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."I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"The initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"It is the SAN backbone for our company."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"The performance is very good."
"Scalability is another reason we chose to go with Nimble: upgrading to another storage array. If we need higher capacity or throughput, we can just replace controllers, we don't have to replace or forklift-upgrade the whole chassis."
"Even if one control fails, it automatically turns on the other controller and everything moves from one to the second instantaneously without any issues."
"We have found the advantage of it is the easy, rapid setup, but also that it is very easy to manage."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It's very stable and fast, and I am very happy with the deduplication. It saves a lot of space, which is great."
"Our virtual admins are able to take control of Nimble and know how to allocate the storage, whenever it is required, thus reducing time."
"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"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."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"Inline compression"
"The most valuable aspect is the use of solid-state storage drives instead of spinning drives."
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"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."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"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."
"There is no active-active controller, which means that we can only have one controller online at a time."
"There are customers who want to do some different things with the Microsoft Resilient File System. There are some customers who want to do different types of connectivity. I do not know if I would call that an improvement, necessarily, because if you want that, you should get a different product."
"An area that needs improvement is extending the life of the device after five years."
"I don't think it is officially released yet, but the main reason that we chose Nimble is because of the sync rep feature. So, I would like to see that further evolve. This feature will be essential for our setups."
"Pure Storages have some option, which allows us the ability to directly download that host inventory and volume report. We can receive everything directly generated from the storage itself. We do not need to use some other web browser or something. If HPE Nimble Storage could do the same it would be a benefit."
"The solution requires a higher availability."
"More reporting is probably the only thing that is really lacking. It would be helpful to go to the business and say, "This is how we've evolved with our solution, and this is why we need more." Being able to put forward a business case with data to back it up, essentially."
"I would like to see them work with Cisco, so it comes off the FIs, instead of having to go through my 10-gig network."
"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."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
"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."
"Some of the nice to haves for us, in terms of today, would be VVols but again, it’s not a critical feature."
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HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 117 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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