HPE Alletra dHCI Reviews

The solution is easy to use.  

It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors.

The pricing is good.

The stability seems to be reliable. 

The user interface is not as good or easy as the competition, for example, Nutanix. That's what we do find. 

The initial setup is a little bit complicated. 

We'd like to see file sharing capability, for file shares, to be available and much larger.

I've used the solution for 15 years at this point. it's been a while. 

The stability is good. We haven't seen any issues at the moment. It's working well. 

The solution is definitely scalable. If you're looking at SimpliVity, all of them are scalable. It's quite a simple process. You just buy a couple more nodes and then add it to it and it upgrades.

We typically deal with medium companies. That is less than 1000 users. We also do lighter products if a client requires it.

I have some knowledge of Nutanix.

I don't install it as much. I'm not the installer. I'm the seller. I wouldn't know from an installation point of view.

My understanding is it's just a bit complicated to install. The dHCI just takes a bit longer than the other vendors, however, once it's up and running, it's a good product, and gives you some nice features.

We can't complain. The price is good.

I'm a reseller.

We used to work with 700s, we don't sell the 700s anymore. Now, we are doing dHCI.

I would like to let people know that it is as easy as they say it is. It works as they say it does. The only feature I would want to have is it must be Fibre Channel, however, I don't think that's going to happen. Other than that, it's a great little product.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

The deduplication features are quite valuable to us.

I would like to see more compatibility with other vendors. 

I have been working with Nimble DHCI for roughly one year.

It is stable. Our end-users did not experience any issues. 

Nimble DHCI is scalable.

Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond. Usually, they explain that the issues we are experiencing are quite simple to rectify and don't really impact the system. 

We previously used an EMC server for storage, but we found that implementation was easier with Nimble DHCI. 

Nimble is really user friendly and not complex.

Pricing depends. We suggested Nimble to our customer even though we wouldn't be making a profit; however, we proposed to sell NetApp. Nimble charges roughly 25% more interest than NetApp.

We evaluated many products that are equivalent to Nimble, but because we are an evaluated retailer, it really depends on the end-user. When we receive a product, it is only a system, but we can take a look at the actual product, for example: what are the advantages of using Nimble vs. what are the advantages of using NetApp?  

Be sure that your end-users understand and know what they want regarding the ILPS. Sometimes the configuration that they have is not appropriate for their needs and could be more efficient. It all comes down to the needs, their RTS for example. 

As I have no other product to make a real comparison, I would give this solution a rating of nine out of ten. 

Nimble Storage can be used for any practical application that requires storage.

Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability. 

Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better. And to my understanding, Nimble Storage is a block storage system. You need to add another server for file services. I think it would be helpful to have other forms of storage included with Nimble Storage.

Nimble Storage has been a part of our main portfolio for the past two years. 

Nimble Storage is highly stable.

HPE technical support is great. 

Setting up Nimble Storage isn't complex. We're in the process of implementing it for one of our
clients, and we're on the BI interface. We haven't implemented the storage yet. We usually deploy with our partner first to test the implementation, get some feedback from our partners, and deploy it later ourselves. It takes two or three systems engineers to deploy.

I rate Nimble Storage nine out of 10. I would recommend Nimble Storage. It's the best solution that HP has right now. We haven't had any problems, so I can't say anything bad about it. Nimble Storage is a rich in-between solution that covers everything from computing to virtualization and storage. My recommendation is to take full advantage of Nimble Storage beyond just a storage solution and incorporate it to get the availability and scalability of the infrastructure.

We use HPE Nimble Storage dHCI as a storage solution.

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI gives organizations cost savings because it provides high performance compared to the other solutions. It has a good deduplication and compression ratio.

The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads.

The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options.

I have been using HPE Nimble Storage dHCI for approximately six months.

The solution is stable. They meet their 99.999% reliability standard.

The solution can scale but other solutions can do it easier.

I have used Datrium DVX previously.

The installation takes approximately one day. There are other solutions that are easier to install than HPE Nimble Storage dHCI. We have to register the host IPs and gateways but in other solutions, it does it automatically making it less tedious.

If customers were to purchase this solution it would be a good investment because they are always innovating and have good architecture.

The solution has good technology when comparing to the market today. Even though HPE acquired Nimble Storage, they kept on innovating it. 

I rate HPE Nimble Storage dHCI an eight out of ten.