HPE Alletra Storage Reviews

Our main use cases for the HPE Alletra Storage are for primary storage; we have four Alletra arrays, using two of them for primary storage and the other two for backup workloads.

The benefits of Alletra for our organization include the ease of detecting when we have a storage or volume that's running low, and being able to allocate space to those is simpler than other management platforms I've used.

The features I appreciate most about the HPE Alletra Storage are its ease of provisioning storage and management. From one console, we can manage all four of our arrays, making management significantly easier than previous software or storage arrays I've managed in the past. 

The solution has reduced our data management operations expenses, although we haven't quantified that yet. We know that expenses have been reduced because we have consolidated storage, managing one set of storage from one vendor instead of having two or three different storage arrays from different vendors.

I can definitely say that the solution has reduced the time I spend on capacity planning. That said, we have not quantified that. I would assess the capacity efficiency of the HPE Alletra Storage as a reduction in time. We no longer have to dig and find out when or actually act, as it alerts us when we can set thresholds for low space or performance issues, allowing us to manage our arrays more proactively.

To improve the HPE Alletra Storage, I would suggest including smart functions and AI capabilities on the Nimble versions of the Alletra arrays since we are not using the MP version at this time.

I have been using the HPE Alletra Storage for about three years.

I would assess the stability and reliability of the HPE Alletra Storage as very good; only the initial rollout had issues, but for the last two years, it has been very reliable.

The HPE Alletra Storage scales with our growing needs, but we haven't expanded usage yet; that's something we are currently considering.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support a nine. Since our initial rollout where we had issues, HPE worked with us to resolve them, and whenever we needed to talk to a rep with questions, we could reach someone quickly.

Prior to adopting the HPE Alletra Storage, we were using another solution, but I can't recall the name right now. The main reasons we moved were capacity, scalability, cost, and performance.

There were challenges initially, deploying it. I'm not sure there was an issue with compatibility between our ESX host connecting to storage, or something of that nature. However, we would constantly drop storage. We did work with HP and our third-party integrators to get that issue resolved. Since then, we haven't had an issue, even though there were initial onboarding challenges. Once we got those issues resolved, it's been pretty solid.

We haven't seen a return on investment with the HPE Alletra Storage other than the initial purchase price as we have not quantified operational costs.

My experience with the pricing and setup costs of the HPE Alletra Storage was phenomenal, which is one of the reasons our organization decided to go with it, as the setup costs were in some cases half the price of some of the other competitors with even more features.

In evaluating solutions before the HPE Alletra Storage, we considered some other HPE offerings such as the MP, however, the cost was so much more than what we needed at the time. Looking forward, we could leverage some of that MP functionality, but cost remains a factor.

The HPE Alletra Storage has not yet provided a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. We have not fully leveraged the cloud functionality of the Alletra yet, and while I know it integrates with GreenLake, we're here to learn how we can use all the functionality of the Alletra arrays.

My overall rating for the HPE Alletra Storage is a nine out of ten.

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is storage.

The storage features benefited my organization since we were able to duplicate our Active Directory and the capacity to do our EDR.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I prefer most are storage. 

HPE GreenLake AI ops enables us to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. I'm the director of IT. So if things go down, I'd like to get it fixed immediately, and storage is a big part of that.

While not definte, since I haven't used it long enough, the solution likely helps reduce the time spent on capacity planning.

It runs fast. It works fine.

The cloud-like operational model for on-prem works fast and I like the GUI interface. 

The solution runs pretty good right now, although I haven't used it for too long. The features are pretty spot on.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for less than two months.

I have experienced no downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

The solution scales well.

The issue I faced with technical support was that the power supply they sent was the wrong one since it was a case unit. It was a 240 and we needed a 120.

Once that was resolved, everything went smoothly. I understood that it was basically a supply and demand situation, so there wasn't much they could do. Once they received the part, they delivered it overnight.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate customer service and the technical support line a seven since they didn't have the part that I needed right away. That was one of the main reasons I went with them, expecting they would have parts readily available.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using an on-prem storage unit, which was usually Veeam. We wanted to go to all HP. Scalability and the fact we could go all AI were two big factors. 

The biggest challenge was again down on that unit. The power supply was not the correct power supply, and it took forever for them to send me the one that I needed. It took five months to get it.

It's only been a few months; it's hard to measure the ROI.

The vendor gave me the price, and I liked it, so I bought it.

