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reviewer1413912 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Product Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Reseller
Good access, high availability, and interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The access, high availability, and interface are the most valuable and important for us. There is one interface for the whole product, which is very important because you have a single pane to view all the infrastructure of a customer. You can improve your data recovery plan or DRP, or you can make a special emergency plan if a disk has any problem."
  • "It is not so cheap, and this is the most common complaint that my customers have. It is a very good product, but the price is an issue in Latin America. VMware is a de facto tool. It would be useful for customers if HP can also use Red Hat or any other open-source virtualization product. Currently, you can only use VMware to manage the machines inside SimpliVity."

What is our primary use case?

We sell HP products. Hyperconvergence with SimpliVity is one of the main products that we are pushing. The virtual application is the main product. It is based on the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), but it is only an application. We sell this infrastructure to our customers and put the virtual application in this infrastructure.

How has it helped my organization?

A solution that provide a simple way to HA , is absolutely efficient and improve the work for the IT team

What is most valuable?

The access, high availability, and interface are the most valuable and important for us. There is one interface for the whole product, which is very important because you have a single pane to view all the infrastructure of a customer. You can improve your data recovery plan or DRP, or you can make a special emergency plan if a disk has any problem.

What needs improvement?

It is not so cheap, and this is the most common complaint that my customers have. It is a very good product, but the price is an issue in Latin America.

VMware is a de facto tool. It would be useful for customers if HP can also use Red Hat or any other open-source virtualization product. Currently, you can only use VMware to manage the machines inside SimpliVity.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been selling HPE SimpliVity for less than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

You can easily scale without any problem by adding new nodes, which is a very good part of the product. Currently, my customers don't have a requirement for scalability, but they will have a requirement in the future. They will have to scale the platform, storage, and virtual machines in the near future. A customer is planning to add one or two nodes at the beginning of the next year. My customers are medium-sized and big-sized companies.

How are customer service and support?

They can maybe improve the response time. When a customer has an emergency and is pushing us, we need to respond in the best way. This is not a complaint. Customers always want the solution immediately. We help our customers in getting the most uptime for this service.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No, previously we didn't use a differente solutio , just HP DL nodes separately

How was the initial setup?

It is a new technology, and the setup is a little complicated. The learning curve is not so high, and you can learn to deploy the product easily in a couple of weeks. You have to get people certified in different technologies of HP before the deployment.

Deployment can take from a couple of weeks to a month and a half. There could also be problems with a customer's infrastructure. In some cases, putting the devices is a whole new project because the customer is not prepared.

What was our ROI?

In Latam is very different a ROI. Depends of the industry and all the return has more time to return

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is expensive for this market. Everyone says that it is a very good product, but the only complaint is about the price. The enterprises must evalute carefully what they want to do and how many people has tod do te job. A simple interface improve operational time

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Nutanix, Dell nodes

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. It is very good for me. 

I would rate HPE SimpliVity a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller HPE
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it_user1130331 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Enables us to be more efficient in disk usage with a significant reduction in space used
Pros and Cons
  • "Among the valuable features are that it's a complete solution, it's easy to use, and there is not a lot of management time involved in operating the solution."
  • "I would like to see it be a truly hybrid-cloud solution where I could take my on-prem SimpliVity environment and have replication to a cloud install."

What is our primary use case?

We have a virtualized environment and we use it for backups and disaster recovery and to be able to store all of our data locally and replicate.

How has it helped my organization?

It's allowed us to be more efficient in disk space usage with a reduction of 47 to 1 in hard drive space.

What is most valuable?

  • It's a complete solution
  • Easy to use
  • Not a lot of management time involved in operating the solution

What needs improvement?

I would like to see it be a truly hybrid-cloud solution where I could take my on-prem SimpliVity environment and have replication to a cloud install.

For how long have I used the solution?

3+ years

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good. It has 100 percent uptime, other than regularly scheduled maintenance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We're a relatively small organization so it was able to scale down to our level. We understand it can scale up exponentially.

How are customer service and technical support?

We get very good technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used EqualLogic SAN with independent host but that solution was nearing end-of-life. By moving to SimpliVity we were able to reduce our hardware footprint.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was complex to me, but to the integrator and the SimpliVity people, it was routine.

What about the implementation team?

We used Advanticom out of Pittsburgh. Our experience with them was very good. They were very knowledgeable and worked well with SimpliVity's SEs and implementation people.

What was our ROI?

We have not done a true calculation, but based upon the support needs and the reduction in the footprint, there's definitely an ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We're paying $3,000-$4,000 a month.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Nutanix was on the list. We chose SimpliVity - and this was about three years ago - based upon the simple deployment and interconnectivity ability.

