HPE StoreVirtual vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Red Hat are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #20, while Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Additionally, 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and HPE StoreVirtual both compete in the enterprise storage solutions category. HPE StoreVirtual holds the upper hand with its advanced features that surpass Ceph Storage's offerings.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers scalable, flexible object, block, and file storage ideal for cloud infrastructures. It provides integration with enterprise environments and supports high availability and data redundancy. HPE StoreVirtual presents a rich feature set with advanced data management, synchronous replication, and flexible integrated solutions that enhance both performance and scalability. These features contribute to its perceived superiority in managing data efficiently.

Room for Improvement: Red Hat Ceph Storage could improve on enhancing its feature set to better compete with more feature-rich offerings by adding more advanced data management capabilities. It could also work on refining user interface experience for easier management. HPE StoreVirtual may focus on simplifying its deployment process to match its robust features with user-friendly deployment. Additionally, offering more affordable pricing options may attract a broader customer base concerned with initial expenditures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Ceph Storage features a straightforward deployment process with strong customer support, easing the setup challenges. HPE StoreVirtual's deployment can be more complex but is compensated with comprehensive customer service, providing thorough assistance and reliable support post-deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage stands out with cost-effective solutions offering a favorable ROI, appealing to budget-conscious businesses. HPE StoreVirtual justifies its higher initial setup cost with superior ROI stemming from enhanced performance and robust capabilities, making it a worthwhile investment for those seeking long-term benefits.

To learn more, read our detailed HPE StoreVirtual vs. Red Hat Ceph Storage Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

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Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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Vebjorn Nergaard

Senior IT Engineer at Guard Automation AS

Reliable with helpful support and good replication

The setup is okay, however, it comes with a moderate amount of difficulty. If you are new to the product, it is difficult. You do get used to the process over time and it gets easier. A company just needs one person to maintain the solution as it just runs. You don't need any support staff. It's very, very hands-off except when you do updates. The product is living its own life.

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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI

IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi

Offers cost-effective scalability through open-source storage integration

Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage. We appreciate the scalability of the open-source solution, allowing us to address our growing data needs without encountering major issues. Having used it as a pilot system in Brazil, we gained significant knowledge and the ability to manage our infrastructure as code.

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Pros

"We have integrated it with VMware. The integration process is pretty good. Especially with VMware, it helps with the capacity of it."

"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."

"The onboarding and integrated monitoring tools are pretty good."

"I like its size. It is smaller than the other competitors. We can plug in many blades, and we can have data up to one terabyte."

"The performance of FlashBlade is excellent. It does not necessarily leverage the SOS API that some of the newer products leverage, but I found its speed pretty much on par and comparable. It is fast, and it does what it is supposed to do."

"It has absolutely simplified our storage because the dashboards on the consoles show a clear understanding of where you are, and it is also very easy to provision. This been a big help for our teams."

"The solution provides many controllers."

"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."

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"The solution is quite stable. We haven't had any issues with glitches or bugs."

"It appears to be very stable and very robust."

"The solution is very stable."

"The network RAID feature gives us maximum availability, since we cannot afford any downtime, even for a second."

"It's very stable and it's easy to use."

"HPE StoreVirtual is very easy to use from the management console."

"It allows compute and storage to operate separately, and has the ability to take SAN nodes out of production for maintenance with little effort and zero downtime."

"StoreVirtual is that it is our software-defined solution and it's everywhere."

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"The community support is very good."

"The scalability feature is used by all users and is critical for our operations."

"We use the solution for cloud storage."

"Ceph has simplified my storage integration. I no longer need two or three storage systems, as Ceph can support all my storage needs. I no longer need OpenStack Swift for REST object storage access, I no longer need NFS or GlusterFS for filesystem sharing, and most importantly, I no longer need LVM or DRBD for my virtual machines in OpenStack."

"Most of the features are beneficial and one does not stand out above the rest."

"We have some legacy servers that can be associated with this structure. With Ceph, we can rearrange these machines and reuse our investment."

