HPE Primera Reviews

We use the product for databases and virtual machines.

The product's most valuable feature is the active controller.

The product's stale snapshots feature needs improvement.

We have been using HPE Primera for three years.

The product is stable.

We have 4,000 HPE Primera users in our organization. It is a scalable product. We plan to increase the number of users.

The initial setup is straightforward. It involves starting the active controller, running the tool to discover the product, and configuring the VPN. It is easy to maintain as well due to good documentation.

The product requires the help of an integrator for implementation.

I rate HPE Primera a ten out of ten.

My primary use of Primera is as a storage solution for a huge conglomerate with multiple critical businesses including banks, airlines, and retail chains.

The most valuable feature is an all-flash system, which means the data access speed is amazing while the latency is almost nothing, and it can deliver IOPS up to 16,000.

An area for improvement is how the product gets integrated with the technical support and how cases are raised. There are also certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well. In the next release, I'd like to see support for external KMS (key management system) because some organizations want encryption based on their encryption appliances or methodology.

Primera is quite stable.

The technical support is very good and very effective in resolving any problems.

The initial setup was quite straightforward - everything went very smoothly, it took a few hours, and I didn't face a single issue with implementation.

Our implementation was done by HPE consultants.

I would give this solution a rating of nine out of ten.

We are a solution provider and all-flash storage is one of the products that we sell to our customers. Primera is one of the ones that we recommend for data centers.

Our customers have given very positive feedback about InfoSign, which is the management software for this solution.

Primera has good performance and the compression is also good.

It integrates well with other software including Docker and Kubernetes.

It is easy to expand.

This solution would be expensive for small business and it could be priced more competitively for that market.

We have been working with Primera for six months.

This is a stable solution and none of our customers have reported a problem with it.

Scaling the capacity is easy with Primera. This is for medium-sized businesses, as the larger businesses usually choose Nimble, and in smaller businesses, they use cloud-based solutions to save on operating expenses.

The support from HPE for this solution is really good.

I work with a variety of vendors for all-flash storage solutions including Nimble, Primera, NetApp, Pure Storage Evergreen, E8 storage, and Huawei. A lot of the products from different vendors have the same features. This suitability of one vendor over another depends on their budget, as well as their plans for growing the business in the future.

Pure Storage Evergreen has the number-one compression and deduplication capability.

When a customer wants good performance for their database, we suggest Primera, Pure Storage, and perhaps Huawei. At this time, we also discuss other features with the customer so that they understand them.

NetApp is another vendor that is a popular choice in our market for medium and large businesses. Similarly, our customers have had good experience with Dell Storage. When it comes to Big Data and a lot of capacity, Dell is the solution that we recommend. Huawei has good solutions and they are more competitively priced than others, and the performance is not bad.

I have not set up this solution personally but with the feedback that I have heard from the engineers, I know that it is very easy.

The price of this solution is good for medium-sized and large businesses.

Overall, Primera is a good product and if it is suitable for the requirements then it is one that I recommend.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

HPE Primera is used to expand our VMware Cloud Service.

When taking into account the price, maintenance required, and performance of HPE Primera, it is an effective solution.

The solution has good performance but it could improve further.

When we compare HPE Primera to Huawei, Huawei is a better solution. However, here in Sri Lanka, the support is not that good for Huawei.

I have been using HPE Primera for one and a half years.

HPE Primera has been stable in our usage. It has been working for almost two years without any problems.

The solution is scalable.

The support of HPE Primera is good.

HPE Primera service is cost-effective.

During our evaluation of solutions, such as Huawei, we found most of the equipment is the same. We chose HPE Primera because it was priced well.

I rate HPE Primera a seven out of ten.

We use the product for file and document management services.

HPE Primera is more stable than one of its competitors.

The product’s price needs improvement.

We have been using HPE Primera for a few years.

The product has good stability.

We have ten to fifteen HPE Primera users in our organization. It scales up to the maximum level.

The technical support services are good.

The initial setup is simple. It is easy to deploy for a specialist or a certified engineer. The deployment time depends on the scope of work and environment. It takes more than one or two weeks.

HPE Primera is an expensive product but has competitive pricing. It is based on performance, product quality, technology, and other features. We have purchased its yearly license.

I rate HPE Primera an eight out of ten.

One of our customers is using a Telco system and they are using Primera for storage. There are customers who ask for cloud infrastructure which they are providing.

The performance of the solution is good.

I have been using the solution for approximately one year.

The solution is stable and the performance is good.

HPE Primera is highly scalable.

We have one customer for this solution.

HPE Primera's technical support has been responsive.

HPE does the installation for us and it took approximately two hours.

We used HPE to do the full implementation of the solution. 

We have two engineers for the maintenance of the solution.

There is only a one-time license purchase needed and no additional costs.

If HP could reduce the training cost, then that would be advantageous to the seller.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is a tier zero solution with high performance.

I rate HPE Primera a nine out of ten.

We use it for databases and application VMs. We are using the latest version of this solution.

The most important thing that we had found when we purchased this product around six months back was its 100% availability and uptime.

One of the drawbacks of the model we purchased is that it is not running NVMe drives. Even though they say that it is NVMe-ready, it is still on the SSD drives. The model that we purchased has only eight hard drives, and only the ones on the top could work on NVMe. The rest of them are still on the SSD. Its competitors, such as EMC and Pure Storage, are moving or have already moved to NVMe. HPE should improve this solution for NVMe.