What other advice do I have?

Ask people who have already implemented a solution for their opinion and you'll likely find that most of the SimpliVity customers would put the solution in again if they had to do it over.

I would rate SimpliVity a nine out of ten due to the fact that it needs little intervention on a daily basis, the uptime is excellent, and it works.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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ITTransfa3db - PeerSpot reviewer
IT architect - Hosting and Cloud at Kraft Heinz
Real User
Helped us create our regional data centers without a huge investment
Pros and Cons
  • "Scaling is a piece of cake. We have been able to scale up in our Asia-Pac region. We even are doing site-to-site replication of certain systems that we need to have high availability on."
  • "We have had some failures out-of-the-box. We have had some failures with the OmniStack module. One thing that we didn't fully understand was how much of the internal memory was used up by the OmniStack piece, which basically makes up SimpliVity."

What is our primary use case?

We use it in our original data centers and large sites.

How has it helped my organization?

It let us create our regional data centers without a huge investment. We didn't have to have a lot of VL servers or an entire chassis to build out an ESX farm or attach storage.

What is most valuable?

  • The data deduplication
  • The integration with our VMware was pretty sweet.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see an option to add external storage that can be seen by all of the nodes in a stack. For example, if I need to build a file share, or something, where there is not enough data than needs to be accessed quickly, but there is a lot of data, putting a large file share or user file share on SimpliVity currently doesn't makes sense.

We had failures out-of-the-box of our new technology along with a few bugs during the initial setup. Our initial five nodes had three power failures during setup.

The OmniStack module needs improvement, because from what I have read, the newer versions use even more memory. So, as we upgrade, we lose resources available for systems.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

After initial setup, it is okay. We have had some failures out-of-the-box. We have had some failures with the OmniStack module. One thing that we didn't fully understand was how much of the internal memory was used up by the OmniStack piece, which basically makes up SimpliVity.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scaling is a piece of cake. We have been able to scale up in our Asia-Pac region. We even are doing site-to-site replication of certain systems that we need to have high availability on.

How are customer service and technical support?

I haven't any problems with the technical support. The teams are usually pretty good at what they do. Getting them in certain regions is harder than actual fixing the problems, e.g., getting somebody onsite if there are not that many technicians, like in Europe or Asia, who are trained.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have a very dispersed environment and were looking to centralize. We were using traditional VMware farms, standalone servers, etc.

With new technology as the next thing, when we are replacing our environment, we try to go with not only what fits from a cost perspective, but we also try to stay on the edge of technology since we tend to keep our environments past their usual lives. So, it's better to start new and work out the bugs.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It is pretty much out-of-the-box. Once Pointnext got the initial connection between all the nodes set, it was pretty straightforward from there. Then, building the ESX farm was a pretty standard build.

What about the implementation team?

Everything in our organization is outsourced, so we use consultants. They are embedded vendors, so our experience with them is good.

We paid for installation services from Pointnext.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The only thing that I think we are paying for is the VMware licenses, but we are enterprise, so it is not horrible.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are primarily an HPE shop with most of our storage, networking equipment, and servers.

We did a review on Dell EMC and Lenovo. However, it would have been a bigger stretch for us to switch than to stick with HPE.

What other advice do I have?

Definitely consider the product. Once it is up and running, it is pretty rock solid.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Director at McInnes Cooper
Real User
Freed up resources to do more application delivery type functionalities
Pros and Cons
  • "The ease of use on the backup and DR and replication side of things is good. It can be done by a VMware admin with no additional training."
  • "Looking at the way that our infrastructure team works now, we don't think about infrastructure, storage, or compute anymore. The solution just works. It is same with the backup and replication side of things, as it just works on schedule. We don't have to manage it tightly, like we used to."
  • "The biggest feature, which should be included, is some method to handle archival backup or cloud-based backup. Where SimpliVIty typically falls down with their data structure is: The longer a backup is kept, the more space it ends up inevitably using. When you get into things that you have to keep for five or seven years for legal requirements or regulatory compliance, then you start taking up a lot of space with these old dead backups that you are probably never going to use again. Being able to offload those to a separate platform or cloud storage location would be ideal."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for SimpliVIty was around backup and disaster recovery. We were trying to replace our existing DR service platform, then consolidate our backups from the different solutions, whether that was Veeam on the VMware side, Robocopy for file shares, or Windows Backup or SQL backup for certain applications.

How has it helped my organization?

Looking at the way that our infrastructure team works now, we don't think about infrastructure, storage, or compute anymore. The solution just works. It is same with the backup and replication side of things, as it just works on schedule. We don't have to manage it tightly, like we used to. That has freed up those resources to do more application delivery type functionalities.

