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Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Jul 5, 2023
Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022

Pros

"The ability to size the available space in a way that matches our company's needs is most valuable. For instance, you can decide if you want 80/20, 70/30, or 60/40 space. Redundancy depends on your needs without changing the appliance. You just add space and decide the percentage of space that you need free and the percentage of space that you need for backup. It is all automatic, and you don't have to do anything. You just add space, and the system automatically configures itself with the chosen option."

Cons

"Its stability is very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crash."
EH
Senior SAN / Systems Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 13, 2019
Ease of provisioning has allowed us to implement large installations in a very short time frame

Pros

"When you are doing lifecycles for your equipment, you can just swap out pieces of equipment. We used to do one big iron to another big iron, and that's a major migration hassle. Whereas, with this environment, you can go with small nodes, one at a time, and do a refresh."

Cons

"There have been some drive type of issues where we have to apply a new code level. Storage nodes kick certain drives until they act as though they have failed when really they haven't. You just have to reinsert them, then they go on about their happy way. It's sort of a bug."
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Pre-sales Solution Architect at SHI international corp
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 22, 2019
Product version discussed: H300
Separates control of storage from compute and enables the ability to individually choose the minimum and maximum burst on IOPS

Pros

"It is a unique product with simplified setup and independent control over storage and compute."

Cons

"It is easy to install now, but could potentially be even simpler."
SV
IT Specialist at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 6, 2018
The solution integrates well with all the other applications that we use on our environment

Pros

"The solution integrates well with all the other applications that we use on our environment."

Cons

"It is difficult to get acclimated to all the new features quickly. The onboard process could be improved to bring clients up to speed faster."
SH
Storage Engineer at University of California, Irvine
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 19, 2019
Product version discussed: 1.4
All-in-one solution that is very self-contained but it has increased our hypervisor footprint

Pros

"The most valuable aspects are that it's an all-in-one solution and it's very self-contained."

Cons

"I would like for them to fall a little closer to like the VMware release model. The new features and new solutions tend to come from the VMware side. I would like for NetApp to follow along closely with VMware's release schedule."
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Storage Operations Manager at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 17, 2019
The Element software has enabled us to consolidate workloads and break down silos

Pros

"The NetApp Deployment Engine that comes with it makes the actual deployment and usage very easy. That's our primary focus and it's hyper-converged. That's something that we want to use as well. "

Cons

"The deployment process has room for improvement. I would like for it to be a cookie-cutter deployment."
SL
Vice President at Harwood International Corporation
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 18, 2019
A strong and efficient product that can scale storage and compute independently

Pros

"This is a strong product and it works very well, and the processes around it continue to grow and mature. "

Cons

"I would like to see the implementation process improved."
KW
Systems Platform Engineer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of NetApp HCI [EOL]
Nov 14, 2019
Easy to set up and configure, and the technical support is good

Pros

"It is easy to set up, and you don't have to do much work to get it to do what it needs to do."

Cons

"I would like to see a better upgrade process, like the one that ONTAP has."