HPE Alletra dHCI vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 95% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

HPE Alletra dHCI

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95% willing to recommend

NetApp HCI [EOL]

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88% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Alletra dHCI

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

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NetApp HCI [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

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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Massimiliano Bartolozzi

Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.

Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022

Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.

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

Pros

"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."

"The best functions or features of HPE Alletra dHCI that I have found most valuable are its easy management and simplicity."

"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."

"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."

"The product provides zero downtime."

"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."

"The nice thing about it is that it truly integrates with the cloud, so I can move my volumes bi-directionally in and out of the cloud."

"It's helpful as you stand on high-end storage. Alletra offers up to 99% availability, providing excellent stability. You also get the benefits of an HCI solution with a template and upgradability at any time."

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"When you are doing lifecycles for your equipment, you can just swap out pieces of equipment. We used to do one big iron to another big iron, and that's a major migration hassle. Whereas, with this environment, you can go with small nodes, one at a time, and do a refresh."

"It is easy to administrate the solution, and the company handles its technical support well."

"We went with NetApp based on the cost-effective solutions, technologies, and protocols."

"Scalability was another thing I was looking at. The solution, by its very nature, is designed to be expandable and flexible, so you don't have to buy performance you don't need today, but you're also not stuck with something you can't expand."

"Our goal with NetApp HCI is to have no single point of failure."

"It has reduced our hypervisor footprint by around 20%."

"The ease of deployment is a positive feature that allows us to scale easily."

"It is scalable, and NetApp Deployment Engine (NDE) makes its deployment easier."

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Cons

"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."

"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."

"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."

"They could expand product support to Microsoft Hyper-V and Red Hat Linux platforms."

"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."

"Their documentation needs to be simpler to read yet more detailed so it's easy to compare models and easier for clients to pick."

"The solution must be hypervisor-agnostic."

"A potential area of improvement for HPE Alletra dHCI could be including integration with applications because it is currently just for virtualization and more insights of what is running inside the virtual machines."

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"There are some legacy applications which still cannot be migrated. That is why we have to keep two environments: legacy and the new one."

"We went with a different solution and having run that for a while, I would say that there is a lot more than they could do to make it more streamlined."

"To improve the product, they should make it more flexible."

"Because of the repeated failure of the motherboard that we experienced, we have doubts about the stability of the solution, but I'm sure that in the near future it will be a great, reliable solution for us."

"I would like to have the ability to replicate to multiple sites."

"The fact that it doesn't have all the data points we need and all the historical data that I would like. I find that a lot of the performance analysis is done through support, where they have something that we don't have. It would be nice just to have all that on-prem."

"The reason I give it a nine instead of a ten is because of the need for pre-check work. While it is simpler than most products, there is still a lot of configuration that needs to be done."

"There's a limitation with a block in the file. That's where I see that it's not very efficient for upgrades and for management."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the licensing is reasonable."

"The solution’s pricing was very good."

"The product licensing costs vary depending on whether VMware or other solutions are used."

"The product is costly."

"The product is very affordable."

"With the features that HPE Nimble Storage dHCI provides, I cannot say its pricing is more."

"I think it's priced right and it's extremely intelligent."

"The prices are very high."

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"You still have to pay for the licensing for VMware and Red Hat licenses separately. It's not all inclusive at this point."

"The licensing fees are renewed annually."

"The price of the solution is okay but could improve."

"Its price is aligned with the market. In addition to the standard licensing fees, there is an integrator cost."

"Licenses run on a yearly basis, and there aren't any additional fees other than the standard licensing fee."

"This solution reduced our maintenance costs. We were going to have to pay one to two million dollars to put in compute nodes. We are avoiding those costs."

"Its price is comparable to the competitors in the market."

"Where we lost nearly 75 percent of our infrastructure due to a malicious attack and were able to recover two and a half hours into it due to the integration, it saved us and all of our customers. Because we were able to recover so fast from the attack, the solution paid for itself right there."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	19

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HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

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Overview

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

NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

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Sample Customers

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American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology

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