Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs HPE SimpliVity comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the HCI category. Dell Technologies is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.2, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.2. Dell Technologies holds a 2.8% mindshare in HCI, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 6.3% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are competitive products in the hyperconverged infrastructure market. HPE SimpliVity often has the upper hand due to its seamless integrated backup and rapid data recovery features.

Features: HPE SimpliVity offers integrated data protection, inline deduplication, and an advanced data virtualization platform that ensures efficient storage management and seamless backup capabilities. Its infrastructure supports quick data recovery, reducing latency, and efficient data replication. On the other hand, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes provide robust deduplication, fast restores, and reliable disaster recovery functionalities, although the integrated backup feature remains more distinctive in SimpliVity.

Room for Improvement: HPE SimpliVity users express the need for enhanced automation in backup and replication processes and support for hypervisors beyond VMware. They also seek better reporting on backup history and more intuitive single-file restore options. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes face challenges with complex deployment processes and scalability, with users desiring improved integration with public cloud services and more flexible pricing structures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE SimpliVity is applauded for its rapid on-premises deployment, although some users face challenges due to its reliance on VMware. Its customer service and technical support are regarded highly, despite occasional delays following the HPE acquisition. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes boast strong customer service, yet their deployment is often complex, especially in hybrid cloud setups, necessitating extra support for seamless integration.

Pricing and ROI: HPE SimpliVity’s pricing, while initially perceived as high, often proves cost-effective due to its feature set, bypassing the need for additional licenses and infrastructure, yielding satisfactory ROI. Conversely, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are generally viewed as costlier, attributed to higher maintenance expenses and limited pricing flexibility, which can negatively influence ROI perception.

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Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE SimpliVity

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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

3.7

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offer 30-40% savings despite integration issues, leveraging existing staff to reduce operating expenses.

Sentiment score

4.8

HPE SimpliVity offers varying ROI timelines, significant cost savings, reduced complexity, and easy VM expansion, reported by users.

The OPEX benefits are around 30 to 40% because the same engineer who manages vSphere can handle Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, eliminating the need for additional support engineers.

KuldeepSingh4

Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

4.0

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes support is rated positively, though response times can be slow, with varying service quality.

Sentiment score

6.7

HPE SimpliVity is praised for responsive, knowledgeable support, despite minor issues with response times and documentation accessibility.

Whether we have pro support plus or just the basic level, they are helpful and reliable as long as we provide the necessary details.

Shaun Sheng

Technical Support at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

If we require a replacement part, the engagement is usually within four hours

Humphrey Hlatshwayo

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

There is always room for improvement in terms of response time and reaching knowledgeable staff quickly.

reviewer2598528

Senior Engineering Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

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The technical support from the HPE side is excellent, and I give them 10 out of 10.

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would rate technical support from HPE SimpliVity eight out of ten.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.2

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offer scalability and flexibility, though costs and resource needs pose challenges for larger deployments.

Sentiment score

6.9

HPE SimpliVity offers easy scalability but may face limitations and flexibility issues in large enterprise environments.

With VCF we have significant automation built-in within the VCF console within SDDC manager as the primary management console.

KuldeepSingh4

Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I would rate scalability around seven because when customers want to expand capacity but all the drive slots are full, they are forced to buy new servers or nodes which adds more costs with licenses and hardware.

Shaun Sheng

Technical Support at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

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With HPE, customers can scale up the HPE SimpliVity solution anytime.

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

HPE SimpliVity is scalable, as it can be scaled in terms of addition of nodes.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

5.1

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are stable and reliable, with high stability ratings, though performance and disk issues require management.

Sentiment score

8.5

HPE SimpliVity is highly stable and reliable, with most issues linked to external factors, earning high user ratings.

A disk group for five disks can be problematic, and customers need to tolerate downtime if the disk is not available.

KuldeepSingh4

Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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From HPE's side, it is stable, and customers find it easy to manage and easy to grow.

