We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and Kaminario K2 [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"They are quite responsive and our local team was pretty good."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"The solution's uptime is fantastic. It's 100 percent. In addition, Nimble's storage capacity efficiency is very effective."
"VMware integration, why is pretty self-explanatory."
"We use a platform as a service and have multiple application vendors who comprise that platform. There are moments when those application vendors put the blame on us. By working in InfoSight, I am able to say, "No, it is not us." I can actually provide proof, either by using screenshots or through reporting."
"We use InfoSight predictive analytics. It helps us from a performance perspective by identifying potential bottlenecks."
"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."
"Performance, reliability, InfoSight, the ability to upgrade the O/S on the SAN without taking it down, and cost."
"The fact that you can manage the requirements is one the most valuable features of HPE Nimble Storage. The other is the rapid deployment time."
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"The most valuable aspect is the use of solid-state storage drives instead of spinning drives."
"The speed and, for us in particular in what we're doing, the data de-duplication."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"Inline compression"
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.)."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"I want it to be an active-active array. Nimble would be great as an active-active array because then everything checks out. It would give a feeling of comfort."
"I think the scalability of HPE Nimble Storage could be improved."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
"We want to start storing data in the cloud really soon and we are looking at options."
"I have problems with the next servicer. For example, I have a new device and it needs to connect to Nimble."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"I would like to have integration into cloud providers, apart from HPE."
"HPE Nimble Storage could be improved with some critical application or servers."
"I would like to see LDAP for the management panel; I've been notified they might be currently working on it."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."
"I would love to see capacity on its DRAM. I know it's not cost effective for them to do it, but I think that it could be a big differentiator and was a big differentiator from the beginning."
"Improved scale and budget planning with flexibility of the solution for budget needs and efficiency for growth with the great optimization ratio due to the nature of our use."
"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."
"I'm hoping to see Active Directory integration. Right now, you still have to use a local admin account to log in and manage everything."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
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HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with .
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