HPE Hyper Converged Reviews

The deployment model of this solution was on-premises.

The most valuable features of this solution are fast deployment, security, and it is easy to upgrade.

Providing local technical support and improving the price are areas this service needs to consider improving.

In the next release, I would like to see more protection and more options.

In our organization, we can't buy expensive solutions, so if HPE could come out with a cheaper version, it would be great!

This solution is stable.

This solution is scalable.

Currently, there is no local technical support. 

HP technical support for HPE Hyper-Converged systems has a hotline available.

We did not have any issues. 

We do not have a site engineer, but our organization is considering have an on-site technician. We are no longer using this solution.

Self Implementation is adequate for this solution.

When we buy something in our country, they require a backup of the configuration prior to the implementation. After that, if there are problems then you need support.

The implementation process is the Windows type.

There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

I am not currently using this solution but I do have some experience. In my previous job, we were using this solution.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent.

The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases.

The solution should have more in-depth manuals or user information. This would not only help us but also assist our customers.

The solution is very stable. We haven't had any complaints. It's a very effective solution.

Scaling the solution is simple. You simply need to add the resources, such as CPU or memory storage. It works like a cluster. If you have two nodes, then a third node can be added to the existing cluster.

We have not reached out to technical support as of yet, but so far, we haven't needed it.

Previously, we had what we called a traditional system, where you have a separate server, and storage, and a new backup system. All of this occupied almost three to four servers. This solution now covers all of our requirements in one. Our previous infrastructure was also almost all physical infrastructure. There was no virtualization. Now, we're almost 100% virtual in our infrastructure.

The initial setup is very simple. Any system engineer who has experience in VMware will find it very user-friendly. Deployment took about a week. Apart from the hardware, we had to install two types of hypervisors, and then we handled the virtual machines and the backup. For deployment, we had five engineers.

We handled the implementation ourselves.

For us, there are no extra costs above the standard licensing fees.

We are using the on-premises deployment model.

If you're looking for virtualization solutions, this is a very good product. If you're an organization that does not need virtualization or has some applications that cannot use it, you should look into other solutions, such as HP Synergy. That's an enterprise-level product, however. It's not suitable for SMBs.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for internal applications.

Hyper-convergence is the most valuable aspect of the solution. We can avoid downtime when there's maintenance or updates needed. Also, we have homogenous hardware, so we have a lot of trust in the solution's reliability.

The pricing could be improved. It's quite an expensive solution.

The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better.

The stability of the solution isn't bad. It's a good product.

The solution is scalable.

I would rate technical support seven out of ten. Sometimes we have had some delays in receiving parts or resolving issues. 

By the time I had started working with my employer, the solution was already set up, so I can't speak to how easy or difficult it was to implement.

Our technical team deployed the solution. It takes about four or five people to deploy and maintain it.

I use the on-premises deployment model.

HP has more experience making hyper-converge conversions, so they're easy to manage, and there are a lot of products that are compatible with it. Whether or not it would work for others depends on their environment. The solution would work best for businesses that are small to medium in size. I'm not sure how well it would work in a large environment.  

I would recommend the product to others. I would rate it eight out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is to keep all our data storage in one solution. 

What I really like about this program, is that it needs little space and it works really fast, so it saves us time. 

I would really like to see an improvement in the stability. We've experienced a few issues with the stability, because HP brings out a new version every month, and that's very complicated. For instance, we see firmware from the host, vSphere itself, and then there are many steps you have to do in a very short time. I would prefer fewer updates because we as customers, who don't have IT experience, aren't familiar with these steps and it is really difficult for us.

In the next version, I would like to see an easier upgrade procedure that doesn't take much time and that is easier to understand. 

The solution is not very stable.

I believe the solution is scalable, but the license gets more expensive if you add more users. And then you also need more hardware from HP when you scale. You need the license from vSphere, from VMware, and then it costs a lot. That makes us wonder if it is really the best solution for us. I, therefore, think it is just too expensive to scale. 

I am not very impressed by the technical support. The problem is that HP came out years ago and it was independent. But then HP bought out DVT so we had to learn how to work on the new equipment and how it works. That was not easy and the support was medium. You have to do it a lot for yourself.

The solution is expensive - not only the hardware costs but server costs too. And the more you scale, the more expensive it gets. 

My advice to others would be to clearly know what you want. Do you want more disk space? More storage? What is your goal with this program? In a hyper-converged environment you have many applications that need more storage and then it gets expensive. Also if you want to scale and if you have to do backups and make snapshots. If you need regular storage, you simply use a disc in and it's easier. 

I rate this solution a five or six out of ten.

In this particular case, the HPE Hyper Converged solution is used in a hybrid cloud configuration. We assess the disk space and partition additional capacity. 

The performance is good compared to the cost of the solution. I offer it to my customers. If we propose a solution, we must ensure that the platform quality is very high. Also, the cost of the solution is important.

