HPE Alletra Storage Reviews

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is storage.

HPE Alletra Storage enables me to get assistance from senior support engineers. The cloud-like operational model has affected operations such as deployment, provisioning, and day-to-day tasks—all of the above. 

Direct access to senior support engineers is very important. Spinning up a new VM and provisioning storage for it is significantly easier than doing it manually. HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure.

I don't know how HPE Alletra Storage can be improved; I will have to ask my team what they want next.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for about six to seven years now.

I have experienced some issues, not necessarily downtime. That said, we had some controller issues at one point; however, since I have redundancy, we really didn't experience any downtime.

HPE Alletra Storage scales very well with the growing needs of my organization.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as very good. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the customer service a nine. 

I have a very good rapport with the support personnel at HP; they are familiar with my environment, and when I call, they call me back. I simply tell them, 'This system is doing this,' and they already know what to do next.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using NetApp to address similar needs.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as seamless.

I have not seen an ROI with HPE Alletra Storage.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was fair. Compared to what we had before with NetApp, HPE Alletra Storage is much cheaper, and the maintenance renewal is much cheaper as well, which is why we went with Nimble or HPE Alletra Storage.

Before choosing HPE Alletra Storage, I considered EMC, Dell, and IBM.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to buy it. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as a nine.

HPE Alletra Storage provides predictable performance and capacity for applications without data integrity trade-offs. This predictable performance and capacity helps operations by providing exact numbers for upfront storage usage and predictable capacity performance.

It's user-friendly, easy to configure, manage, and very flexible for both VMware and physical servers. The synchronous replication between data centers is also very good.

It has very good compression and deduplication, which makes it one of the best in the market. 

It helps when it comes to simplifying storage operations, such as provisioning and day-to-day management. It is very user-friendly and provides a single pane of glass to work with. 

It provides a cloud-operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure through the GreenLake solution, allowing users to manage and monitor storage on-prem from a single pane of glass, both on-premises and in the cloud.

In HPE Alletra Storage, areas that have room for improvement include the network-attached storage, specifically the NFS performance.

I've worked with HPE Storage for about ten to fifteen years. In the past, the storage had a different name. I’m recognized as an HPE Master Storage professional, which means I hold a high-level certification. I have been working with HPE Alletra Storage for a long time.

HPE Alletra Storage is very stable, and security patches are announced and easy to install, warranting a rating of excellent stability.

It's very scalable.

Our clients are medium sized organizations.

My thoughts on HPE's technical support are very positive, rating at nine out of ten.

Positive

I have experience with Dell and NetApp storage. HPE Alletra Storage is reliable, stable, and very effective on fiber channels with excellent support, making it a high-end storage solution at the top level compared to other storage solutions.

I find it relatively straightforward, but there may be some issues with getting it registered properly in the HPE system and portals.

It does not require much maintenance and is easy to maintain.

The solution has helped reduce data management operations expenses by 20% to 40%.

It's a little bit over prized. The pricing of HPE Alletra Storage depends on available rebates. Other storage solutions such as Dell are slightly cheaper, while alternatives such as Pure are more expensive. The price point is good but somewhat high.

I would recommend HPE Alletra Storage to other users because it is reliable, stable, flexible, and suitable for enterprise and production environments. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Our main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are for databases.

The benefits for my organization include reduced operational workload and complexity.

The feature I appreciate most about HPE Alletra Storage is its simplicity.  

HPE Alletra Storage has reduced our data management operation expenses. The cloud-like operational model has drastically affected operations such as deployment, provisioning, and day-to-day management, improving our management timeframe.

HPE Alletra Storage enables me to get assistance from senior support engineers without going through support escalations. The direct access to senior support engineers is crucial for us.

The solution has helped reduce the time spent on capacity planning by approximately two to four hours. The uptime was notably improved compared to our previous system, being two to four times faster. I have not expanded usage yet.

HPE Alletra Storage could be improved in the observability GUI by consolidating information in one place instead of having it separated. It's currently too compartmentalized.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for at least two years now.

