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 simplifies storage."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"Has also helped simplify storage for us. The other person we put in there, took about a week to implement. And we had both arrays set up within around four hours with a thirty minute drive time between the two locations."
"It worked flawlessly."
"The stability and performance are the best things about the solution."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"The program is very stable."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"Speed and reliability:"
"XtremIO is very stable."
"Dell XtremIO is good for databases and huge workloads."
"Nimble Storage is a great storage solution which will give you a lot insight on the growth of your storage."
"The stability is awesome. The product has always been reliable. It has been 100 percent up. We have never had any downtime with it. Even if a controller fails due to our firmware or whatever, it rolls over to the second one and keeps us running."
"The solution runs pretty fast."
"The deployment is fast."
"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."
"VMware integration, why is pretty self-explanatory."
"It's very easy to set up. It's very stable, and it has got great deduplication, especially for hypervisor users."
"The storage capacity efficiency is phenomenal. It is off the charts in comparison to the compression ratios that we got before. We are able to save a lot more to the device."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"Automation could be simplified."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"The 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"Native data replication: To replicate data between XtremIO devices, you need to use EMC’s RecoverPoint appliances to move the data."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"We've encountered challenges in integrating other products with Dell Xtremio, as it tends to be more vendor-locked. This means we can't easily explore other solutions that might work alongside Dell."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"Right now, external appliances are needed to replicate XtremIO to XtremIO, or to another EMC system."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"Web GUI should be HTML5."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
"It was a bit expensive."
"There should be faster interfaces."
"The HPE Nimble Storage could have better integration with monitoring and machine learning system information solutions."
"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."
"We want to start storing data in the cloud really soon and we are looking at options."
"I think the scalability of HPE Nimble Storage could be improved."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 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.
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