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HPE SimpliVity mindshare

As of December 2024, the mindshare of HPE SimpliVity in the HCI category stands at 9.6%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Educational Organization
59%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Healthcare Company
2%
Retailer
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
University
2%
Construction Company
2%
Media Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Real Estate/Law Firm
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Insurance Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%

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Xavier Perez - PeerSpot user
Administrador TIC at Cementos Molins
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Jun 18, 2024
Has a deployment phase that is straightforward but needs improvement in the area of scalability

Pros

"It is a very stable solution."

Cons

"The main issue with HPE SimpliVity is that you are very attached to VMware or VMware dependencies because the tool works with VMware technology."
SantoshRaghuwanshi - PeerSpot user
Enterprise architect at Reliance Industries Ltd
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Dec 17, 2023
Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure

Pros

"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware. "

Cons

"Integration with external solutions outside the HPE posed challenges. "
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OğuzKalaycı - PeerSpot user
System engineer at Yaşar Holding
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Apr 26, 2024
Though there is a need to improve the installation process, it offers good support

Pros

"The solution's technical support is good."

Cons

"The stability and scalability of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
Shaijith KB - PeerSpot user
Senior System Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Oct 15, 2024
Product discussed: NA
Hardware acceleration and enhanced performance but has support challenges

Pros

"SimpliVity has hardware acceleration, which frees up CPU utilization. "

Cons

"There are some problems with support from HPE."
Arild Carlsen - PeerSpot user
IT- Manager at Mjørud AS
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
May 12, 2024
Has good performance and ease of use

Pros

"Has good performance and ease of use"

Cons

"The solution's price could be lower, but it holds good value for the money. The VMware licensing costs have skyrocketed since Broadcom's takeover. "
JS
Information Technology Manager at Troyer Foods, Inc.
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Jan 6, 2022
Phenomenal deduplication and compression, good support, and works on its own

Pros

"It doesn't take long to mount the entire VM somewhere and then copy it. That's one of the things that I like about SimpliVity's deduplication and compression. I can literally stand up a backup in minutes. It is like no time at all. They've got pretty phenomenal deduplication and compression. Within SimpliVity, one of the things that they do is deduplication and compression on ingestion. So, on the front side, everything is deduplicated and compressed, which, of course, adds some overhead to their solution. For instance, in my environment today, I've got roughly 30 terabytes of raw storage, and with their deduplication and compression, I'm over the 300 terabyte threshold with my active servers and all my backups."

Cons

"There is a file size limitation when you want to do an individual file restore, but they might have resolved this in newer versions. As I'm taking backups at the VM server level, I can restore a file from any one of those without standing up the VM, and I can restore it to any mounted VM that I want. The problem is that there is a file size limitation. It becomes problematic when I'm trying to restore. When I want to restore a backup of a SQL database, my backups are considerably larger than 10 gigs. So, the only way to restore that backup file is to mount the entire VM somewhere and then copy it, which doesn't take long at all. "
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Enterprise Infrastructure Architect at loanDepot
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Jan 11, 2017
Product discussed: 3.5.2 (Dell 5400)
It can present itself as NFS SAN to existing compute.
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Head of technical Follow-up and Development at Greater Amman Municipality
Verified user of HPE SimpliVity
Nov 20, 2021
Full-fledged HCI brings stability and scalability

Pros

"The HCI concept by itself is the most valuable feature of the solution. It is a full-fledged HCI. It is the main component. I think this is what makes the project valuable."

Cons

"Bottleneck is the main issue."