We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros | |
"This solution is very simple to use." "The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance." "The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us." "The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution. Our system has a very big environment. Due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task. We prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment, even when we have some different cases in operations." "Consolidation and duplications features." | "You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable." |
Cons | |
"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools." "The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved." "The solution has a complicated front-end." "The solution needs to add NFS features." "The MTG inside HP could be improved." | "The initial setup was very complex." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it." | Information Not Available |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: Centralized management and administration is the main feature; and also
along with HPE InfoSight, it will give analytics, dashboard, and it is very easy to use. Top Answer: The solution needs to be easier to use. The administration's ease of use it poor and it needs a better administrative console. The solution has a complicated front-end. In terms of features, the… more » Top Answer: We primarily use the solution as a container-as-a-service. We use it to host containers. It effectively supports a cloud-based container system. | Top Answer: You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable. Top Answer: The PCA is built on Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle VM Manager. Ok, then you have OEM Cloud Control (unfortunately) on top. OVMM uses a clustered MySQL database, which contents are encrypted… more » Top Answer: We are cloud providers so we provide platform services and infrastructures. |
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Views 3,094 Comparisons 2,014 Reviews 4 Average Words per Review 502 Rating 8.5 | Views 2,378 Comparisons 1,390 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 1,162 Rating 6.0 |
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Also Known As | |
HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300 | |
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Oracle |
Overview | |
HPE ConvergedSystem gives you lower cost of ownership and greater flexibility to meet more business demands. Eliminate the inefficiencies and inflexibility of one-silo-at-a-time infrastructure with software-defined agility and automation. Deploy pre-validated, factory-tested configurations in weeks instead of months. Set up IT services in minutes, not hours. Integrated, workload-optimised systems eliminate infrastructure silos for improved efficiency, simplicity and speed. | Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, is an integrated infrastructure system engineered to enable rapid deployment of converged compute, network, and storage technologies for hosting applications or workloads on a guest OS. It is a data center-class system that provides incremental and scalable performance optimized for consolidation of mixed workloads. |
Offer | |
Learn more about HPE ConvergedSystem | Learn more about Oracle Private Cloud Appliance |
Sample Customers | |
FAW-Volkswagen, NICS, NBrIX, Pinpoint, HPE Technology Services, SWS, Ko Sistem, HPE | Agnitum Information Technologies, Mediacloud, Xait AS, Atos Global Managed Services, CaixaBI, ICA AB, BT Spain, Secure-24, Xait |
Top Industries | |
Manufacturing Company33% Consumer Goods Company17% University8% Logistics Company8% Computer Software Company33% Comms Service Provider20% Manufacturing Company8% Retailer7% | Computer Software Company57% Comms Service Provider13% Government7% Energy/Utilities Company3% |
Company Size | |
Small Business32% Midsize Enterprise21% Large Enterprise47% | No Data Available |
HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 4th in Converged Infrastructure with 5 reviews while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is ranked 6th in Converged Infrastructure with 1 review. HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.6, while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "Flexible with good restore functionality and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance writes "Has high availability but the management can be better". HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Dell EMC VxBlock System, FlexPod, Nutanix Acropolis AOS and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is most compared with Oracle SuperCluster, Dell EMC VxBlock System, Rackspace OpenStack, FlexPod and Huawei FusionStorage.
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