HPE SimpliVity Reviews

This solution is for general purpose utilization. We are partners with HPE and I'm a system engineer.

The improvement to the company has been in terms of data reduction, we're storing more data with a lower footprint.

The compression and deduplication ratio would be the most valuable features. 

I'd like to see some improvements in terms of simplifying deployment and making it more user friendly. I think the technical support could be improved as well.

I've been using this solution for two years. 

With the newer models we can scale as we need. There are 20 users in our office and probably 200 more worldwide. 

We've carried out this deployment numerous times so it's not an issue. We're able to carry out the physical implementation in two or three hours. Project management and related work takes about two to three weeks. 

The licensing price is okay, there would be extra costs for replication licenses, for RapidDR but nothing on top of that. 

It's important to use the best solution for your requirements and use case. 

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Hyperconvergence.

More velocity in applications.

Versatile.

The price could be better and it needs to back to other storage.

The most valuable aspect of the HPE SimpliVity is the DL380 G10. We have mostly been using VMware and Hyper-V. On one side we have Hyper-V and the other side we have the VMware.

HPE SimpliVity needs improvement. I know there were some difficulties on the Hyper-V side. They worked very well on the VMware but unfortunately, Hyper-V is not well-developed. You have some bugs on it. On the small nodes, there's no problem, but on the medium and the big nodes they have some improvement to do on the Hyper-V.

Because Hyper-V is not very stable on SimpliVity, we would like a way that they can make an improvement on this, because many of our customers are only on Microsoft and would not like to move on VMware. It would be very nice if we can have a very stable solution for Hyper-V, on the hyper-converged side, so that when you have customers on VMware or Hyper-V we can provide a solution that is stable.

A lot of our customers are using VMware and also are using Hyper-V. Hyper-V is not very stable on the HPE SimpliVity.

We are an HPE partner ourselves. We have access directly to the HPE portal, and our engineers can directly register with HPE training online.

I would give this solution a six out of 10 because it's not so stable and there are some bugs in the nodes.

Our main use case for SimpliVity is VDI for Citrix and VMware.

SimpliVity's console is useful

SimpliVity's data management could be better. Nutanix's interface is a bit more user-friendly. 

I've been using HPE SimpliVity for about three years.

SimpliVity's performance could be better. It could be more stable. 

SimpliVity is as scalable as all the other solutions. 

There are additional costs for storage.

I would rate SimpliVity six or seven out of 10. It doesn't stack up well against other solutions like Nutanix. The main difference is the hardware rating. HPE is planning to introduce Integration with other products in the future. It's on their roadmap for SimpliVity. Many use cases require this. 

We are selling SimpliVity based on customer requirements which include HCI solutions with a lot of applications. 

HPE SimpliVity is a very valuable and effective solution. It's also a scalable solution. As the customer requirements and application requirements increase, it can scale to accommodate them.

It would be better if it could integrate more easily with other vendors.

I have been working with HPE SimpliVity for about three years.

HPE SimpliVity is a stable solution.

HPE SimpliVity is a scalable solution. 

HPE local and global technical support is very good. Customers can reach them easily.

The initial setup was straightforward. There were no complications.

SimpliVity is an HPE brand, and it comes with the advantage of easily using Hyper-V and VMware solutions. Hyper-V customers can move to VMware or use both solutions. HyperFlex for this isn't so easy. 

I would recommend HPE and the processing of HPE SimpliVity to potential users.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give HPE SimpliVity an eight.

• To build up HCI and upgrade existing VMware farm
• To set up local HA and site DR solution for business
• Fast backup solution

From eight ESXi servers (local HA only, without site DR) to three SimpliVity solutions in prod site with HA and one SimpliVity solution in DR site.

For setting up site-to-site DR.

• It comes with backup and site-to-site DR function
• All license included
• Backup and restore are very fast

• Backup from D2D only to "D2D to tape"
• Supports hybrid HDD storage (lower cost for the second-tier workload, now all SSD storage only)
• Support

Currently, we are using it for our VMware workstation. We use it to host our non-production servers.

The hardware deduplication, because it is better for this use case.

We should have something called micro segmentation inside the SimpliVity box, which can be easily implemented.

They are using backup from snapshots. Maybe they can integrate with VM or similar mechanics.

It has a proven track record of stability.

The scalability is okay.

HPE has a good track record of support.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We use it for a Tentacle system, which we provide to our customers. At the moment, it is not in full release, we have just been testing the following:

• Virtualization
• VMs.

It has been performing well. It was more than what we expected. We have been testing it for three months now.

We are still on a PoC. We have not pushed it out that far.

We are expecting the speed that we have seen so far.

From a generic point of view:

• The sheer speed
• The sheer power.

No issues.

No issues.

We had a standard HPE blade server. Our reseller put forward SimpliVity to us. We tried it out and tested it. I was like, "Wow." It blew us away. 

I was not involved in the initial setup, but I was told that it was very straightforward.

Cost is a factor. It is quite expensive.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: price and service. HPE emcompasses these values.