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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Room For Improvement

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes need better scalability, automation, cost-efficiency, integration, support, and updates to address current customer challenges.

HPE SimpliVity requires improved integration, faster updates, enhanced features, simplified interface, better support, and expanded cloud compatibility.

I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a great improvement.

Humphrey Hlatshwayo

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are useful as a product, but the lack of expansion with VMware has led customers to refrain from further upgrades.

Shaun Sheng

Technical Support at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

A faster firmware lifecycle with the release of validated firmware catalogs more quickly would be a desired improvement.

reviewer2598528

Senior Engineering Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

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In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination.

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Pricing could be an area for improvement, as there are many other options that are very cost-effective compared to HPE SimpliVity or converged solutions.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

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Setup Cost

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are initially costly but cost-effective long-term, with competitive pricing and annual licensing considerations.

HPE SimpliVity offers cost-effective hyper-converged solutions with competitive pricing and lower total ownership costs compared to alternatives.

As a group under Comcast, we receive very good pricing from Dell due to our considerable business dealings.

reviewer2598528

Senior Engineering Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

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VMware is costing significantly more nowadays compared to other solutions in the market.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

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Valuable Features

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offer compact design, scalability, and robust security, enhancing performance and user experience with single-vendor support.

HPE SimpliVity provides efficient data management with deduplication, backup, and recovery, enhancing performance and reducing complexity and costs.

It is stable, and similar to any issues on a standalone machine, there's resilience; if we lose one host, data will not be lost because of the technology on vSAN that allows us to free up that host into maintenance mode without issues.

Humphrey Hlatshwayo

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

The ability for single-team management without requiring a separate storage team for managing arrays and fiber channel switches is also a valuable feature.

reviewer2598528

Senior Engineering Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

Dell's technical support is generally very good.

Shaun Sheng

Technical Support at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

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The data efficiency capabilities in HPE SimpliVity are impressive, as it is capable of storing data in its converged infrastructure with good resiliency and future expandability.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

HPE SimpliVity is the best solution for customers because its compression capacity meets customer requirements, and it is a very robust solution.

Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes

Ranking in HCI

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE SimpliVity

Ranking in HCI

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

155

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is 2.8%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE SimpliVity is 6.3%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE SimpliVity	6.3%
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes	2.8%
Other	90.9%

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Featured Reviews

KuldeepSingh4

Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Experience improved efficiency and customer satisfaction with enhanced integration and management capabilities

Scalability involves two types of environments: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and non-VCF environment where we use VMware Validated Foundation. With VCF we have significant automation built-in within the VCF console within SDDC manager as the primary management console. For non-VCF environments, it depends on customer choice. For small environments, we do manual scalability and sometimes use Terraform scripts to keep the host ready and add in the cluster automatically. For large environments with frequent scalability actions, we propose the Terraform solution that builds ESXi, does necessary configuration, and automatically starts up for associating with the existing environment. If scaling is infrequent, with one or two hosts per month, it is a manual job. From a challenge perspective, it seems easier, with just a few pre-checks regarding make and model compatibility, disks, and server health on the hardware level.

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Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Has integrated solutions and rapid recovery made management smoother and more reliable

There is the latest update from HPE regarding HPE SimpliVity. For virtualization, HPE has to depend on other manufacturers, OEMs such as VMware or Hyper-V. Recently, HPE declared the VM essential virtualization solution. In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination. Functionality-wise, I am totally satisfied with HPE SimpliVity, but for improvement, if HPE integrates its own virtualization solution, this combination and integration will be beneficial because this integration can be configured with the cloud-based system. A VM can be uploaded to the cloud from this, which will be advantageous for backup to other sites.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	67
Midsize Enterprise	49
Large Enterprise	80

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

There is no specific licensing model for vSAN ReadyNodes as it is linked with Broadcom VMware's solutions rather than Dell's. As a group under Comcast, we receive very good pricing from Dell due to...