I haven't experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

HPE Alletra Storage is scaling effectively with the growing needs of my organization. We don't have problems.

As an engineer, the internal service we provide for running databases receives positive feedback from database administrators. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support as a nine. This rating is based on their fast response time and readily available assistance when needed. The escalation process is very efficient.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using HP 3PAR to address similar needs.

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Alletra Storage as very good and straightforward.

I have seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been very good without any problems.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, we were considering Dell's solution, though I don't recall the specific name.

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

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is VMware.

The fast performance has benefited our organization. 

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I prefer most are the copy of virtual volumes. These features benefit my organization by providing fast performance and low latency.

GreenLake AI Ops does not enable me to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations.

The solution has reduced my data management operation expenses by around 40%. The solution has helped reduce the time I spend on capacity planning by approximately 70%.

I assess HPE Alletra Storage's capacity and efficiency positively as postive. It helped me reduce the volume data with high deduplication and compaction of data every day. HPE Alletra Storage could help my organization hire tiered storage to improve performance.

What stood out in my evaluation process was the payment by credit card. 

HPE Alletra Storage does not provide a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure. In the next release, the diagnostic application for use on another storage provider should be included.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for three years.

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; at the moment, the size is adequate as we have not increased yet.

Technical support is very helpful, especially during deployments. 

I selected HPE Alletra Storage since I was not using another solution to address similar needs.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as very easy, as the technician made the process simple to complete.

I have seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage. The data points of my return on investment include the protection for mission-critical operations and IT infrastructure, better performance, and the assurance of a good investment.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very high last year. That said, the HPE Alletra Storage product is very good.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I considered upgrading it with more memory, which I believe would be better.

The advice I would give to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to look at your personal requirements and ensure stability. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a six.

My main use case is that I'm on the technology stack for a rehabilitation company.

The feature of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most is the GreenLake suite one-stop shop. 

It has benefited my organization by allowing us to reduce our licensing costs from VMware from about 170,000 to about 70,000. Our footprint has reduced from 14 hosts to 6 hosts.

HPE Alletra Storage could be improved with greater compatibility of the HPE KVM or VM hypervisor with our other products, which would allow us to migrate off of VMware.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for three months.

I assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as very good; we've had it for three months and we haven't had any downtime yet.

It should scale with the growing needs of my organization; we haven't had to grow it yet.

My evaluation of customer service and technical support has been good just on the initial setup; we haven't had to call for support for any reason.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, we were using Dell vSAN, and the biggest reason for changing was that the hardware was getting older and we wanted to reduce licensing costs.

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Alletra Storage as super easy.

Everything worked well during the deployment. The engineer from HPE provided great white-glove service and was able to deploy it easily for us.

We will see an ROI with HPE Alletra Storage. It was just implemented three months ago, so it will take time, but just on licensing costs we expect returns.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage was good—the whole gamut was impressive pricing.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I considered mostly Nutanix. HPE just had a greater growth opportunity than Nutanix.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to make the move. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are that it houses our data center and all of our VMs.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I prefer most are that it's fast and reliable. The reliability of HPE Alletra Storage provides us with uptime, and speed allows us to get things done quicker, which is the biggest impact for us.

In terms of how HPE Alletra Storage can be improved, I can't think of anything right now because it's providing everything we need at this moment.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for six months.

There have been no crashes or performance issues with HPE Alletra Storage. I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as excellent, with 100% uptime over six months.

I believe that HPE Alletra Storage would scale with the growing needs of our organization if we need it, but we haven't had to scale it yet. We haven't expanded usage of HPE Alletra Storage yet.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage as excellent. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give customer service and technical support a 10 because when we need them, they're there, and they helped us set it up.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using the HPE Nimble for similar needs. The factors that led me to consider changing from the HPE Nimble to HPE Alletra Storage were performance, which was number one, and the fact that the Nimble was five years old.

I would say that HPE Alletra Storage has not reduced my data management operation expenses at this time, because we aren't probably leveraging it as much as we could.

I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage, but I was involved in the setup.

