DataCore SANsymphony vs HPE Alletra dHCI comparison

DataCore and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the HCI category. DataCore is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.6, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3. DataCore holds a 2.3% mindshare in HCI, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of DataCore users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

DataCore SANsymphony

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95% willing to recommend

DataCore SANsymphony

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

DataCore SANsymphony and HPE Alletra dHCI are leading products in the storage and data management solutions category. DataCore SANsymphony seems to have an upper hand in performance due to its fast storage and disaster recovery capabilities, while HPE Alletra dHCI is favored for ease of management and AI-driven features.

Features: DataCore SANsymphony offers fast performance with auto-tiering, mirrored virtual disk creation, and seamless integration with VMware, making it versatile across different hardware. Its adaptability enhances disaster recovery options. HPE Alletra dHCI emphasizes ease of management, intelligent replication, and high availability with Triple+ Parity RAID and InfoSight AI, making it suitable for mission-critical applications.

Room for Improvement: DataCore SANsymphony faces challenges with complex pricing models and limited file storage integration. Suggestions for improvement include enhanced backup solution integration and easier usability. HPE Alletra dHCI could benefit from broader OS support, improved documentation, and stronger integration with non-VMware systems, addressing concerns around pricing and usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DataCore SANsymphony is known for rapid deployment in on-premises settings, though users sometimes experience inconsistent support. HPE Alletra dHCI also offers quick deployment and has received high praise for responsive customer service, enhancing its attractiveness for easy setup and ongoing assistance.

Pricing and ROI: DataCore SANsymphony users mention high licensing costs and significant hardware expenses but recognize a clear licensing structure that can be cost-effective for specific needs. HPE Alletra dHCI is noted for its substantial initial price, yet users justify this with its superior performance and capabilities, reporting significant ROI particularly when integrating its features in enterprise environments.

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DataCore SANsymphony vs. HPE Alletra dHCI

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

6.5

DataCore SANsymphony offers cost-effectiveness, high availability, and long-term benefits, with reuse, stability, and security contributing to financial advantages.

Sentiment score

1.0

HPE Alletra dHCI offers innovative features, effective data reduction, and a secure, scalable infrastructure with unified management for tangible returns.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

DataCore SANsymphony is praised for industry-leading, efficient technical support with quick responses and effective problem-solving capabilities.

Sentiment score

7.3

HPE Alletra dHCI's support is generally effective, though experiences vary with some delays and mixed onsite assistance.

I rate their technical support a 10.

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

They always help me quickly and with great knowledge, which is essential for central storage.

Thomas Grötz

System Engineer at Bechtle

The customer support is perfect.

N Bravi

Sales Manager at MSDSYSTEMS S.R.L.

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A response typically comes within half an hour to one hour.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

They were always helpful and professional during the resolution of implementing and installation issues.

Antonin Pavlik

IT Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

8.3

DataCore SANsymphony offers scalable storage expansion, accommodating diverse hardware and supporting substantial data management with high user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

7.9

HPE Alletra dHCI is praised for flexible, user-friendly scalability, seamlessly integrating and scaling storage and compute independently.

There are no limits to scalability, which is essential for central storage.

Thomas Grötz

System Engineer at Bechtle

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It's important because it keeps the costs low for the customer and allows for quick implementations and easy extensions.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

Scalability is limited, particularly when adding new servers as the one-click installation procedure is not available for this.

Antonin Pavlik

IT Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.3

Users praise DataCore SANsymphony's stability, citing reliability and minimal downtime when properly configured, with few user error issues.

Sentiment score

8.6

HPE Alletra dHCI is highly reliable and efficient, with users praising its stability, uptime, and easy maintenance.

The implementation process is easy for DataCore SANsymphony.

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

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We might have encountered only two minor errors, such as a corrupt disk, but the system always runs and we have never had any downtime.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

For stability, I would rate HPE Alletra dHCI a nine.

Fernando Hortal

CTO & Presales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

DataCore SANsymphony improves disaster recovery and availability, but needs better integration, tools, and simplified pricing for enhanced user experience.

HPE Alletra dHCI users seek improved compatibility, performance, integration, simplicity, and lower costs with enhanced AI features and better support.

I would like to see the stabilization of the Veeam implementation in the future, and perhaps the integration or officialization of compatibility with Proxmox and XCP-ng.

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

there should be improvements in how to get and filter logs

Thomas Grötz

System Engineer at Bechtle

DataCore SANsymphony can be improved with high availability as it offers synchronous mirroring between physical and separate sites to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery.

N Bravi

Sales Manager at MSDSYSTEMS S.R.L.

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I would like to add servers to the existing stack more easily, and there should be a function to reinstall servers with a one-click installation process.

Antonin Pavlik

IT Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

dHCI projects often require new servers, but flexibility in deployment options would be beneficial.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

A potential area of improvement for HPE Alletra dHCI could be including integration with applications because it is currently just for virtualization.

Fernando Hortal

CTO & Presales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Setup Cost

DataCore SANsymphony offers a flexible, cost-effective solution, yet requires careful assessment of licensing and feature expenses for enterprises.

HPE Alletra dHCI offers competitive long-term ROI with flexible licensing, ideal for medium to large businesses despite initial costs.

It's not that expensive, and the product is also pretty stable.

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

They have made some improvements regarding the pricing, but it's still too expensive.

SigfridCecillon

Owner at Arsium

The cost changed from a perpetual license to a subscription model.

