We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and HPE Nimble Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It helps to simplify storage because it has an easy front-end to access everything."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"It has made working with storage as easy and simple as it should be."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"It helps simplify storage. When you're running Pure all-flash, you don't have to do a lot of the old Oracle best practices. You don't have to worry about putting log files on a different disk channel than the data files, and those types of issues... That has made it vastly easier to do large volumes, rapid provisioning in databases, without taking a performance hit."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The guaranteed sub-millisecond response time for a 4K block."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"We mostly use it for backup, because we cannot measure anything, and we are afraid to use it for surveillance systems. We were planning to use it for mostly for surveillance systems."
"Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs."
"The speed is extremely valuable."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"The program is very stable."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"Scalability is another reason we chose to go with Nimble: upgrading to another storage array. If we need higher capacity or throughput, we can just replace controllers, we don't have to replace or forklift-upgrade the whole chassis."
"Some of the beneficial features I have found are the Block-level backups, the interface is easy to use, backups work well and the portal is functional."
"Nimble's support is awesome and one of the best. You sort of get a Tier 3 plus guy every time that you call, no matter if it is a Tier 0 issue. This is super helpful in case we ever have problems."
"Updates are very easy to do when the customer is connected to the internet."
"InfoSight provides real-time reporting, it gives you information about your different volumes, how the arrays are being used, I/O, performance in general."
"HPE Nimble Storage uses the InfoSight platform and it is useful because we can identify the faults and can analyze the performance. It has many other features. This feature is the best that I have observed from HPE Nimble Storage."
"I really like the form factor, which is nice and compact and small."
"I have found the convergence rate and deduplication the most valuable features."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"Management and reporting need improvement."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"The solution needs to be simplified. When you integrate your storage with other systems, could use a little bit of automation."
"I'd also like to see them incorporate tools that let me get granular with the VMs. I want to see an individual VM, I want to Snapshot and recover an individual VM."
"The most difficult part about Nimble was the fact that it didn't have a standard length."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"A feature that would be a nice addition to the next release would be a filer option. A filer option so that you could connect the sim or NFS or chips like NetApp does for NAS functionality."
"HPE Nimble Storage could be improved with some critical application or servers."
"The stability can be improved."
"We want to start storing data in the cloud really soon and we are looking at options."
"Nimble requires its DNS to work in order to interface with VMware vCenter is a little thorn in my eye, but I am being nitpicky here."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 117 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell XtremIO vs. HPE Nimble Storage report.
See our list of best All-Flash Storage vendors.
We monitor all All-Flash Storage reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.