Scalability and AI capabilities were the factors that led me to consider a change. What stood out about the product was our desire to transition completely to HPE to accommodate AI and eventually change the whole infrastructure to HPE.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to ensure they have the correct power supply before proceeding with installation. The deployment model for HPE Alletra Storage is hybrid. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten.

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is currently in our compliance environment, which is a small, protected, air-gapped environment.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure. Since we operate in an air-gapped environment, having an on-premises solution is very important to us; we cannot rely heavily on the cloud. Therefore, having a single pane of glass to manage multiple arrays is incredibly helpful.

HPE Alletra Storage helped reduce the time we spend on capacity planning by approximately 20%.

The feature I appreciate the most about HPE Alletra Storage is that the interface is super simple for my team to use. HPE Alletra Storage has benefited my organization because it was a good transition from the previous manufacturer of storage to the new one, and it wasn't a hard learning curve for my team.

HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency is notable due to the data reduction we get from it. Compared to the previous vendor, we're getting greater data reduction, and the ease of use of the tool has greatly reduced some of the time to support.

It's pretty perfect. I cheer on all of HPE's storage solutions. I appreciate HPE Alletra Storage. A negative aspect would be that I can only get pool utilization from InfoSight, not on the local array. I have to pull metrics every month from InfoSight, and it would be easier if it were just available on the local array.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for about a year and a half.

I have not had a single problem. Even their Nimble solution that we had earlier was perfect. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues on these arrays.

We just installed them, so we haven't needed to scale out. We do have some budgetary items in the next few years, and these are half populated, so we'll easily expand them out.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage as excellent. On a scale from one to 10, I would rate customer service as 10 because I always get quick responses, and the answers are comprehensive. We had one support case a couple of years ago that did not go that smoothly, but it was during the holidays, and there were people in and out at my company. That was just one instance; everything else has been smooth.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, we were using Pure Storage to address similar needs, which we replaced with HPE Alletra.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as fabulous. Even in this controlled environment where it's really hard to do anything, the guides and the wizards are easy to deploy.

Because it is an air-gapped environment, we have to do everything locally on it. That was the only challenge, but the guys were perfect at walking us through setting it up from the console connection.

We don't calculate return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage in this environment because it is regulated by the federal government.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for HPE Alletra Storage has been really good because we have a really good partner. We use Pinnacle Business Systems, and they're seamless to work with. We feel we get the best price and value for it, and setup is super simple.

We considered Pure as another solution. While Pure has a great product, it is very expensive. For the environment that we need it for, it was just overkill, and the Nimble just comes in right where we need it. It had both an all-flash option and a hybrid option, which is what we needed.

I would advise other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage that I would not even hesitate; I would purchase them over all the other solutions we've looked at. 

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as 10 out of 10.

It is basically going to be our main back-end storage for critical applications; for all critical applications in the organization. HPE Alletra Storage is basically a good solution for critical business applications such as Oracle databases and Oracle EBS type workloads. But if it should be implemented with the most advanced protocols and most advanced OS layers, then one can get a true benefit from this storage system.

The functionality we need was available in that storage and this is very good and excellent storage. We basically have all the latest features, and it meets the workload. We have done some initial testing on that product and it was very good; the results were very good. Basically, we need high-performance storage, NVMe all-flash storage with NVMe over FC protocol. We not only look for the NVMe in the storage, we also want the NVMe protocol, which is very essential to get the real performance of NVMe drives for applications. We are quite happy that we got that option and have implemented this option till the last level of our VMs, and our testing and our requirements were met successfully in this storage. It provides us the best performance without data integrity trade-offs.

It is an effective solution for critical business applications, such as Oracle databases and Oracle EBS workloads. To fully leverage the benefits of this storage system, it is essential to implement it with the most advanced protocols and operating system layers.

We have been working with HPE Alletra Storage for more than eight months in our organization.

It is a good thing because IT environments are always expanding with new applications. The new applications are extensively IO-intensive, and HPE Alletra Storage basically fulfills that requirement.

The customer support and technical support of HPE are good. There are no issues. If there is any issue regarding firmware or any configuration, it is resolved immediately by HP support. I would rate the support 10 out of 10.

Positive

In our previous architecture, we were facing capacity issues, and a lot of capacity was wasted due to different silos. We have basically put a centralized storage in the environment, and this storage comes with deduplication and a lot of other features. Overall achievement is very good.

