We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Primera based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions had a similar user rating in terms of ease of deployment. HPE Primera had a better user rating regarding pricing and service and support. In terms of features, HPE Nimble Storage users felt there were stability and scalability issues, while HPE Primera users felt the reporting console needed improvements and the user interface wasn’t user-friendly.
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"The technical support is very good."
"Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The management software that runs in the cloud is called InfoSight and it is very good. It is similar to machine learning software that monitors your hardware."
"The capacity for data storage and compression is good."
"Even through upgrades, there is no downtime, not even a hiccup for users."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. It is much easier to use, and we do not have to worry about the I/O profile of the workloads that we putting on the array."
"Performance Integration with Commvault"
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"Even if one control fails, it automatically turns on the other controller and everything moves from one to the second instantaneously without any issues."
"I have added expansion shelves on several of them. It is simple to do. You plug it in, you attach two cables, then you press one button, like "Add", and that is all you have to do."
"The product has better replication features than the previous products."
"When taking into account the price, maintenance required, and performance of HPE Primera, it is an effective solution."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"The performance of the solution is good."
"HPE Primera is an all-flash storage product that's very stable and has a higher storage capacity. It can also give better ROI compared to NetApp."
"For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product."
"The interface is simplified."
"There has been a lot of changes in HPE Primera OS, and most of the time any package related to it is simple to upgrade. It does not require any support for the operation. The customer can easily deploy any code directly from the GUI which is very good. Additionally, we have individual storage we can allocate and easily manage."
"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."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"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."
"It is a bit expensive."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"The backup solution that they are using now probably has not been deduped."
"The HPE Nimble Storage could have better integration with monitoring and machine learning system information solutions."
"The solution could improve by having more granularity. For example, having the ability to go deeper into specific IO channels or specific latency issues that can happen would be a benefit. HPE has this ability on their side but it would be useful to have it on our side."
"An area that needs improvement is extending the life of the device after five years."
"The stability can be improved."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"HPE Nimble Storage could be improved with some critical application or servers."
"We face challenges with hardware delivery."
"We've encountered issues in the past where maintaining a read-only state is essential to prevent data encryption when VPN access is impacted."
"The reporting console can be improved with out of the box reports."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"We cannot use this storage for critical applications and data."
"We have not had a good experience with support from HPE Primera. They can improve."
"This solution would be expensive for small business and it could be priced more competitively for that market."
"We face challenges with false alarms, particularly daily alerts related to replication link breaks. I'm not happy with the customer service and support."
"There are certain shortcomings in the technical support offered by HPE where improvements are required."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while HPE Primera is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, VMware vSAN, IBM FlashSystem and NetApp AFF, whereas HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, IBM FlashSystem and Huawei OceanStor Dorado. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. HPE Primera report.
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