"The solution is pretty stable."

"Replicated and erasure coded pools have allowed for multiple copies to be kept, easy scale-out of additional nodes, and easy replacement of failed hard drives. The solution continues working even when there are errors."

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Cons

"The solution is expensive."

"There is some room for new features related to authentication and integration with Kubernetes, and other solution using S3 Bucket."

"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."

"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."

"Compared to, for example, Hitachi NAS, the solution is not mature at all. It's just in its infancy as far as technology goes."

"I would also like to see better support for CIFS workloads."

"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."

"I have not seen ROI."

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"The management aspect of the solution needs to be improved in order to make the product stronger."

"One of the areas that need improvement is the consolidated management platform, to manage all of the nodes from one place and the licensing around that."

"The product is coming to end-of-life in the next three years."

"User interface could be improved."

"f you're doing the 10Gb adapters, SFPs don't come with it, but it doesn't say that. It might say that somewhere else, but it's not clear."

"The solution needs to ensure it is on par with the industry in terms of availability of features and various other options."

"Product looks like it is in the end of development."

"It would be nice if there were more parts available in Brazil and HPE could swap out faulty equipment quicker."

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"It took me a long time to get the storage drivers for the communication with Kubernetes up and running. The documentation could improve it is lacking information. I'm not sure if this is a Ceph problem or if Ceph should address this, but it was something I ran into. Additionally, there is a performance issue I am having that I am looking into, but overall I am satisfied with the performance."

"Ceph does not deal very well with, or takes a long time to recover from, certain kinds of network failures and individual storage node failures."

"Geo-replication needs improvement. It is a new feature, and not well supported yet."

"It takes some time to re-balance the storage in case of server failure."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

"If troubleshooting is needed, the response should be faster."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"An area for improvement would be that it's pretty difficult to manage synchronous replication over multiple regions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"The price of this solution could be made more affordable."

"The price is a little high."

"Licensing fees are paid yearly."

"The price could be cheaper."

"Pure Storage FlashBlade is a hardware appliance, and it's very expensive if you compare its price with other solutions. You can get the same features and benefits from its competitor, VAST Data, but for half the price of Pure Storage FlashBlade."

"In my opinion, we have paid the right price for the product. I don't think that it is too much or too little."

"The product is very expensive."

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"One of the key features about it is that when you buy either a VSA license or a StoreVirtual appliance, all your software's included."

"For our organization, I believe the cost is 16,000 Euros for a three-year license. It costs a bit more to do the maintenance on our servers as well. It's also on an HP ProLiant server and an organization will need to do the maintenance there also. I believe the price for that is around 2000 Euros a year."

"It costs less than $10,000 for one machine. If it costs more than 15% higher than this, then the customer may change to another solution."

"The prices are OK, so we don't have much difficulty selling HPE in Brazil."

"If you buy a five-year license, not only does the technical support expire after five years, but you also lose the ability to change and expand the VSA, and the systems won't go down."

"Licensing is not exactly straightforward, but not the worst I have ever seen."

"Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription as a bundle."

"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."

"There is no cost for software."

"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."

"We never used the paid support."

"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."

"The price of this product isn't high."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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

The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate. FlashBlade is worth the money due to the experience and per...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This ...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Ceph Storage?

The high availability of the solution is important to us.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Ceph Storage?

I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

HPE StoreVirtual storage ensures that organisations can optimise the benefits of server virtualisation with cost-effective high availability and disaster recovery. The iSCSI-based, scale-out storage platform is easy to manage and change – meeting ongoing business demands without creating IT bottlenecks or application downtime. Overcoming the cost and management limitations of traditional storage area networks (SANs), HPE StoreVirtual nodes use storage clustering to form a single pool of resources that enable organisations to buy only what they need today, scaling non-disruptively to meet requirements in the future.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.

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ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

NBrIX, WIND Telecom, Netrics

Dell, DreamHost

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