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HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 vs Microsoft Azure Block Storage comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

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
3.9
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 provides 2X ROI and 20%-30% cost savings, offering flexible budgeting and technology advancement.
Sentiment score
2.6
Microsoft Azure Block Storage optimizes expenses with 90% cost reduction, ease of management, and ensures data protection against issues.
I have seen a return on investment from HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
I have seen a return on investment, which is a little more nuanced, as with HPE GreenLake for File Storage being an operational expense allows me to do a lot more with fewer dollars, spread over the course of the contract.
Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
in normal scenarios, almost 20% or maybe 30% cost savings can definitely be achieved.
A VP Enterprise Sales at Ashtech Infotech (India) Pvt.Ltd.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 support is helpful but needs improvements in response times, engineering resources, and sales process efficiency.
Sentiment score
5.5
Microsoft Azure Block Storage support varies; premium plans offer faster responses, while others face delays and inconsistent service.
Concerning the storage itself, they're pretty damn close to perfect.
Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I evaluate the customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 as excellent so far.
Video Strategy Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Normally, with the Nimble systems and with HPE Alletra MPs or HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 with Nimble OS, we have not had many support cases in the last years.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
Support quality is good, but the main issue is the delay in handling tickets.
Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
I had contacted them before and they replied rapidly.
System vice president at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees
Ours is a government enterprise organization, so we have a premium support agreement with Microsoft, and they give us the best support.
Solution Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 provides scalable, flexible options for upgrading performance and capacity, efficiently supporting large-scale environments.
Sentiment score
5.8
Microsoft Azure Block Storage is scalable, user-friendly, and suitable for all businesses, though scaling can increase costs.
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 scales with the growing needs of my organization in terms of performance for applications.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
I haven't seen any issues with HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 in terms of scaling capacity and performance independently.
Video Strategy Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Upgrading from a smaller controller to a more powerful one is straightforward for enhancing speed, or you can extend the network ports.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
The ability to scale is well-supported.
Sr. Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is a significant advantage of the product.
Senior Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
We are on a premium plan, which should handle scalability automatically.
Delivery Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is highly stable, offering reliable performance, seamless updates, and over 99.9% uptime without downtime.
Sentiment score
7.6
Microsoft Azure Block Storage is highly rated for stability, despite occasional regional downtime and minor improvement suggestions.
The experience has no downtimes or crashes, and the performance is good.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
The stability and reliability level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is very good.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
In the past three years, I have not had even one escalation call.
Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees
It isn't as stable as sound storage systems in a premise environment.
Information Technology Business Partner and Enterprise Architecture Lead at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Overall, the stability is very good.
Sr. Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
None of the other storage vendors have all these features so easily manageable and fast to set up as Block Storage.
Senior Solutions Architect at EQ2 Technology
 

