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Senior IT Consultant at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
Our resiliency was improved due to features like snapshotting at hardware level.

What is most valuable?

StoreVirtual's High Availability and redundancy are the most valuable features for us.

How has it helped my organization?

It has removed the single point of failure. The resiliency was improved due to features like snapshotting at hardware level. It gives us better uptime and improved HA time, which means less downtime in the event of a failure.

What needs improvement?

Communication of HP firmware and BIOS updates need work. Also, the directives relating to the products need to be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used it for one and a half years.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues with the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There was an issue with one CPU overheating and causing fans to rev up. The CPU had to be reseated and firmware updates applied.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We've had no issues scaling it for our needs.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good, but it could be better.

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

There was no solution in place previously.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward by using the HP CMC software.

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

The pricing and licensing are fair.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There were no other solutions looked at.

What other advice do I have?

This is a good SAN solution.

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it_user410349 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Co-ordinator Storage, Linux and Monitoring at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
It works great in a stretched datacenter. All data stored across two data centers is available.

What is most valuable?

It works great in a stretched datacenter. All data stored across two data centers is available.

How has it helped my organization?

If one datacenter fails, we can continue without failure.

What needs improvement?

It needs to have an SSD solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

We used LeftHand for more than seven years before it became an HP solution.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues with the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We've had no stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's better not to have big clusters or volumes, so we've avoided scaling it.

How are customer service and technical support?

6.5/10 - We have a lot of experience and often they already know where the problem is.

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

We used LeftHand for block-based storage and other storage solutions for file storage.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very simple. Just think about your design with the management groups and clusters.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is fine.

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

The price per GB/TB is good.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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