We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF 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."The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"It has improved my organization because now have lower latency, we get fewer complaints from customers, and we see a constant response time."
"The data reduction technology part of the scalability has been impressive, like its ability to host additional workloads, volumes of data, and databases."
"We like the data reduction rates. That has been really helpful. You get 4U of Pure storage replacing something like two racks of spinning disks. One of the things that has contributed to that are the data reduction rates."
"They are quite responsive and our local team was pretty good."
"InfoSight has allowed us to centralize our management, understanding how it correlates to the array. It has identified a network issue in the network configuration of ESXi hosts. It enables us to get servers back up faster by 25 percent."
"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."
"The replay and IOPS work well."
"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."
"The solution runs pretty fast."
"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."
"It has totally taken away a layer of time and effort, management-wise, from two engineers to give that time back into developing more solutions. It has provided us essentially with a platform to go away and be more creative, knowing that that is stable and can do whatever we chuck at it."
"We have seen our average latency go from four milliseconds to point four. Therefore, we are getting 10 times better performance down to the end user on everything. We have seen an increase in our IOPS by ten times."
"It also helps to accelerate databases in our environment. First of all, there is the reliability of things staying online and the small response time as well, from the MetroCluster, for all of the data that we're serving; and the applications are talking to the MetroCluster. It provides a very fast response time."
"The most valuable features of this solution are snapshotting and cloning."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression, so we get more out of our storage. The replication is also important."
"I like the ability to snapshot, and the cloning features are valuable to us as well. I like that I can quickly and efficiently snapshot the data and move it to wherever I need to locally or in the cloud. Also, I know that when I take the snapshot that all of the data will be there and that it will be usable when I need to use it."
"NetApp AFF is very good at cleaning up your storage."
"The most important features are the IOPS and the ease of the ONTAP manageability."
"The performance is outstanding when it's all Flash. That's the biggest bang for the buck that we get."
"We have SQL clusters across the United States. It has sped up our IOPS and made it a lot easier for users."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"I would like to see support for NVMe, end-to-end."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"The most difficult part about Nimble was the fact that it didn't have a standard length."
"Web GUI should be HTML5."
"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 could reduce its price."
"It would be ideal if all these enterprise-class high-performance products would come at a cheaper price."
"The solution requires a higher availability."
"The amount of firmware updates released seem excessive."
"The large hardware components may be difficult to fit into some standard racks."
"The price of NVMe storage is very expensive."
"There needs to be compatibility with upgraded applications. We don't want the system to be upgraded, but not have backwards compatible to existing applications."
"Sometimes, NetApp support could be better. When the customers escalate, it can feel like everything's starting from scratch. These are rare cases. I'm not directly involved in support, but that's what I hear when something doesn't work."
"Its technical support could be better."
"A graphical user interface displaying efficiency metrics, such as compression and deduplication rates, would be a great addition."
"The dashboard needs improvement. The dashboard needs some uplift"
"It would be helpful if the compatibility matrix was a bit better."
"This solution should be made easier to deploy."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 280 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while NetApp AFF is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AFF writes "Since switching, our clients have reported improved performance and reduced latency". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and HPE Primera. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. NetApp AFF report.
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