HPE StoreEasy vs Nasuni comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 7, 2024

Nasuni and HPE StoreEasy compete in the file storage solutions category. Nasuni has the upper hand due to its advanced features, scalability, and cloud adaptability.

Features: Nasuni offers features like global file locking, unlimited storage capacity, and continuous file versioning, appealing to businesses seeking scalable storage solutions. Users appreciate its simplicity in IT management, security, and disaster recovery capabilities. Nasuni also supports hybrid cloud environments, providing versatility for various deployment needs. HPE StoreEasy focuses on robust data protection and ease of implementation and maintenance, which appeals to users who prefer straightforward storage solutions that integrate easily with existing setups.

Room for Improvement: Nasuni could improve its platform with faster replication speeds and better cloud solutions support such as OneDrive. Users also suggest enhancements in user-friendliness, monitoring capabilities, and a clearer cache structure. HPE StoreEasy could benefit from increased scalability, better configuration tools, improved cluster services, and extended storage capabilities to cloud solutions like ISDN.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nasuni supports hybrid cloud, on-premises, and public cloud deployments, and its technical support is often praised for its proactive customer service despite some timing issues. HPE StoreEasy is typically deployed on-premises, preferred by companies seeking reliable on-premises setups and known for accessible and professional support.

Pricing and ROI: Nasuni's pricing includes per-terabyte licensing, cloud storage, and virtual machines, considered competitively priced. Users notice reduced capital expenses and labor costs, achieving ROI through infrastructure and maintenance savings. HPE StoreEasy's one-time purchase model is seen as economical, with satisfaction in its reliability and flexibility. Nasuni's model caters to businesses looking for scalable and cost-effective cloud adaptability, while StoreEasy is favored for predictable, one-time hardware investments.

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HPE StoreEasy vs. Nasuni

June 2025

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE StoreEasy

Ranking in NAS

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nasuni

Ranking in NAS

6th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (1st), Cloud Migration (3rd), Cloud Storage (5th), Cloud Backup (15th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (10th), Cloud Storage Gateways (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the NAS category, the mindshare of HPE StoreEasy is 4.7%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nasuni is 5.3%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Vinoth Bala

HPE Consultant at Mannai

Reliable, cost-effective, and easy to deploy and manage

I did not have any difficulties in deploying StoreEasy for the customers. It is user-friendly and easy to deploy. It has a Windows Server and a required license built in. For implementation, we follow the HPE documentation. We follow the Configuration guide and the Installation guide. For all HPE products, we follow the HPE documentation. For a single box, it takes a maximum of two days. It depends on the customer's availability. For different configurations, it can take two to three days. The number of people required varies from customer to customer, but generally, it requires three people. For mounting the storage, we always have three people to unbox, mount, and do other things. It does not require any maintenance. From the data center perspective, maintaining StoreEasy is very easy. No customer has complained about any difficulty in maintaining StoreEasy.

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Barry Sunanan

Senior Architect - Data and Solutions at Wipro Limited

It helped us save 40 to 45 percent on some types of data

It can provide a 360-degree view of your data, depending on how you implement it and whether you're storing your data in Nasuni. However, if you're working with multiple cloud providers, I don't think it's mature enough to provide a 360-degree view of what's in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. I think it can do it, but it's still a lot of scope and range fitting. Given that Nasuni storage is actually cheaper in some areas, it made sense for us to move a lot of our data away from Microsoft. Nasuni gave us more of a 360 view of that particular data type. Other data types are a little different because the company went in a direction where they wanted to store some stuff in an AWS S3 bucket rather than a file storage system. An S3 bucket has its advantages, but if you were to store more of your data in Nasuni, you would get a wider 360-degree view of it rather than on several cloud providers. I have data in AWS, Google, and Azure, and I would like to see a wider view of all the data stored across these three top providers. Currently, I use it for AWS and Azure, but I couldn't use both of them at the same time. I think Nasuni could have better visibility across these different areas. I had to take my data out and then do some analysis to get the costs. It would be helpful to have more built-in analytics tools to compare the storage costs between the various cloud providers. I would also like some graphing capabilities. We had a tool called Grafana that we used for graphing. I think some more visual analytics like that would be nice.

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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

"I can use both the on-premises and cloud storage options. I need to have an APR extension from StoreEasy, and it's that simple."

"StoreEasy offers reliable file services, which is a critical factor for customers looking for solid infrastructure."

"HPE StoreEasy is a stable and high-performing solution that HPE supports effectively."