We basically did all the work before procuring this solution. Once we finalized the solution, we observed that it met the requirement.

It is easy; it is not too complex. We did not face any particular challenge. It was implemented successfully.

It is very good storage and there is an excellent feature in it. It was implemented basically very easily. It was not very complicated, and sometimes we face compatibility issues with the server side or on drivers, firmware-type things. We did not observe such issues with this storage deployment in our organization.

We basically involved a partner; HPE deployed it with their own engineer.

Previously we had two to three people managing, but now a single person can manage the whole environment with respect to storage operations.

Cost-wise, it is a bit expensive compared to other vendors and competitors. However, if we technically evaluate, then it is the right solution for key requirements. For example, if we require very low latency for very high-demanding applications, then it fulfills the requirement. But cost-wise, it is a bit expensive compared to its other competitors.

The issue is that it is a block storage system, whereas other competitors try to compare it with unified storage systems. This is not a true comparison. This is the cost which sometimes people cannot understand, but it must be analyzed with respect to its true characteristics. It is a block storage system and must be compared with a pure block storage system, not with unified storage systems or other options that people try to compare with HPE Alletra Storage.

We went through all other storage options such as Huawei OceanStor. We also analyzed the Dell storage systems, PowerScale Store, and PowerMax. We had an open competition with all the products, but the functionality and other features, such as HPE Alletra Storage being a true block storage system, whereas others offer a unified storage system, made us decide on HPE Alletra Storage. Unified storage systems mostly do not commit to the low latency that is essentially required for high workload RDBMS in the environment.

Although this option is available with HPE Alletra Storage, since our environment is on-prem, we are not connected very easily or very frequently with the internet. GreenLake is an internet feature, and we are not basically focused on that area.

It provides a very good cloud-based infrastructure to manage the storage, but we are not using that option. Although we go through the options and the functionality of that module, we are not using it, but it is a very powerful and good option in HPE Alletra Storage. 

I would recommend that it is a pure block storage system. First, everybody must understand its basic characteristics. It is very ideal for critical workloads such as Oracle databases or any data RDBMS, ERP, or billing system type workloads. 

I would overall rate it a ten out of ten.

I use the HPE Alletra Storage for Kafka at my store.

The ease of use of the HPE Alletra Storage benefits my organization since it's simple.

The features of the HPE Alletra Storage I appreciate the most are one SKU and the speed of the resources. 

The solution has reduced my data management operation costs and time. The solution helps reduce the time I spend on capacity planning by one-third. 

The HPE Alletra Storage has improved IT efficiency by one-third. 

Alletra provides me with a cloud-like operational model for managing data infrastructure.

We can get support from Senior engineers fairly easily.

We've reduced time spent.

I would not like to see any additional features included in the new release of the HPE Alletra Storage. We're still new to the solution. So far, it's fine. 

I've been using the solution for six months.

We are still new with the cloud-like operational model of the HPE Alletra Storage as we just got it up and running two weeks ago.

I would assess the stability and the reliability of the HPE Alletra Storage as good. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues yet.

The HPE Alletra Storage scales effectively with my growing organizational needs.

The HPE GreenLake AI Ops enables me to get assistance from a senior support engineer without having to go through support tiers and escalations. 

My evaluation of customer service for the B2B is based on the number of instances we have. The service has been good. 

I would rate my customer service technical support a nine out of ten. When I made a call, they came to our site and helped us configure it.

Positive

The deployment was a little rocky.

I have seen a return on investment from the HPE Alletra Storage.

The licensing has been fine.

Before selecting the HPE Alletra Storage, I considered Dell as another solution. What stood out during my evaluation process when comparing these options was that I wanted an on-premise solution that we could get up and running.

The main challenge I faced was that it basically supports one of our solutions, which is our travel solution. My advice to another organization considering the HPE Alletra Storage is that I would still want to get some case studies. 

I rate this solution nine out of ten.

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage include SAN storage.

The integration with VMware assists my organizations.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most are the UI. It functions as a black box. 

HPE Alletra Storage enables me to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations.

There is a one-click upgrade, which works well.

It's reduced our operational expenses.

We've been able to reduce time spent on capacity planning by 30%.

The capacity efficiency is very good. As a local government organization, we're barely filling it up.

The cloud-like operational model is great. 

HPE Alletra Storage could be improved by making the units lighter. This could be implemented in the next release.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for just about two years.

I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as great; it's fantastic. I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues because of HPE Alletra Storage.