With an ROI from HPE Alletra Storage based on uptime, I can't give dollar-wise specifics, but for the six months so far, it's been available 100% of the time.

I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I was involved with Nimble. I don't think we really looked at much else. 

In the evaluation process between HPE Alletra Storage and Nimble, the positives are that HPE Alletra is faster and more reliable, while the only con might be the price, but it's not priced that badly compared to everything else.

I haven't had any support issues with HPE Alletra Storage, so I don't know whether GreenLake enables assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. 

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to buy it. 

I rate HPE Alletra Storage 10 out of 10.

My main use case for the HPE Alletra Storage is storage for VMware.

The features of the HPE Alletra Storage benefit my organization by providing space saving through dedupe.

As it's a storage solution, I appreciate many features. The dedupe is amazing. 

I assess the HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as solid; it's working.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-prem around managing data infrastructure, and it's very effective because of cost savings and ease of finding information. Since I am using on-premise, there isn't a public or hybrid cloud provider involved.

I have no improvements or suggestions for additional features for the next release of the HPE Alletra Storage at the moment.

I have been using the HPE Alletra Storage for two years.

I assess the stability of the HPE Alletra Storage as excellent; I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

The HPE Alletra Storage scales effectively with the growing needs of my organization.

I evaluate my customer service and technical support experience as very good.

Prior to adopting the HPE Alletra Storage, I was using HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR to address similar needs.

I have not seen a return on investment with the HPE Alletra Storage.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of the HPE Alletra Storage is that it's competitive.

Before selecting the HPE Alletra Storage, we considered other solutions, including HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR, but as we are an HPE shop, we consolidated both solutions.

My advice to another organization considering the HPE Alletra Storage is to just buy it. It's hard to tell if the solution has reduced my data management operations expenses. 

It hasn't been discussed yet regarding capacity planning; we haven't used it for that, as it's just two years old. 

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

The clients' use case for HPE Alletra Storage is mainly for banks and telco companies, which are mostly the sectors who use this solution.

HPE Alletra Storage helps simplify storage operations. One of the strong points of HPE is its friendly UI, which is super easy, and users can have a short tutorial and start working on it.

HPE Alletra Storage provides predictable performance and capacity for applications. This prediction may not be entirely accurate, as it's more about prediction, but it gives insights about the average compression and some statistics on the stored data.

The main benefits people receive from HPE Alletra Storage include saving money, as its price compared to other high-end storage is competitive, and it's easy to manage, with an uptime availability of almost 99.999. While all storage boxes must be available at that level, I haven't encountered any issues with it.

The most valuable features in HPE Alletra Storage that I have found are the compression and deduplication, along with the availability of the storage box. In the last two years, I haven't received any negative feedback about it from customers.

HPE can improve HPE Alletra Storage by adding some features to be available from the offline GUI, especially related to snapshots and taking a snapshot for the whole storage, as some customers need this feature. This feature is available in Dell storage but not in IBM storage and Alletra Storage, and it's available from the Data Lake for snapshotting the whole environment at once.

I have been working with HPE Alletra Storage for almost two years.

It's very stable. I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.

It's easy to scale. I have performed many scale-ups and scale-outs successfully. I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage's technical support a nine out of ten. I don't give the full mark for any vendor or any product, as if you're the best, you don't need to improve. Before I joined HPE, I was a customer, and I raised tickets, which were solved easily, and the support representatives were very helpful. This was one of the reasons I joined this company.

Positive

I have worked with other vendors and products before I joined HPE, including IBM Storage, all-flash FS9000, and A9000, and the efficiency is almost the same. It holds up competitively.

The capacity and efficiency of HPE Alletra Storage are good. I am satisfied with HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as it performs deduplication and compression with a good ratio.

The initial setup for HPE Alletra Storage is very simple. If you do the prerequisites correctly, you can complete it in a few minutes. It all revolves around the prerequisites, such as ensuring the ports are opened and the account for the Data Lake is created correctly.