What is most valuable?

  • The ease of management in these deployments were some of the most valuable things. 
  • The date storage infrastructure that it provides is pretty fantastic.
  • The ease of use on the backup and DR and replication side of things is good. It can be done by a VMware admin with no additional training.

What needs improvement?

The biggest feature, which should be included, is some method to handle archival backup or cloud-based backup. Where SimpliVIty typically falls down with their data structure is: The longer a backup is kept, the more space it ends up inevitably using. When you get into things that you have to keep for five or seven years for legal requirements or regulatory compliance, then you start taking up a lot of space with these old dead backups that you are probably never going to use again. Being able to offload those to a separate platform or cloud storage location would be ideal.

For how long have I used the solution?

We did the initial setup three years ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. We have had very limited problems. When we do have problems, it is typically not on the SimpliVIty side of the house, but on the hardware side or VMware side. However, the support is phenomenal at getting all of the right resources on the line together, whether they have to call up VMware or your networking provider, whomever it happens to be, to get to the bottom of the problem.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is fine. We are a fairly small organization, so it hasn't really come up. We fit well into their small end of deployments. From what I hear, it can scale quite high. However, that is not a functionality or feature that we've come across yet.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is good. We purchased SimpliVIty prior to HPE owning them, so there was a different support when the buyout occurred. However, it is at a level now where it is second to none.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We didn't initially think we needed to invest in a new hardware solution. We really were focused on DR backup. As we went through the use case and worked out the financials on it, we determined that SimpliVIty was the right move for us, as it financially made sense to the point that we had an HPE 3PAR that was two years old and we put that on the shelf. So, it was not hardware refresh related at all.

How was the initial setup?

There were definitely some complexities to the initial setup, as we had to migrate off of our older infrastructure, which was the more complex part. Generally, the SimpliVIty install and migration was pretty straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We used a reseller, IMP Solutions, to purchase the deployment, but we did the actual install and deployment ourselves with SimpliVIty support. IMP Solutions was fantastic.

What was our ROI?

When we did our financials, it became a wash based on what we were doing previous with regular hardware refreshes. However, the time savings on the administration side of things is huge. We had somebody who was dedicated pretty much full-time to hardware, and now, they spend about a quarter of their time a year on hardware-related issues.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

For the VMware licensing, it is approximately $10,000 a year.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

SimpliVIty, HPE's previous hyper-converged solution, Nutanix, and Scale Computing were on our shortlist. 

What made us chose SimpliVity was the tight integration on the backup and DR aspects of the product. Everybody else had that type of capability, but it felt like it was added on after the fact, whereas with SimpliVIty, it was built from the ground up to do these things, which was our primary use case. So, it made sense for us to move forward with that product.

What other advice do I have?

Try to understand your rate of change on your data: When you take a backup, how quickly is your information changing or being updated, and whether it is a database, file server, or whatever it happens to be. This will affect the way that you size the solution and get into those archives. It will affect how much space it starts to take up and how you calculate that. Know your data.

It does everything that we need it to do. The only spot that it falls out is the archival backups. Otherwise, it is a rock-solid platform. It has freed up a bunch of resources to do different types of work, instead of dealing with storage allocations, backups, and recoveries.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Owner at Simplify IT (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Real User
Top 5
Good performance, simple to use and has the ability to do online backup
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a stable solution."
  • "One thing that I would like to see improved is the flexibility of the node expansion."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for HCI and backup. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is simple to use and has the ability to do online backup. Our customers can view the list from ransomware. 

What needs improvement?

One thing that I would like to see improved is the flexibility of the node expansion. Currently, you have to match the same storage capacity and performance when you expand a node. This can be a challenge if you need to add more storage or performance to an existing cluster.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. However, you will need to add the same number of storage pods and compute nodes to each node.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The main reason customers choose this solution is the fast backup and recovery capabilities.  

How was the initial setup?

It is easy to set up the solution.

What about the implementation team?

We use the deployment manager to deploy the HCI node. The same deployment manager handled the deployment through the federation. It took around two hours. Around two people were involved in the process.

The solution is set up on VMware, so it is easy to maintain. 

What was our ROI?

If the customers deploy the new HCI solution with backup, then it is cheaper. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is competitive. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is a reasonable price, and ten is the most unreasonable pricing. There are no additional fees.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend using this solution if you are looking for an HCI solution with fast backup and performance.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
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Parin Thaker - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Specialist at Dotcad Pvt Ltd
Real User
Top 5
Very robust technology with great restore features
Pros and Cons
  • "The built-in backup and quick restore are good features."
  • "Upgrading can be complicated."

What is our primary use case?