"I like the tool's provisioning feature and OneView."

"The most beneficial feature of HPE StoreEasy for us is its easy implementation and maintenance."

"StoreEasy is a better solution for backup purposes."

"The tool's data protection capabilities are robust."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the duplication."

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"With Nasuni Management Console (NMC), we get a single, centralized view of our entire internal structure and data center structure. This is very important because this caters to remote locations. One of the main care center teams is dependent on this solution. As it is directly connected to customers for the calls that they receive and troubleshoot, they can then help customers out in case they are not able to place an order."

"The global file locking feature is valuable. The ability to quickly deploy new sites is also valuable."

"Nasuni Management Console (NMC) is super valuable, and both physical and virtual filers are also valuable. NMC is the one-stop place for all our filers, both virtual and physical filers. They are definitely doing a great job in housing all our documents and surveillance videos."

"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of the backup and restore functions."

"We've used it to provide file source capacity for VDI environments. The security of it is important and the fact that it's object storage, it's immutable and that it can't be held for ransom. It's a lot smoother than our previous processes that weren't Nasuni-based. A lot of it is done automatically just by the system being in place."

"We use Nasuni's continuous file versioning feature and it fully protects us. With the ability to version files and have continuous recovery, it helps in terms of resiliency. If we have an incident then we would be able to easily recover from it by using the technology."

"Nasuni is tremendously easy to manage. It eliminates many of the administrative challenges associated with physical hardware storage, and you don't need to worry about any hardware failure or products reaching the end of their lives."

"The biggest and most impressive thing for us is the operational recovery (OR) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities that Nasuni has. If a filer goes down, or an ESX server goes down, then we can quickly recover."

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Cons

"I would like to improve the tool's technical support. I would also like to see the product's hybrid cloud version."

"The areas of HPE StoreEasy that need improvement are scalability and migration."

"The support of HPE StoreEasy can improve its responsiveness. Dell support is better."

"There could be improvements in providing more hardening options on the operating system side, similar to iLO's security scoreboard."

"There are some SKUs in StoreEasy that are built to order, and there are only limited options, such as StoreEasy 1670 and 1870, which can be configured to order based on customer preferences."

"The cluster service is not available in the latest version of HPE StoreEasy."

"There is a default Windows installation. Sometimes, when it crashes, the HPE support team asks the customer to reinstall it. That is the only issue customers are facing."

"It would be better if it were more scalable. In the next release, I would like to access some Microsoft Windows storage server features. I guess the newest version of Windows Server has some restrictions."

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"I would like to see them improve their tools in regards to accessing data using smartphones, tablets, and iPads. I think the Nasuni app could be improved to make access to the data cleaner and more efficient."

"Some of their cross-platform features are really good, but it could always use more."

"The Nasuni file storage platform doesn't work well when there are a high number of small files. This is the case when a directory structure contains more than 10,000 or 20,000 small files, e.g., 5 KB, 10 KB, or 15 KB. When the user is accessing these files from another geographical location, they might face a slow response or timeouts when connecting to the shares, and then to the files. This is because the file size is small. There is a scope of improvement with this solution when it comes to accessing a large number of small files."

"Some applications may not be suited for the Nasuni environment. You may need something with better performance. Otherwise, if you want to run daily operations or some file system, it's a good bet."

"Nasuni could improve cloud integration and documentation of various ways we can leverage the product. It integrates with Azure, but the native Azure File Sync solution lets you divide data into tiers like hot, cool, and archived. Nasuni doesn't allow you to break the data apart into those tiered categories."

"I would like to see Nasuni create a Dropbox or Box alternative. One of the things that people like about those tools is that they are very easy to implement. They look just like a file server. With Nasuni, you have to be online to get your file storage. With Dropbox, there is a thing running on your PC that downloads the files to it when you need them, i.e., an agent."

"Migration from existing systems, specifically StorSimple, could be improved, but that solution will be end-of-life by the end of the year. Also, the documentation could be more accessible."

"The speed at which new files are created is something that could be improved. For example, if you create a new file in another country, I won't see it for between 10 and 15 minutes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of HPE StoreEasy is approximately $15,000 to $20,000 and it is a one-time purchase. The price is similar to competitors, such as Dell."

"This is an economical solution for the company and I am satisfied with the pricing."

"Based on what I hear from our customers, it is not very expensive. From the cost perspective, I see nobody complaining about its cost."

"I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. You need to pay additional costs for the solution."