Thomas Grötz

System Engineer at Bechtle

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The price of HPE Alletra dHCI is considered expensive for small businesses.

Antonin Pavlik

IT Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The price is appropriate for the capabilities and features that the customers receive.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

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Valuable Features

DataCore SANsymphony enhances storage management with features like rollback, scalability, synchronous mirroring, auto-tiering, and high data availability.

HPE Alletra dHCI offers efficient, scalable storage with advanced features, predictive insights, and user-friendly management, ensuring cost-effective solutions.

Customers can extend storage with flexibility, as one is not obligated to purchase hard disks or controllers from the same storage vendor.

Thomas Grötz

System Engineer at Bechtle

DataCore SANsymphony is improving the access speed of data, the reading, and the writing significantly.

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

DataCore SANsymphony has positively impacted our organization because it is scalable and has a fundamental concept that aggregates and pools available storage resources, hiding the complexity, which makes it very simple.

N Bravi

Sales Manager at MSDSYSTEMS S.R.L.

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The most valuable feature of HPE Alletra dHCI is the one-click upgrade function, which allows all drivers and services to be downloaded to all servers easily.

Antonin Pavlik

IT Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution handles workload variability very well without any performance issues even for demanding applications like SAP, SQL, and Citrix.

Thomas Watterott

IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH

I am 100% satisfied with the data protection in Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI.

Mohamed-Mousa

IT Manager at a media company with 201-500 employees

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Categories and Ranking

DataCore SANsymphony

Ranking in HCI

8th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Software (2nd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Storage Performance (1st)

HPE Alletra dHCI

Ranking in HCI

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of DataCore SANsymphony is 2.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Alletra dHCI is 3.4%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
DataCore SANsymphony	2.3%
HPE Alletra dHCI	3.4%
Other	94.3%

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Featured Reviews

SigfridCecillon

Owner at Arsium

High availability and user-friendliness enhance infrastructure health and redundancy

I would rate technical support from DataCore SANsymphony a 10. Each time I contact the technical support, it's when I don't have a choice because it's very difficult for me on site, and each time, I have good people online who are able to help me solve the problem. Usually, the problems are not very technically difficult, but sometimes they are, and the support team is still there to help us resolve them. The majority of the problems are linked to licensing, so when the license has expired or the number is not correct, they are proactive and change things live, which is very good.

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Mohamed-Mousa

IT Manager at a media company with 201-500 employees

Modern infrastructure has supported critical business services and delivers strong data protection

To be honest, I did not make any changes in Nimble, and the same applies to StoreOnce. The system is built and ready-made. It was already built before we received it, but overall, everything is clear and direct, and there is nothing complex, so I do not need to do a deep dive in the system to resolve or change anything. I do not use HPE Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI intelligent automation. I do not use intelligent data services in managing my data infrastructure. I have not actually used additional functionality for Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI right now, but I think this feature is very useful, especially AI. AI is involved in any software now, and I do not use it in my system, but I think it's very useful.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataCore SANsymphony SDS?

I am saying that the pricing is reasonable. It's not that expensive, and the product is also pretty stable. It's a good solution and the price is okay regarding the other products.

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What do you like most about DataCore SANsymphony?

The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress).

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What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony?

It's difficult to know how DataCore SANsymphony can be improved. I think DataCore SANsymphony could be deployed on Linux environments, which could be a great thing for clients. I would like to see ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

Pricing is rated at six, which is normal. The price is appropriate for the capabilities and features that the customers receive.

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What needs improvement with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

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What is your primary use case for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

We are using VMware in this product as a software, and our infrastructure is built in HPE Alletra dHCI system, which includes our CRM, Exchange servers, domain servers, payroll servers, and CRM as ...

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Also Known As

DataCore Virtual SAN

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

Overview

Experience peace of mind with DataCore SANsymphony, the ultimate software-defined storage solution alleviating storage management challenges. Say goodbye to the complexities of managing different storage tiers and disruptions with SANsymphony's block-level storage virtualization technology, empowering you to automate capacity provisioning and data placement across diverse storage environments including SAN, DAS, HCI, and JBOD. Break down silos, control data placement, meet business continuity objectives, boost performance, and seamlessly expand or refresh hardware with SANsymphony. Benefit from features like asynchronous replication for disaster recovery, minimizing data loss, accelerating application responsiveness, and integrating new technology non-disruptively. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Thorntons, Inc., and TUI Cruises, DataCore SANsymphony guarantees unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and reliability, ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability while reducing storage costs and inefficiencies.

DataCore

HPE Alletra dHCI, a data storage solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), offers Disaggregated Hyperconverged Infrastructure (dHCI), separating storage from compute resources for independent scaling and management. Utilizing HPE Nimble Storage technology, known for AI-driven optimization, it ensures high performance and management efficiency. With scalability and agility, users can effortlessly expand storage or processing power as data requirements evolve. Additionally, boasting rapid deployment in under 15 minutes and a claimed 99.9999% data availability, HPE Alletra dHCI promises robust and reliable storage solutions.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sample Customers

Volkswagen , Maimonides Medical Center, NASA, Thorntons, Inc., TUI, ISCO Industries, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, United Financial Credit Union, Derby Supply Chain Solutions, Mission Community Hospital, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Colby-Sawyer College, Mount Sinai Health System, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Quorn Foods, Bitburger, University of Birmingham, Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg, NetEnt to name a few.

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