We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays 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."The scalability is good."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"It's actually very stable"
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"We were actually able to do multiple upgrades, including head upgrades and moving between the platforms, M20 and M50, over the years. We have never once lost a ping and have never had an outage due to an OS upgrade or a complete head upgrade."
"Nimble's phone-home capability is decent. The compression, dedupe, and caching are also solid. Generally, I like the simplicity. It's almost a set-and-forget solution."
"Nimble Storage is a great storage solution which will give you a lot insight on the growth of your storage."
"Our virtual admins are able to take control of Nimble and know how to allocate the storage, whenever it is required, thus reducing time."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"The solution runs pretty fast."
"The valuable features include encryption of data, hybrid performance, firmware updates, and overall simplicity."
"We have found the advantage of it is the easy, rapid setup, but also that it is very easy to manage."
"It is easy to use. Not too complicated."
"The management software is very good."
"Considering the cost, I find NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays to be the best storage available in the market."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance of the database access."
"The hardware and software of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy for us to use."
"The replication and mirroring features are very good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set a specific margin of performance to a specific workload."
"We use it for our VDI environment, and have not had any complaints with it."
"It provides multi-protocol, which is what gives the edge when it comes to big lineage PC workloads."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"Most of our upgrades have not been as smooth as they should have been."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"It was not proactive communication."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"I would like to have integration into cloud providers, apart from HPE."
"The solution should allow for easier configurations."
"We have had some stability issues with one array which has happened twice during subsequent software updates but is due to a bad Postgres database."
"We are doing a hybrid and are moving some machines to Microsoft Azure to run in hybrid mode. We are checking the availability of extra software-defined storage so that we can configure it."
"Nimble requires its DNS to work in order to interface with VMware vCenter is a little thorn in my eye, but I am being nitpicky here."
"Web GUI should be HTML5."
"A feature that would be a nice addition to the next release would be a filer option. A filer option so that you could connect the sim or NFS or chips like NetApp does for NAS functionality."
"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 pricing could be cheaper and it should have documentation in more languages, specifically, Russian."
"It needs a better management tool."
"We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly."
"I've observed an issue when creating a new storage solution with NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays."
"The management interface, while very reliable, it seems a little old now and could maybe use a little modernization."
"A little more manageability, a simpler management interface. It's not necessarily that it's way overly complex. It's just that it's not as easy as the FAS series."
"The price of the All Flash solution is very high."
"Its pricing should be better. Its price is competitive, but they need to improve the pricing. They have different licensing models, which they need to improve. My expectation was cloud integration, which they have, but it is a different license. Therefore, people cannot enjoy it. If I want to use it, I need to pay extra. There is a cost involved for everything, but it should reach everyone. It is similar to having a Rolls-Royce, but you need to pay extra for the key. If you want the key, you need to pay."
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HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. 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 EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and HPE Primera. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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