HPE Alletra Storage scales with the growing needs of my organization effectively. We have not expanded usage or added anything to the HPE Alletra Storage.

I evaluate customer service and technical support as great. On a scale of one to ten, I rate customer support and technical support as ten.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using another solution to address similar needs. The other solution was Nimble, and the factors that led me to consider the change included signing up for GreenLake.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as fantastic. We didn't face any challenges. 

I enjoy using HPE Alletra Storage as an engineer, however, I cannot say I have seen a definitive ROI with it.

I really don't deal with the financial side. That said, my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very good.

I don't know what other solutions I considered before selecting HPE Alletra Storage.

My advice for other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to consider its ease of use, integration with other HP products, and the helpful GreenLake portal. There are very up-to-date and valid plugins inside of vSphere, and I use it in VMware. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as eight.

We predominantly use HPE Alletra Storage for ERP, specifically for SAP S/4HANA.

I appreciate that HPE Alletra Storage is an all-flash NVMe storage with a disintegrated architecture, allowing me to enhance performance without needing to add capacity. If I'm buying the Alletra MP 10000 right now with two controllers and 24 NVMe drives, I can simply add a single controller to boost my performance without being stuck with the limit of two controllers at a time for upgrades.

Seamless integration with existing infrastructure is absolutely important to our organization's strategy because otherwise, I would need to redo everything repeatedly, which consumes significant time.

We do use the AI-driven insights in HPE Alletra Storage. The AI-driven insights for Alletra MP 10000 greatly assist our data operations by providing immediate access to insights without going into the storage or asking the storage administrator for data. This enables any storage manager to easily obtain insights regarding performance, IOPS requirements, disk usage, and compression ratios from anywhere in the world.

In terms of predictive analytics features, HPE Alletra Storage automatically opens and enriches support cases with diagnostics during any storage issues, which drastically reduces the mean time to repair and eliminates manual log collection, resulting in much higher efficiency in support automation.

I would like to see improved in HPE Alletra Storage in the future the introduction of more performance-centric controllers rather than entry-level controllers when pitching into the Indian market, as the Indian market is now mature enough to handle more performance-based controllers.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for six months.

I have not experienced any performance issues or limitations with HPE Alletra Storage as of now.

We have not escalated any questions to tech support because we have not encountered any issues whatsoever up to this date.

Negative

The initial setup process with HPE Alletra Storage is very easy, and I find it straightforward.

I cannot comment on the ROI from the HPE product, but the capacity enhancement we attained through no-question-asked compression offers a lower cost compared to traditional architecture while maintaining similar SLA levels.

When comparing HPE Alletra with competitors like Hitachi and IBM, it is crucial to note that Alletra MP 10000 guarantees 100% data availability SLA, which is unique among HPE's offerings, while Hitachi offers this guarantee across almost all their storage products. Though Hitachi excels in performance with other storage subsystems, when focused on Alletra MP 10000, I find it competitive as it provides a specific performance structure.

We use HPE, we use Hitachi, and we use IBM for our storage solutions. From HPE, we work with Alletra MP 10000.

Regarding the pricing aspect of HPE Alletra Storage, it is a bit on the higher side compared to Hitachi, but I think they need to work on that since Hitachi offers strong competition with their B26 and B28 models.

I would assess the value of HPE Alletra's as-a-service delivery model for my organization as a high score out of ten.

I recommend that organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage look into its disintegrated architecture, as it offers significant commercial and technical benefits. The flexibility to upgrade only one controller for performance increases costs effectively without needing to upgrade both controllers.

I rate this review 9 out of 10.

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are within a financial institution, specifically in banking.

An example of how these features have benefited my organization is that with Nimble, I had a problem in concurrency, and our database struggled with managing the hardware, which was the main reason I purchased HPE Alletra Storage. Currently, I have plans in the next month to install another HPE Alletra Storage unit to build a secondary storage. In the main data center, I have HPE Alletra Storage and need a second secondary data center.

Using HPE Alletra Storage has improved the performance of my storage and alleviated a bottleneck. 

The most important feature is the parallelism of several cores in HPE Alletra Storage.

I assess HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as being very efficient, with a large capacity. 

Direct access to senior support engineers is very important to me. For example, in order to use modern tools such as Zerto, I need support or some kind of training from an expert.

While HPE Alletra Storage has not directly reduced my data management operations expenses, it provides an indirect benefit. For example, in a recovery program, suppose that I have a ransomware attack, having a program to reestablish all the services can reduce costs in such critical scenarios.