The main competitor in the market for HPE Alletra Storage is Dell Storage, as they are selling at a low price. Dell Storage PowerMax VMAX is a competitor, alongside Dell and IBM storage, though IBM storage might be more competitive.

It is helpful to integrate HPE Alletra Storage with HPE GreenLake, but not all customers have integrated it with HPE GreenLake, as there are some regulations here to connect the storage boxes to the cloud. However, a few customers have integrated it to get all the features available on HPE GreenLake and some statistics and insights. 

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for virtual machines and hypervisors. We use it mainly in data centers. 

The solution has provided us with a solution that is reliable and cost-effective. 

The reliability is very good. 

It's cost-efficient compared to other competitors. We noted the cost-benefit almost immediately. The reliability and consistency benefits that we appreciate took a few months to appear.

We've also used the solution InfoSight with this product.

The guarantee of data availability is very important to us, and this solution is very good in that regard. We store transactional data on it. 

The capacity efficiency is excellent. 

Its ledger helps us simplify storage operations such as provisioning and day-to-day management. 

The solution provides us with a cloud-like operation model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. We were planning on moving to the cloud. However, this has given us a good alternative. We get to own everything yet keep our data center. It helps mitigate security complications that come with the cloud and also helps with latency issues with networking.

It provides predictable performance and capacity for applications without sacrificing data integrity. It's helped us reduce the time we spend on capacity planning. It's also less complicated to manage than the alternatives. It's also been able to reduce our data management operation expenses by possibly around 10%.

The energy usage could be further improved. Generally speaking, if it uses less energy than the alternatives, it would be great.

I've been using the solution for two years. 

The stability is good; it's better than the industry standard.

While I can't say for sure if the solution provides modular, non-disruptive capabilities to scale up and scale out, my understanding is that it does. 

We've only talked to technical support once. They were very good. 

Positive

We have also used Pure, and offerings from Dell and NetApp. There were some features from Pure that are helpful.

The learning curve on the deployment is a bit high. That said, overall, it was relatively easy. We had three people involved in the setup on the storage side and then on the backroom side, we had about eight people, so we had 11 people in total working on the product. It took a couple of months to fully deploy. While it does require monitoring, there isn't much maintenance needed. 

We generally handled the solution in-house with some help from HP. 

We're a customer and end-user. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

New users should first do their homework and lay out what their needs are before they jump in and make a purchasing choice. 

Our main use case for the HPE Alletra Storage is VMs.

The feature of the HPE Alletra Storage I appreciate most is the speed. These features have benefited our organization by providing general data for our customers.

The GreenLake AI Ops enables me to get assistance from the senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations.

The solution has reduced our data management operations expenses; however, I could not provide a specific number since we were offline for a few years.

The solution has helped reduce the time I spend on capacity planning by approximately 80%.

I would assess HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as oversizing everything, so we have never really hit any kind of limit.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure. The cloud-like operational model has affected my operations such as deployment, provisioning, and day-to-day management by making it very easy to navigate and easy to get to everything I need.

There is nothing I can think of offhand to improve HPE Alletra Storage or for additional features that should be included in the next release.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for probably eight months now, while we have had Nimbles for years.

I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as something we do not want to experience downtime, crashes, or performance issues with.

HPE Alletra Storage scales very with the growing needs of my organization. I have expanded usage, and the process was smooth as we upgraded just to add size.

I would describe my customer service experience with technical support as good. On a scale from one being the worst to ten being the best, I would rate customer service/technical support as a ten. We have a good response time.

Before adopting HPE Alletra Storage, we were replicated, which is what we considered to address similar needs.

My experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage was that it was an expansion, not a brand new hire, and it was pretty much the exact same.

I have not seen a tangible return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that I see a price, but that is about it.

We have been an HPE shop, so I have not really seen the need to switch from that when considering other solutions before selecting HPE Alletra Storage.

My advice to another organization that would consider HPE Alletra Storage is that Zerto is probably one of the best, as we do SQL servers and everything. 

For using HPE Alletra Storage overall, I would rate it a ten out of ten.