I'm not using the solution in my data center but for customer systems integration. The solution is not installed in my data center. We use it in customer offices.

We install and configure the HPE Hyper Converged device for our customers. They shared with us that they had a positive experience using it in production.

In my company, there are more than 2,000 users. This does not include our clients. The initial deployment of HPE Hyper Converged is a dimension that is going to be here in the future.

We value the ability it offers to create a fault-tolerant site. At the moment, the solution permits us to use a default domain but is not supportive of many simultaneous customers. HPE offers many enterprise solutions for our business clients.

The most valuable features of the HPE Hyper Converged (standard version) are deduplication and compression. We need more of these features on the platform.

Some improvement is required in the availability of the data and performance. The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower. HPE Hyper Converged is more expensive than traditional solutions without HCI, but our customers are impressed with the overall features of this product.

The stability is very good. I've executed a lot faster. The system responded very well. 

We require scalability for accomplishing financial requirements in customer accounts, as well as for augmented media and resources. HPE Hyper Converged is very scalable.

I can expand the space on the disk simply. If the need for computational capacity increases, I can add a new server and increase the amount of RAM and CPU. 

I can increase the RAM and CPU allocations without disruption of business operations for the customers in just a few simple steps.

The initial setup of HPE Hyper Converged is straightforward. It is simple. I prepared for it very well. I didn't have any problems or issues during the setup phase.

We did not use an integrator or reseller for the deployment. We installed it ourselves.

The price of HPE Hyper Converged is too high if I compare the product with a traditional solution or an alternative like SimpliVity. 

I have to pay the licensing for the CPU on top of the software and device costs.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate HPE Hyper Converged an eight.

So far the solution has simplified the usage.

I've found the data protection features the most valuable.

The price can be improved. We would like to see support for some open source virtualization technology like for example KVM.

Stability is very good. 

In terms of scalability, a lot has been done so it's quite easy to add additional load. Since it is only a testing system, there is a relatively small number of people using the solution right now. Less than 10 people are using it.

In general, HP has good technical support. There are local teams here, and usually, the first level is done by contacting them. HP is not directly present. They changed their model, and a new company, that they selected, represents them here.

We did previously use another solution, but we felt it was time to try something else.

The setup was quite easy.

We implemented with the help of HP.

I would say that this solution is good depending on your needs and on budget. It's a good solution. Compared to the previous solution we used, it may not be vas good. But generally speaking, it's okay. I cannot say anything bad. It's only very small differences.

I would rate this solution eight out of 10. I would still like to see some other hypervisors available as an option to be used on the system - like KVM or Microsoft Hyper-V.

If you were comparing this solution to VMware, it has more features, and it's very fast on the recovery.

One problem I've had is that I was trying to do a move and it was not working. I was given an error and a message asking me to shut down the machine first and then move it to another host. While in the normal VM, we just used the existing viable machine and moved it to another host without an issue.

As this product is new to me, I need to do a bit more training to see what it offers.

It is an expensive solution, however. If they could adjust the pricing, that would be helpful.

The stability is so nice. We like it.

The scalability is good. Right now we are deploying our production environment and our plan is to do the same in the DR environment also. We plan on increasing usage in the future.

Technical support has been fine so far. We have only been using the solution for the last two or three months, so it's hard to answer this question because we are new.

As far as I know, we did not do the installation, it was done with another company.

We were working with a vendor for HPE and they did all of the installations for us. 

The solution is easy to use and the data application and data recovery so far are better and faster than the competition. Many other features are really great.

I would rate it a seven out of 10. We like Hyper Converged HPE, but there's definitely a lot of unfamiliar features that I cannot comment much about until I've experienced them. 

Our main use of the HPE Hyper Converged is for datacenter consolidation.

The most valuable features are the ease of use, resiliency of solution and data protection.

I would like to see more flexibility in the offered configurations.

For instance a software-only version of the solution, without the hardware, would be nice. This would give me the opportunity to use existing hardware in my datacenter and run the Simplivity software on top of that giving me access to all nice features of the Data Virtualization Platform of Simplivity.

I haven't had any issues with stability.

It fulfills all my needs. All the things I need to scale everything up is possible with the solution. It depends of course on how many users have already used it. I have no plans to increase, but the solution allows for growth. I just don't actually use it today.

So far, the support has been really good.

Adding InfoSight to Simplivity will make support even better with its AI engine.

I used the previous generation of HPE hyper converged, which was based on VSA technology. We switched because the VSA was going to end of support and I need a solution that is supported by the manufacturers.

It was really straightforward. The deployment took in total somewhere around two hours.

I did the deployment by myself.

When I look at the TCO of this solution is this much better compared to my old traditional environment

I watched to vSAN and Storage Spaces, but found some limitations that I did not see in the HPE solution.

The assessment of the current configuration is the most important to make a good sizing of the new solution because it does good duplication and compression, but it's really hard to select the correct product sizing.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten because ten is perfect and there is nothing on the market that is perfect.