I would like to see more parallelism in the next release of HPE Alletra Storage.

In my case, HPE Alletra Storage does not provide a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for one year.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with HPE Alletra Storage.

HPE Alletra Storage is performing efficiently as it scales with the growing needs of my organization, but it presents the next challenge for us because I'm running new kinds of tools Docker and Kubernetes in a pre-production environment. 

In the next months, I will be in the production environment, at which time I will have some related metrics.

I evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage as being very good. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the customer service and technical support of HPE Alletra Storage a nine. It can always be better.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was not using another solution to address similar needs.

While you do need some help for an expert, it's not really complicated to deploy the solution.

I have not seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage yet because it has been less than a year.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for HPE Alletra Storage has been good.

Before HPE Alletra Storage, I considered Nimble and previously 3PAR. What stood out in my evaluation process about HPE Alletra Storage is its capacity to perform simultaneous operations and also the MIPS, million instructions per second, related to that.

My advice to another organization considering HPE Alletra Storage is that it is a good product; it's very stable equipment.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as a nine.

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are just our general use business.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most are the stability and ease of use. These features have benefited my organization by making it a lot easier to manage.

The solution has reduced my data management operational expenses. It has reduced the time that I spend on data management tasks by thirty percent. The ease of use of managing the system contributes to overall efficiency. HPE Alletra Storage provides me with cloud-like data services that help me to manage my data and infrastructure.

I would describe my experience with HPE Alletra Storage as very efficient and very reliable; it's just great. The benefits of using this solution are that it's simple to use and it's been rock solid. My advice to another organization that's considering HPE Alletra Storage is to implement it; it's great and it will save you headaches.

I would rate the customer service and support a nine because it's a fantastic experience. I would also rate HPE Alletra Storage's post-launch support a nine.

HPE has come out with the essential part of a new feature, and I would like to see that completely implemented in the next release.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for about a year.

HPE Alletra Storage scales in my organization, but we haven't expanded it yet. We have an order in place to expand our capacity, and it's rock solid.

HPE GreenLake AI and Ops have enabled me to get ticket assistance from senior support engineers to help navigate through support escalations. Having direct access to senior support engineers is important; we're a small IT team, so having somebody that you can reach out to right away is essential.

Positive

Before HPE Alletra Storage, we were using Nimble, and we just turned that on, so we stayed with HPE.

My experience with the pricing and setup costs is average.

We have seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage, but I cannot provide specific numbers.

My experience with the pricing and setup costs is average.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is production server storage.

The speed and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage have benefited my organization by allowing us to avoid worrying about the high cost of moving to the cloud quite yet.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most are speed and reliability. 

HPE Alletra Storage has reduced our data management operation expenses. Since we're such a small shop, we replaced two other storage devices with it, so the cost of support, maintenance, time, and labor has helped reduce our overall expenses.

HPE Alletra Storage has helped reduce the time I spend on capacity planning. We don't spend a lot of time on that since we're so small. I assess HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as awesome because we've reduced from two storage arrays down to just one Alletra while still having so much more room.

HPE Alletra provides a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure. The cloud-like operational model of HPE Alletra Storage has affected our operations such as deployment, provisioning, and day-to-day management by increasing our development to production time.

There are so many features of HPE Alletra Storage that I probably don't even know about, and as a small shop, we probably don't take advantage of half of them.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for about a year.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with HPE Alletra Storage.

HPE Alletra Storage scales with the growing needs of my organization great. That said, typically, our expansion storage isn't very fast.

I would evaluate customer service or technical support for HPE Alletra Storage as excellent since I haven't had to call them at all.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using an old HP storage solution.

My experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage was easy.

I haven't seen an exact ROI with HPE Alletra Storage. I have experienced a reduction of labor, as managing one device instead of two has helped.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for HPE Alletra Storage was good, however, licensing is always a challenge since nobody enjoys those costs, though having support going forward gives me peace of mind.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I looked at Synology and remember that there was another option. I don't recall what it was. What stood out to me in my evaluation process was that Synology fits in between the straight consumer and enterprise level, as they didn't seem to have a full-on enterprise product HPE Alletra does.

We haven't had to do any support calls on HPE Alletra Storage yet, and it's been a year.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten and definitely recommend it to other organizations looking to upgrade from older equipment that doesn't have the same feature set.