HPE SimpliVity Reviews and Pricing - page 19 | PeerSpot

IT Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Feb 15, 2017

The compression and backup features are valuable. Provides stability and scalability.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the compression and backup.

How has it helped my organization?

Backups are done on disk, and no longer use tapes. Also, restoration of backups is within seconds.

What needs improvement?

None on technologies side, but the cost of the solution and support would need some improvement

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for one year.

Download Free Report

Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nutanix, Dell Technologies and others in HCI. Updated: March 2024.

768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We have not encountered any deployment issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not encountered any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is 10/10.

Technical Support:

Technical support is 10/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used regular Windows servers. We switched for better efficiency of storage and backup.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

A vendor team with good knowledge implemented it.

What was our ROI?

ROI is 100%.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing and support is on the high side, but well worth it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing, we also evaluated Nutanix and Cisco.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user850320 - PeerSpot reviewer

Infrastructure and Technology Consultant at Infinia Solutions

Apr 16, 2018

It has a unique platform of computing, cloud management, storage, and integrated networks

Pros and Cons

"It allows you to take advantage of the unique platform of computing, cloud management, storage, and integrated networks, as well as software-defined data management, which is easy to use. "

"Simplify the backup and restore: With integrated backup and remote replication, it could reduce risk and eliminates the use of legacy data tools."

What is our primary use case?

Powerful, unbeatable hyper-converged solution from HPE SimpliVity 380 with OmniStack.

How has it helped my organization?

It allows you to take advantage of the unique platform of computing, cloud management, storage, and integrated networks, as well as software-defined data management, which is easy to use.

What is most valuable?

The most complete hyper-convergence infrastructure solution in the industry complying with the number one server platform in the market.

What needs improvement?

Simplify the backup and restore: With integrated backup and remote replication, it could reduce risk and eliminates the use of legacy data tools.

For how long have I used the solution?

Trial/evaluations only.

What was our ROI?

Investing less time in configuration and management means that you will have more time to focus on what is really important: Your company's innovation and rapid commercialization.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Infinia Solutions & Services is a Mexican technology and services company focused on the search for solutions in cutting-edge information technology that integrate, facilitate and optimize resources, improving the productivity and profitability of our clients' business. We offer our customers and business partners virtualization solutions and converged computation infrastructure.

Download Free Report

Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nutanix, Dell Technologies and others in HCI. Updated: March 2024.

768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.

reviewer1256322

Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Oct 27, 2020

Scalable, stable, and easy to set up

Pros and Cons

"It is easy to set up."

"Its performance can be faster."

What is most valuable?

It is easy to set up.

What needs improvement?

Its performance can be faster.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using HPE SimpliVity for one to two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

They provide good support.

How was the initial setup?

It was easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is not too expensive, but it is quite expensive for me.

What other advice do I have?

I am completely satisfied with this solution. I would rate HPE SimpliVity a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: reseller

it_user818898 - PeerSpot reviewer

IT solution Specilaist with 11-50 employees

Feb 18, 2018

It helps us save on the cost of storage

Pros and Cons

"Improves backup time and DR solution."
"We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO."

"It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity."
"Needs to improve the cloud integration, such as Azure and AWS."

What is our primary use case?

Production servers running on virtualization (such as web, DB, mail, and file), and the report server requires more disk performance to reduce report generation.

How has it helped my organization?

Improves backup time and DR solution. We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO.

What is most valuable?

Deduplication
Compression

It helps us save on the cost of storage and improves the backup and DR solution.

What needs improvement?

Cloud integration, such as Azure and AWS.

It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity.

For how long have I used the solution?

Trial/evaluations only.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:

it_user769266 - PeerSpot reviewer

Gerente Comercial at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Nov 26, 2017

Deduplicates and compresses online without forgetting disk protection

What is most valuable?

Definitely the deduplication and compression, for the optimization of disk space.

How has it helped my organization?

Simplifies the operations of the server and the administration area.

What needs improvement?

I think the support for the hypervisors needs to be on a higher level.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We did not encounter any issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not encounter any issues with scalability. Has horizontal scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Really good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Nutanix. We switched because Simplivity deduplicates and compresses online and can be started with two nodes, without forgetting disk protection.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward, it was set up very fast.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

You must perform a correct TCO study to find all the benefits.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Nutanix, VxRail.

What other advice do I have?

Make sure to do correct dimensioning in the storage part.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller.

Buyer's Guide

Download our free HCI Report and find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nutanix, Dell Technologies, and more!

Updated: March 2024

Product Categories

Buyer's Guide

Download our free HCI Report and find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nutanix, Dell Technologies, and more!

Quick Links

Learn More:

Questions: