HPE SimpliVity vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

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HPE SimpliVity

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84% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

HPE SimpliVity

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

155

Ranking in other categories

HCI (5th)

Vblock [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Has integrated solutions and rapid recovery made management smoother and more reliable

There is the latest update from HPE regarding HPE SimpliVity. For virtualization, HPE has to depend on other manufacturers, OEMs such as VMware or Hyper-V. Recently, HPE declared the VM essential virtualization solution. In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination. Functionality-wise, I am totally satisfied with HPE SimpliVity, but for improvement, if HPE integrates its own virtualization solution, this combination and integration will be beneficial because this integration can be configured with the cloud-based system. A VM can be uploaded to the cloud from this, which will be advantageous for backup to other sites.

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Tahir Shahid

Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services

Centrally-managed and stable, but the initial setup could be made simpler and technical support can be improved

There is a different platform and there are different interfaces for different parts of the product. Although there are some centralized components, you still manage each component using its own set of tools. There is definitely room for improvement in this regard. I would like to have a catalogue like menu where you simply define your end computing needs and the rest would be taken care of internally. The initial setup could be unified to make it simpler.

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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

"It makes it easy for our customers to manage all virtual machines and different workloads and be agile."

"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware."

"The most valuable features are the backup and restore capability, the speed with which it can back-up, and restores can be done in seconds."

"The ability to backup our data without requiring additional storage media or software application was a huge gain."

"Operational efficiency is definitely one of the biggest benefits, as they could get rid of all those man hours worrying about babysitting their SAN and their servers and the network and take those hours and put them back into real value for the business working on issues with the applications, not the SAN and the infrastructure."

"It's a very good solution for disaster recovery."

"We can scale the solution easily."

"HPE SimpliVity makes the computer technology as simple and enjoyable to use as possible, and its design is efficient, effective, and satisfying."

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"Not having to worry about the firmware integrations with the software infrastructure components has been grand."

"The most valuable features are reliability and high availability."

"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."

"The Vblock is designed to make IT life simpler (infrastructure framework) and more cost effective (an appliance) for an organization."

"Many times I personally felt that while this is a good product to implement in any environment, the one key factor is knowing the environment that this is going to go, know the purpose it is going to serve, and plan ahead a minimum of two years ahead what you might see are areas that might need extra upgrading."

"This solution has rock-solid reliability."

"It has improved system performance, batch times for off-hours processing, and reliability with production applications."

"It's been very reliable, the support is very good, and it fit our needs very well, but our needs are constantly changing."

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Cons

"In regards to the HPE Simplivity current offering – 1. Replication of backup to a cloud solution would be advantageous. At present, I’d have to spin up a new site (data center, networking gear, etc.) and place Simplivity nodes there to get replication of backups to meet my offsite requirement."

"The production server infrastructure is an area with room for improvement."

"Nutanix very often beats us."

"There is room for improvement in the operations area because the support for that server space is minimal."

"The installation is quite easy but it could still be improved."

"Pricing and support is on the high side, but well worth it."

"I would love to see a more proactive approach to implementing patches and reaching out to customers with new initiatives."

"Overall, the biggest issue I have is regarding the price."

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"Currently, there is some uncertainty about the future of the product line with regards to Dell's takeover of EMC."

"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."

"The only thing I would like to see is that although they strongly advocate that you cannot change any of its parts, and that would undermine its performance, but a little allowance should be allowed for disassembly within certain areas, which would be nice."

"Improve the patching process and timeliness of updates/releases."

"RCM upgrades are painful."

"Tighter alignment could simplify and speed up the configuration and delivery process."

"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."

"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We spent $250,000 back in the day, and that was for two servers in my data center for that cluster. We then ran what they call an arbiter, and that took the place of a third server or the third node in the cluster. My DR site was one standalone server, and its horsepower was more than the two at my main site. It included my Cisco Switches that I needed to re-upgrade. It was comparable to what we were paying a year in VM."

"This solution, while costly as all these solutions are, was in fact less expensive than upgrading my old SAN."

"The price of the solution is reasonable. We have purchased a five-year license with all the support and upgrades."

"It's a costly solution and is more expensive than VxRail."

"It is not too expensive, but it is quite expensive for me."

"All-in license, simple and fair."

"For the VMware licensing, it is approximately $10,000 a year."

"Investing less time in configuration and management means that you will have more time to focus on what is really important: Your company's innovation and rapid commercialization."

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"Strive for a consolidated ELA."

"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."

"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."

"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."

"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."

"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."

"It is not cheap."

"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Performing Arts

11%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	67
Midsize Enterprise	49
Large Enterprise	80

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	16

Questions from the Community

How does HPE Simplivity compare with VMware vSAN?

HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that is primarily geared to mid-sized companies. We researched VMware vSAN but found HPE was a better option for us. HPE SimpliVity has ...

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

Standalone HPE SimpliVity is more expensive than other OEMs and solutions. Regarding the software side, VMware is costing significantly more nowadays compared to other solutions in the market. The ...

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What needs improvement with HPE SimpliVity?

I haven't noticed anything that should be better in HPE SimpliVity, as I haven't done extensive work on this platform; I have only completed a couple of projects recently. Pricing could be an area ...

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Also Known As

SimpliVity, HPE HCI

VCE Vblock

Overview

HPE SimpliVity provides businesses with advanced features such as inline deduplication, compression, and instant recovery, enabling efficient backup and scalability. Its integration with VMware and centralized management fosters ease of use, establishing a streamlined IT infrastructure.

HPE SimpliVity stands as a comprehensive solution for organizations seeking a robust infrastructure capable of handling diverse workloads. Its features like integrated backup and disaster recovery ensure quick restores and high availability. Known for its efficient use of storage and data processing capabilities, it helps reduce operational costs. This system offers a reliable framework for virtualized environments, enhancing disaster recovery processes, IT operations, and application hosting while supporting workloads such as Oracle, SAP, and SQL.

What are HPE SimpliVity's key features?

Inline Deduplication: Minimizes data redundancy, enhancing storage efficiency.
Compression: Optimizes storage, reducing space requirements.
Instant Recovery: Facilitates rapid restoration of data and applications.
Centralized Management: Simplifies IT operations with unified management.
Scalable Architecture: Adapts to business growth seamlessly.

What benefits should users seek in HPE SimpliVity reviews?

Cost Reduction: Achieves savings through efficient data processing and storage utilization.
High Availability: Ensures consistent service and data accessibility.
VMware Integration: Provides compatibility and smooth operations in VMware environments.
Quick Disaster Recovery: Enables swift restoration processes for continued business operations.

Organizations deploy HPE SimpliVity mainly for virtualized environments, focusing on disaster recovery, IT operations, and application hosting. Extensively used in sectors for VDI, backups, and data center tasks, it supports major workloads like Oracle and SAP, simplifying infrastructure management while ensuring high availability.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

VCE Vblock Systems is an all-in-one virtualization platform that integrates the leading storage, network, and compute technologies from the likes of EMC, VMware and Cisco. VCE Vblock allows organizations to easily and securely deploy cloud computing and virtualization in their environments, supporting these multiple technologies and providing flexibility and agility for changing business needs.

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Red Bull Racing, Mandarin Oriental, Brigham Young University, UCLA, Merlin Entertainments, Sasa Cosmetics, Travelport, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Princess House

Xerox, ACS, and Columbia Sportswear.

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