We use this product when our customers need software protection, built-in backup, and an NDR solution. I'm a solutions specialist. 

What is most valuable?

The built-in backup and quick restore are good features. In general, the technology is very robust. 

What needs improvement?

If I want to upgrade any hardware components or make any changes to the hardware configuration, there are a lot of parameters I need to consider with respect to HP security. If I want to upgrade, I sometimes have to replace the box or add a new server to the environment or setup. It's a limitation of HP connectivity.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for three years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For small and medium-sized businesses the scalability is fine. There are likely to be issues in large environments and it requires extra planning.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good. They take on end-to-end responsibility for our Hypervisor as well as HPE components and security software. It's a good combination because both the hardware and software are supported by a single entity. 

How was the initial setup?

We sometimes face challenges during the initial setup. Once the setup is completed everything is stable. HP has its own customization and deployment process. In theory, it's pretty simple. It's essential to have a properly configured network for successful completion of the deployment. Including the network configuration, implementation can be completed in less than two days. It just requires a certified engineer to complete the installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing is slightly more expensive in comparison to the competition but I think SimpliVity provides very good value. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I think SimpliVity has an edge over other solutions when it comes to the package as a whole.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend Simplivity. It helps organizations implement their business applications and it provides a robust infrastructure to run a business. 

I rate this solution 10 out of 10. 

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Chief of Information Technology at SOFTYS
Real User
Setup easy, stable, and very fast at setup and operating.
Pros and Cons
  • "The setup is very easy."
  • "They could have better-specialized support for more countries."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for virtualised infraestructure of servers.

How has it helped my organization?

HPE Simplivity improved the space of disk with deduplication, reduced the time of backups and recovers.

What is most valuable?

One of the key features is the solution is really fast for backups and deduplication is amazing.

What needs improvement?

It would be good to have more compatibility with other solutions as an improvement in the future. As a suggestion, in order to have compatibility with other solutions, there could be a license fee for this, and if you don't need to them then you do not need to pay.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good but you need to pay for the additional nodes that can be expensive. We are currently using the solution for one thousand people in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

They could have better-specialized support for more countries.

I rate the customer service of HPE SimpliVity a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used CISCO.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is very easy.

What about the implementation team?

We have three nodes around the country and it took just one week for the deployment.

What was our ROI?

3 years.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution can be expensive if you are using a lot of nodes.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Dell and Cisco.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise those wanting to use this product to be careful before setting up the solution that you have enough disk space, if you do not, you will have to pay for it which is expensive.

The solution works great, it is amazing.

I rate HPE SimpliVity a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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reviewer1295955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Coordinator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
A great solution for seamless experience and ease of use
Pros and Cons
  • "Its ease of use is valuable. It is being used in a mining company. They wanted their working nodes to be seamless, and they wanted ease of use. That's why they opted for SimpliVity. They are running VMware virtual machines on it."
  • "They can bring more awareness about this product. In this part of the world or this region, people normally don't know about SimpliVity and its capabilities. The company we have it sold to hasn't been able to fully utilize all the features or understand the features. So, product awareness should be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We are a solution provider. We don't usually use it for our own workload or for ourselves. We are partners of both Dell EMC and HPE. We sell their products and provide solutions based on their products to our end customers.

It is being used in a mining company. I'm currently working with it to upgrade the storage capacity for the load that was sold.

What is most valuable?

Its ease of use is valuable. It is being used in a mining company. They wanted their working nodes to be seamless, and they wanted ease of use. That's why they opted for SimpliVity. They are running VMware virtual machines on it.

What needs improvement?

They can bring more awareness about this product. In this part of the world or this region, people normally don't know about SimpliVity and its capabilities. The company we have it sold to hasn't been able to fully utilize all the features or understand the features. So, product awareness should be improved.

Its scalability should be improved. We should be able to add drives without disrupting the services.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have known this product for the last three years or more, but we first sold it to a customer in 2020 or 2021.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I don't have first-hand experience in managing it day to day. So, I don't know if there are any lapses somewhere.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are currently working on upgrading the storage capacity for a customer from medium to large. The solution is scalable, but they have to work more on the scalability part. That's because you can scale out and scale up, but based on my experience with this customer, scaling up is going to be disruptive. It's going to disrupt their service because the storage has got into a place where they cannot just add the storage node to it without disrupting the service. They have to look at that angle. When you're adding drives, it should be able to just load the drives, do the recalculation, and just work without disrupting your service.

How are customer service and support?

I would rate them an eight out of 10.

How was the initial setup?

Its setup is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

It is a great solution coming from a pioneer in technology. If you want to go for it, you can go for it, but you have to be sure that this is what you want. 

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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