My company has a five year contract for HPE ConvergedSystem. The contracts depend on companies and sometimes it can be three years. The solution is worth its price.
HPE pricing is generally high for these devices. Using HPE Servers in the SimpliVity module, it should in theory be possible to decrease pricing to a reasonable amount. However, at the moment, the pricing remains high.
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What is converged and hyper-converged infrastructure? A converged infrastructure (CI) is a legacy-based form of IT data center management that gathers together and integrates integral components of storage, compute, and other processes to save time, reduce productivity issues. and minimize costs. Everything is bundled together in a single device and is proven, pre-integrated, and ready to deploy. A converged infrastructure better facilitates the overall functionality of system processes...
I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
The tool's licensing costs are yearly.
My company has a five year contract for HPE ConvergedSystem. The contracts depend on companies and sometimes it can be three years. The solution is worth its price.
There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services.
The pricing is sensitive. The hybrid solution with Amazon, Google, and Azure, are hybrid solutions that the customers are considering.
HPE pricing is generally high for these devices. Using HPE Servers in the SimpliVity module, it should in theory be possible to decrease pricing to a reasonable amount. However, at the moment, the pricing remains high.
This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it.