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."We also use VMware integrations developed by Pure, their plugins in our vCenter environment. They help by allowing our non-technical operations teams to deploy new data stores and resize data stores without me having to involve myself all the time to do those simple tasks."
"Technical support is good."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"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."
"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."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"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."
"If a ransomware or enterprise-level attack happens, my infrastructure remains totally secure. If any virtual machine gets damaged or collapses, we have built a backup solution, which will take a minute to restore the same version of HPE Nimble Storage in our company."
"We get storage access without the need for more human monitoring of those resources."
"They could probably improve an organization with just about anything. It is all a matter of ease of use, ease of the implementation, etc."
"We like the performance."
"The setup was very, very simple. When we got our AF5000, no kidding, we had it up in production within two hours"
"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."
"They do a good job of helping people do storage in a very simple way."
"Switching to AFF has improved the performance of a lot of our virtual machines in a VMware environment. The number of support tickets that we receive has fallen to almost zero because of this, so it's been a real help for our virtual server support team."
"The most valuable features are the low latency and high-performance."
"Even though the complete workload will fill out the AFF storage box, it will give us sustained stability."
"AFF works well for VMware storage."
"There are two compression technologies available within it, and they are valuable because they allow for significantly higher data storage capacity and the retention of a larger number of snapshots on the system."
"I'm from Germany, so we have lots of metro clusters. The ability to have two sides that are redundant across hundreds or thousands of kilometers is critical for our customers. We have several hundred customers with metro cluster systems, so that is one of the best features."
"Technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature is the support. If we have any issues, we can call into NetApp and their support is really good."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"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 setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"The way the market is going, supporting NVMe storage would be useful as a step up."
"I think the scalability of HPE Nimble Storage could be improved."
"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’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"There is a new version of the Nimble and 3PAR systems called Alletra and they have a lot of new features."
"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."
"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."
"The only thing that I can really compare Nimble to is all-flash because, right now, Nimble is a hybrid solution. I would like to see them come out with an all-flash alternative."
"The total cost of ownership has increased a little."
"The price of NVMe storage is very expensive."
"Better stability, not releasing features until they are fully functional, or at least giving us a software train that doesn't add them until they are fully functional and proven."
"NetApp could focus even more on the configuration."
"This is an expensive solution that could be cheaper."
"The upgrade process could be a lot quicker, but it's still good as it is. The failovers and things like that are harder than expected."
"There are no RDMA capabilities in CIFS (SMB) and NFS protocols."
"NetApp should offer more training so everyone can learn about the products. Other vendors have a lot of training options. It would be great if NetApp would highlight how to use the features more so that every admin or person can gain more knowledge about this technology."
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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