HPE should also improve IOs in this solution. IOs in HPE are weaker than Hitachi and Pure Storage.

I have been using this solution for almost six months.

It is stable.

It is scalable, but we haven't scaled it. We purchased it with the required capacity, and it will suffice for our needs for the next couple of years. We have 2,000 plus users who access this Primera storage through applications.

We haven't contacted their technical support. We didn't have any issues since we purchased it.

We used Hitachi G200 and HPE 3PAR for two or three years. Both these models are a minimum of six or seven years old. The main difference is that HPE Primera is on SSD. IOs in HPE are weaker than Hitachi and Pure Storage.

It wasn't simple, but it also wasn't so complex.

It was implemented by HPE. Even though we have got the Proactive Care warranty, it currently doesn't require any maintenance. We have just two admins.

It is basically in the mid-range of the price. It is not cheaper than Hitachi, but it is cheaper than Pure Storage. There are no additional costs. Everything was taken care of in the price.

I would recommend this solution, but it depends on the use cases for which you want to use the storage device.

I would rate HPE Primera an eight out of ten.

The Primary use case for HPE Primera is moving and storing high performance databases and core infrastructure, virtual machines, SQL databases, et cetera...

This is an on-premises solution because right now it is not popular among customers to use hybrid or cloud solutions in the Georgian Republic. Today, it is not common to move compute and storage sources onto the cloud. I don't know what happens in other regions like Europe, but in the Georgia Republic it is not popular.

The features that I have found most valuable are the artificial intelligence for the storage inside of the software and firmware because customers do not like functionalities that require manual interruption. This feature is very good for the technical work required to move from manual interactive to automatic, because when solutions provide suggestions, improvements, or notifications, and you can click them automatically, this is a good solution.

There really isn't any aspect of the solution that needs improvement for the customer other than its price.

It is a very good solution, but the Georgia Republic is a very small country and customers in both the government public sector and in the private sector do not have money to purchase enterprise or high performance solutions. They are looking at mid-range or mid-class solutions.

I can say that they need to simplify the solution. In SimpliVity, they need a lot of integration with virtualization technologies. For example, putting some add-ons or plugins in vCenter. vCenter is a management software of VMware virtualization. 

Secondly, it would be better if they cold simplify the deployment of Primera. Thirdly, if you have already purchased Primera and you need to scale your infrastructure and you are thinking of buying more hardware disks, you will need to purchase the Rebalance Service from HP Enterprise. They need to improve that methodology.

The customers need solutions that do not require a lot of administrative tasks.

I have been selling HPE Primera for approximately one year.

In terms of stability, it works without any issue. Primera is a new generation of HP Enterprise 3PAR version, whereas 10 years ago it was HANA. 3PAR generation works very, very well without any issues, without any problems.

Regarding HPE Primera's scalability, if we are talking about the high-end versions, we can scale it up without any issue. It depends on the scalability of the customer.

First of all, it depends which support model the customer purchases. If they are buying a foundation care with its low level of support, then you need to create a case manually and you need to write and contact customer service. If you are buying the Proactive Care Service, the guys from the customer service and support are very, very good. With Proactive Care Service, they contact you when you need to upgrade your firmware, etc... At all time HP Enterprise support works very, very well with Dell.

The initial installation, setup, and deployment were simple for Primera, versus other hyper-converged infrastructure.

HP Enterprise, simply with your Dell Technologies VxRail and HCI solutions, has done its job very well job, because you can deploy and start up your services and your new infrastructure in one or two days. One day for checking the specs and one day for deploying the whole infrastructure. This is because the solution is inside of the solution. Meaning the virtualization is already pre-installed, and they have already done the job.

Each customer is looking for high-end solutions. They may decide to purchase the Primera solution partly because of its installation and deployment. If it takes two days as is the case for HCI and three days in the case of Primera, there is no problem for the customer. It depends on the customer and their mindset.

We sell the products and we are doing the installation, deployment, integrations, and all the servicing.

We are also responsible for the maintenance of the product.

With HPE Primera there is no additional cost, but it depends what configuration we are talking about. If we are excluding support, it is very expensive. There is no showstopper for prices, just support or service. We are a Platinum Partner of HP Enterprise so we give quotes and configure HP Enterprise solutions. I don't know what happens in the US market, but in Georgia it is very expensive.

It is expensive if compared with Dell Technology.

In the Georgian Republic there was an opportunity to sell Primera, but there was a battle between Dell Technologies and HPE Primera. Dell Technologies Unity Series won because of their low prices. Although their were no problems regarding their technical requirements,  Dell won it with prices. This is because Primera is very expensive, but it's a very good solution for customers.

In terms of HP Primera versus, for example, Dell Technologies' Unity, the advantage of Primera is that inside their operating system, inside its firmware, they have already deployed a network storage cluster functionality and application functionality. In Dell Technologies, if we are talking about their Unity solutions, they only have a replication functionality and you must buy additional hardware. Only then can you deploy the storage cluster configuration. So this is an advantage for Primera.

The Primera product line has small and mid-size versions for mid-range customers, and they also have a high-end version. It depends on the customer.

In the Georgia Republic customers do have very critical data, and they must store that very critical information in a storage solution that has high availability. By availability, I mean that the hardware works very well and there are no issues with the software or the hardware. That is the reason why we are selling Primera.

Overall, Primera gives high performance.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Primera a 10.