"The pricing is fair. It's an enterprise-level solution so it's not inexpensive... The cost is pretty stable year over year."

"It's cheaper than a lot of alternatives but it's not cheap."

"They could lower the cost, but it saves so much money when you go into it (by losing all the backup)."

"There are cheaper forms of storage, but Nasuni is fairly priced for the functionality it offers. I can get basic file shares provisioned in Azure and pay for the storage and the CPU. The overall cost would be much less than Nasuni, but I would need to build the management console and encryption process, so it would cost a lot to develop that kind of functionality."

"I would not say it is economically priced, but it is affordable. If you can afford to pay for it, it is worth the money, but it is definitely not overpriced. It is priced about where it needs to be in the market. We were satisfied with the way they did their licensing and how they handled it. I believe they actually license by data size. It is based on how much data is being held on the machine and replicated, and that's completely understandable. So, for us, their pricing was as expected and affordable."

"Our agreement is set up such that we pay annually per terabyte, and we buy a chunk of it at a time. Then if we run out of space, we go back to them and buy another chunk."

"There are annual costs that we pay for maintaining all of the snapshot history in the cloud. That is the primary cost that we pay. We occasionally buy newer Nasuni appliances or deploy them to new offices when the need occurs. That capital equipment expenses is less than the cost of buying new file storage systems. For the most part, you are trading a CapEx cost of storage equipment for an OpEx cost for management of all the snapshot data in the cloud."

"With this solution, the license renewal is pretty swift. With the virtual appliance, you just need to take care of the OS versions and patches. In a way, we don't have to struggle much with renewals because the only thing that we need to take care of are the licenses. We renew it every three years. This aspect goes with infrastructural costs because it doesn't cost us too much to maintain the solution."

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Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

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

HPE StoreEasy is competitively priced compared to competitors. It offers configuration options, such as different processor powers, to adapt to the client's needs.

What needs improvement with HPE StoreEasy?

The product is stable, running on Windows Server ( /products/windows-server-reviews ) with updates from HPE, including those for iLO. There could be improvements in providing more hardening options...

What is your primary use case for HPE StoreEasy?

I use HPE StoreEasy ( /products/hpe-storeeasy-reviews ) to provide file sharing to our business users. We are a logistics business, specifically a port.

Does Nasuni have a good pricing model?

Based on the experience of my organization, Nasuni is definitely worth the money, since it gives you an all-in-one solution where you'd usually need several programs. About the cost, there isn't a ...

Is it easy to restore files with Nasuni?

As someone who has used this feature of Nasuni I can tell you - yes, it's good for file recovery and you'll definitely benefit from very quick times. I can't tell you if it's the best one because I...

What features and services does Nasuni offer?

Hi, if you pick Nasuni, you'll be benefiting from many services for a good price. Well, it's a personalized price you get after an agreement with the company but in my organization's case, it is a ...

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Overview

HP StoreEasy Storage is the #1 NAS product family under $15K USD range in units. Count on optimized, efficient, secure and highly available storage that simply addresses file and application storage challenges, no matter the size of your business. Straightforward features and new enhancements mean simpler installation and monitoring of utilization and health status.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Nasuni is a file data services enterprise focused on assisting firms with their digital transformation, global expansion, and information awareness. The Nasuni File Data Platform is a suite of cloud-based services designed to enhance user productivity, ensure business continuity, provide data intelligence, offer cloud options, and simplify global infrastructure. This platform and its auxiliary services are projected to replace conventional file infrastructure such as network attached storage (NAS), backup, and Disaster Recovery (DR), with an expandable cloud-scale solution. By storing file data in scalable cloud object storage from multiple providers, Nasuni positions itself as a cloud-native alternative for traditional NAS and file server infrastructure. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nasuni serves sectors like manufacturing, construction, technology, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector worldwide, offering its services in more than 70 countries.

Reviews from Real Users

James J., IT Manager at a marketing services firm, says Nasuni’s management dashboard is helpful because he's able to view all of the different filers at once rather than check each one of them individually. He values the software’s security, reliability, good performance, helpful alerting, and responsive support.

According to a Server Engineering Services Lead at a mining and metals company, Nasuni offers good OR and DR capabilities, performs well, offers data security, and continuous file versioning helps recover from hardware failures.

The Managing Director of IT at a construction company appreciates Nasuni because it eliminates a lot of work that was previously done when managing backing up and restoring data files.

Sample Customers

John Lewis, HPE IT, Comline AG, AmeriPride Services

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