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What needs improvement with Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

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What is your primary use case for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

I am familiar with VMware Workstation, but we don't actually use a workstation. We only use ESXi because we're running a big organization. We have people that are responsible for a Citrix farm that...

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How does HPE Simplivity compare with VMware vSAN?

HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that is primarily geared to mid-sized companies. We researched VMware vSAN but found HPE was a better option for us. HPE SimpliVity has ...

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What do you like most about HPE SimpliVity?

The solution's technical support is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE SimpliVity?

Standalone HPE SimpliVity is more expensive than other OEMs and solutions. Regarding the software side, VMware is costing significantly more nowadays compared to other solutions in the market. The ...

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Also Known As

vSAN Ready Nodes

SimpliVity, HPE HCI

Overview

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes provide high availability, flexibility, and ease of deployment with integrated storage management designed for seamless VMware integration and IT modernization.

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes excel in managing workloads with enhanced storage availability and adaptability. They allow single-team administration, minimizing dependency on multiple vendors and offering robust performance and stability. The user-friendly interface ensures ease of deployment and management, enhancing data protection and operational efficiency. Despite these strengths, challenges like automation, complex upgrades, and licensing limitations affect scalability and cost-efficiency compared to competitors.

What are the key features of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

High Availability: Ensures continuous operations with minimal downtime.
Scalable Architecture: Allows seamless expansion to meet growing demands.
Integrated Storage Management: Streamlines storage operations for ease of use.
User-Friendly Administration: Simplifies management with straightforward policies.
VMware Environment Integration: Enhances IT modernization and security protocols.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Cost-Effectiveness: Economical options despite encountering pricing rigidity.
Technical Support: Offers strong support services albeit needing improvements in alert systems.
Performance Stability: Reliable performance with enhanced availability.

Organizations deploy Dell vSAN Ready Nodes for general virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure, and private cloud setups. They are primarily installed on-premises for managing critical servers, allowing expansion into cloud environments. Popular in sectors like government, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, and insurance, they support VMware vSphere, ERP applications, and virtual desktops efficiently.

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HPE SimpliVity provides businesses with advanced features such as inline deduplication, compression, and instant recovery, enabling efficient backup and scalability. Its integration with VMware and centralized management fosters ease of use, establishing a streamlined IT infrastructure.

HPE SimpliVity stands as a comprehensive solution for organizations seeking a robust infrastructure capable of handling diverse workloads. Its features like integrated backup and disaster recovery ensure quick restores and high availability. Known for its efficient use of storage and data processing capabilities, it helps reduce operational costs. This system offers a reliable framework for virtualized environments, enhancing disaster recovery processes, IT operations, and application hosting while supporting workloads such as Oracle, SAP, and SQL.

What are HPE SimpliVity's key features?

Inline Deduplication: Minimizes data redundancy, enhancing storage efficiency.
Compression: Optimizes storage, reducing space requirements.
Instant Recovery: Facilitates rapid restoration of data and applications.
Centralized Management: Simplifies IT operations with unified management.
Scalable Architecture: Adapts to business growth seamlessly.

What benefits should users seek in HPE SimpliVity reviews?

Cost Reduction: Achieves savings through efficient data processing and storage utilization.
High Availability: Ensures consistent service and data accessibility.
VMware Integration: Provides compatibility and smooth operations in VMware environments.
Quick Disaster Recovery: Enables swift restoration processes for continued business operations.

Organizations deploy HPE SimpliVity mainly for virtualized environments, focusing on disaster recovery, IT operations, and application hosting. Extensively used in sectors for VDI, backups, and data center tasks, it supports major workloads like Oracle and SAP, simplifying infrastructure management while ensuring high availability.

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Sample Customers

Rackspace

Red Bull Racing, Mandarin Oriental, Brigham Young University, UCLA, Merlin Entertainments, Sasa Cosmetics, Travelport, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Princess House

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