We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and VNX [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."Pure Storage FlashArray has significantly improved our data center performance. It handles high workloads efficiently, providing better performance in the environment. With increased storage capacity, it has led to improved overall system performance. The tool's technology is a standout feature. It has helped me reduce storage costs by 15 percent."
"This solution has improved our organization in the way that we used to see latency but now with this solution we don't. It also has good performance. Latencies have come down for our performance in the SQL databases. We can put a lot more in a lot less in terms of space savings. We also save data center space have good deduplication."
"It's reduced our overhead management time on storage, since it is so simple to get in and just provision a volume, present it to the host, and then you are done."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"It comes with a large number of features out-of-the-box, which makes it easy for us to see problems and manage capacity."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"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."
"The deployment is fast."
"We use InfoSight predictive analytics. It helps us from a performance perspective by identifying potential bottlenecks."
"The tool’s support is feasible."
"It has allowed us to upgrade our DMS to the latest version and reuse the older array as the DR storage for VMware SRM."
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"The replay and IOPS work well."
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"I really value deduplication and compression to save space."
"Multi-tiering, positively affects the efficiency of the storage space."
"FAST (auto-tiering): Doesn't require configuration and is managed by the array itself."
"High availability including non-disruptive updates: We cannot afford downtime windows."
"Integration with VMware"
"Good performance for VM environments"
"It is very stable even during multiple power failures."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-tiering, which helps in the speed of data access."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"There is a new version of the Nimble and 3PAR systems called Alletra and they have a lot of new features."
"I wish they would put the InfoSight page back the way it was. I got in it for the first time about two years ago, and it looked the same for about a year and a half. Then, about six months ago, it changed. There are different options now. I can still get to where I need to go, but it feels like it takes longer, where before it didn't. Also, I felt like I had a lot more options before. I have to do a lot more to digging now to get to where I need to go. I just wish they had their old page back."
"They keep talking about doing one-to-many replication. This is what we'd like to see, just to help with data replication."
"I would like to see native network attached storage (NAS) functionality. Our customers are looking for NAS, and Nimble can't give it to them."
"Scalability, in terms of being able to scale out, is not easy and should be improved."
"We would like there to be more enhanced features."
"The solution should allow for easier configurations."
"You could argue that it would be preferable if everything were cheaper in order to save taxpayer money."
"There is no easy way to defrag a RAID group. It would be nice to be able to reduce the size of a storage pool if the storage is not needed anymore."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSDs. Next generation EMC Unity will do this."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSD and the Next Generation EMC Unity does this."
"VNX can improve by offering flexible upgrade options. It's not possible to add a single HDD to a current array and there are fixed rules to make upgrades."
"Intel Xeon processors with under 2 GHz processing speeds could be replaced with more recent ones."
"The scalability is average because the storage has some hardware limitations and, obviously, operating system limitations."
"Poor connection to FC."
"The CLI could be better documented, like with VMAX."
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HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 118 reviews while VNX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while VNX [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VNX [EOL] writes "The auto-tiering helps in the speed of data access". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas VNX [EOL] is most compared with .
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