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 job of support for the storage engineers dramatically changed. We know more quickly the automation of the provisioning. We can now focus on things that bring more value to the company than just managing storage."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"The solution is very reliable."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The connections are a lot faster than what we had in the past. One InfiniBand does what we did on all of our Fibre Channels."
"The performance is very good."
"Ease of management, aside from the serious performance, is the best feature."
"Xtrem10's features are more simple to implement. The integration and interface are also good."
"The solution's most valuable features are the inline data reduction and deduplication."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"Speed and reliability:"
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The most valuable feature of Dell EMC XtremIO is the data protection (DP) group, it is one of the most advanced features in these types of arrays. The dedupe and compression that this array provides both do a superb job."
"XtremIO’s capability to run any workload without much in the way of design considerations makes this very easy to use and size."
"The deployment is fast."
"InfoSight - analytics sight that collects data for all Nimble arrays deployed"
"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 tool’s support is feasible."
"Not only is it high performing, but it is also more compact and fits better in our storage arrays than equipment from other storage providers."
"The setup was very, very simple. When we got our AF5000, no kidding, we had it up in production within two hours"
"VMware integration, why is pretty self-explanatory."
"Good architecture and produces a lot of IOPS."
"The price should be lower."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"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."
"They could improve the price."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"I would like to see the ease of deployment and built-in Metro clustering."
"It is very expensive to scale. You have to buy an additional system to extend from one disc, for instance. It is scalable, but extremely expensive to do so."
"The physical architecture could use some higher levels of redundancy."
"The management should be improved and the GUI interface could be better and easier."
"I would like hardware capacity additions to be a little more flexible. The upgrade path for the existing XTremIO units requires you to purchase 2 XBricks at a time and they need to be the same capacity as the existing XBricks."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"I would like to see more scalability."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"I would like to have integration into cloud providers, apart from HPE."
"The solution needs to be an active-active controller."
"We have had some stability issues with one array which has happened twice during subsequent software updates but is due to a bad Postgres database."
"The solution’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"HPE Nimble Storage's cost is very high, making it one of its downsides."
"Scalability, in terms of being able to scale out, is not easy and should be improved."
"The solution requires a higher availability."
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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