a reasonable choice. When compared to other options, we've found it to be accessible and within our means."

"I believe HPE Primera and Pure Storage are similar in price."

"There is only a one-time license purchase needed and no additional costs. If HP could reduce the training cost, then that would be advantageous to the seller."

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"The solution is priced well."

"There are pricing options from the mid-rand to the high-range, of which the suitability depends upon the requirements."

"The price of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is less than Dell. For upgrades, the Dell solutions are more expensive."

"The price of the FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is reasonable."

"It's a lot less costly than cloud storage. People get surprised by the cost of cloud storage, which is extremely expensive and four or five times the cost of storage on-premises. People don't realize what they're spending on storage until they start getting bills from Amazon, Microsoft, and others. This is a good way to reduce your cloud storage expenses."

"The product has an average cost."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."

"The tool's pricing is competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	74
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	162

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Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	17

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashArray?

When comparing cost, I find that the cost is either the same or slightly higher, but that is returned by the ease of ...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashArray?

The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.

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Which would you choose - HPE Nimble Storage or HPE Primera?

HPE Nimble is a versatile synced WAN San solution. It is easy to use and doesn’t require much training for admins. Th...

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What's the difference between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE Primera?

HPE Primera has many great features but one of the best is that it is very easy to deploy. From an overall perspectiv...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Primera?

Regarding pricing, HPE Primera is moderate; it's neither cheap nor costly, but it's a reliable solution with ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe?

The licensing cost for IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe can be seen as a bit expensive compared to competitors. You can eith...

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What needs improvement with IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe?

In terms of improvement regarding IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe, I can compare with other competitors, especially regardi...

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There are many advantages that we have with IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe against, for example, IBM full flash systems an...

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Comparisons

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

Primera

IBM FlashSystem 9100, FlashSystem 9100

Overview

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

HPE Primera offers an all-flash storage platform emphasizing ease of deployment and 100% availability. Suitable for high-performance environments, it provides seamless integration and exceptional reliability.

HPE Primera is designed to deliver low-latency storage with scalable architecture suitable for high IOPS-demanding infrastructures. With AI-driven insights from InfoSight, it ensures proactive management and stability in storage management and virtualization. However, there's room for improvement in integration with software-defined data centers, cost efficiency, and user-friendly enhancements. Primarily used for virtual machines and critical applications, it shows potential for cloud expansion and hybrid setups by combining spinning disks and flash storage.

What are the key features of HPE Primera?

Ease of Deployment: Simplifies the setup and integration process, allowing quicker time to productivity.
High Performance: Delivers low-latency, all-flash storage for demanding workloads.
100% Availability: Ensures uninterrupted access to data for business-critical applications.
AI-Driven Insights: Utilizes InfoSight for proactive management and operational efficiency.
Scalable Architecture: Adapts to changing requirements without compromising performance.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in HPE Primera reviews?

Reliability: Trusted for its consistent and stable performance under demanding conditions.
Data Protection: Offers comprehensive replication without additional purchases.
Storage Management: Enhances virtualization efficiency through user-friendly interfaces.
Integration: Works seamlessly with VMware environments and aids cloud expansion.

In telecom, banking, and academia, HPE Primera supports secure transaction data access and database management. It's instrumental for virtual machine support, disaster recovery, and hybrid solution setups, facilitating both seamless integration with existing systems and advanced data storage capabilities.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is recognized for its speed, reliability, and performance, offering a high-speed enterprise storage solution. It supports various high-demand applications and environments with superior data processing and ease of use.

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is known for its exceptional high-performance storage facilitated by FlashCore modules and unique architecture. It efficiently handles high I/O operations and supports hybrid cloud environments, including integration with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and IBM Cloud. While users appreciate features like HyperSwap and efficient data tiering, there are challenges with scalability, management complexity, and cost-effectiveness. Reports highlight limited security against ransomware, inadequate compression and deduplication, as well as insufficient technical support for battery repair and backup connectivity.

What Are the Key Features of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe?

FlashCore Modules: Deliver high-speed storage performance.
HyperSwap: Enhances data availability and reliability.
Hybrid Cloud Support: Seamless integration with major cloud providers.
Data Tiering: Efficiently manages data with advanced tiering capabilities.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies management and monitoring tasks.

What Benefits Should You Expect from IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe?

High I/O Performance: Efficiently supports intensive workloads.
Reliable High Availability: Maintains continuous operation with minimal downtime.
Strong Technical Support: Provides comprehensive assistance to users.
User-Friendly Operation: Facilitates ease of use and management for IT teams.

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is implemented across industries like finance and manufacturing for enterprise storage, supporting applications such as VMware clusters, core ERP databases like SAP HANA, and banking operations. It serves as primary storage for databases, web applications, and virtual infrastructures, supporting on-premise, public, or hybrid cloud environments.

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