Room For Improvement

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 requires enhancements in speed, interface, support, integration, pricing, data classification, and sustainability.
Microsoft Azure Block Storage users face pricing, interface, and integration challenges, with additional needs for better security and scalability.
In a price-sensitive market like India, obtaining an administrator is much more cost-effective than the cloud alternative, which is almost four times as expensive.
Head Of IT at a retailer with 11-50 employees
We have deliberately crashed all four compute nodes, and the secondary storage site manages the workload without any virtual machines malfunctioning.
Infrastructure And Systems Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The DSCC portal offers replication information, but it is not available in the integrated GUI.
Storage Architect at DXC Technology
Its compatibility with various platforms could be enhanced to allow for a seamless operation across different cloud environments.
Information Technology Business Partner and Enterprise Architecture Lead at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Some alternatives are cheaper and available for long trial periods before the payment.
Lead DevOps and Release Engineer-L2 at ITWORX
Enabling SFTP on Microsoft Azure Block Storage didn’t allow us to get the IP address, as Azure doesn’t support it.
Delivery Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers competitive pricing, stability, ease of setup, and cost-effective options with GreenLake for enterprise buyers.
Microsoft Azure Block Storage pricing is generally higher than competitors, but offers discounted rates through enterprise agreements.
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is not so expensive.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good.
Technical Integrator at Physicians Mutual Insurance
Regarding pricing, this year I compared it with other vendors, and HPE is still on par with what the other vendors have out there, so I'm comfortable with the pricing.
Global Senior Manager, Information Technology Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
For medium-sized companies, especially when discussing cost and scalability, it can be quite expensive.
Information Technology Business Partner and Enterprise Architecture Lead at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
The cost for Azure Data Factory, utilized for intensive data migration, was high but expected, as it's a one-time activity.
Delivery Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
It is reasonable, however, it can be cheaper.
Senior Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 offers centralized management, scalability, AI analytics, and seamless integration for optimized performance and reliability.
Microsoft Azure Block Storage is reliable, scalable, secure, and affordable, with excellent data management and integration features.
Regarding DR, the RPO and RTOs are very good.
Senior Engineer – Box at MAINT
Regarding the predictive analytics feature of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, you can analyze information over the DSCC, the Data Center Cloud Console, where you can see a lot of information to indicate whether the system has had problems or not.
IT Consultant at Autonubil System GmbH
The performance level of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 impacts our organization's processes by enhancing operational efficiency.
Product Engineering Architect at 11:11 Sytems
The tool allows me to download to my device, control access, and manage data with ease.
Senior Solutions Architect at EQ2 Technology
The world is now directed toward a centralized data platform or Fabric to build a data lake house for data engineering, which keeps all data in a centralized place that's beneficial for the governance layer and unified governance.
System vice president at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees
The ability to increase and scale out is really easy, allowing us to manage a large amount of data with reduced dependency on scalability issues.
Information Technology Business Partner and Enterprise Architecture Lead at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise SAN (3rd)
Microsoft Azure Block Storage
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is 3.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is 2.6%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Public Cloud Storage Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Alletra Storage MP B100003.5%
Microsoft Azure Block Storage2.6%
Other93.9%
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1309695 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure And Systems Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
High‑availability block storage has protected critical research workloads and boosted VMware IOPS
It is difficult to provide specific areas for improvement at this time. We may realize approximately 20% gains in the future, but the previous SAN we used was not very time-consuming, so the improvement is not very significant. We anticipate gains of approximately 10 to 20%. The management interface could be simplified. The cloud console contains two main sections: one for hardware and one for logical volumes on the LUNs being managed. This split is understandable because the hardware console contains HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 for block storage and HPE Alletra for backup, both accessible in the same console. The separation of the SAN hardware console and the backup console is logical and understandable. We have four compute nodes, and the system was not designed to shut down gracefully with only two compute nodes remaining. Running with just one compute node functions properly, and the system continues to operate at reduced capacity. However, when we experienced a crash involving half of the system, HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 failed completely. This behavior is documented as normal in the documentation, but we hoped the block storage could manage to run with half the power. This capability will be available in a future release but is not included in the current version. Our testing before moving to production was not entirely successful, but this aligns with the documented specifications. When we perform failover and data center crash tests, the system performs very well. We have deliberately crashed all four compute nodes, and the secondary storage site manages the workload without any virtual machines malfunctioning. This level of reliability is excellent, and it demonstrates why we selected HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000. Improvements in this area would make the solution even stronger.
Ajai Jayakumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Has supported secure file sharing and data automation with minimal setup effort
The encryption feature in Microsoft Azure Block Storage is very good, and the security is excellent. It is easy to map the storage to the virtual servers and user desktops, which is also very beneficial. I can perform automations on the data, such as moving hot data and cold data, and I can select storage based on performance. The security provided by Microsoft around Microsoft Azure Block Storage is a very good function. The replication feature in Microsoft Azure Block Storage is a very good function. The analytic capabilities of Microsoft Azure Block Storage can help optimize resources. I usually work with a third-party tool; our data analytics team uses some custom-made tools for analytics data and dashboards, so we do not use the Microsoft dashboard; we are using a third-party dashboard. It is very easy to manage Microsoft Azure Block Storage. If you have good knowledge of it, it is very easy to manage. Microsoft Azure Block Storage service is a very good, 100% reliable service. It is highly scalable, and performance-wise and reliability-wise, it does not go down. It provides 99.9% uptime without downtime, so it is a very good feature. The backup and restoration efficiency of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is good.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Media Company
10%
University
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
18%
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise24
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
In file protocols regard, an area for improvement exists.
What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
We are the partner of HPE as a Gold Partner of HPE storage solutions. We potentially use it for critical applications. The major use case is for critical applications and 100% data availability gua...
What advice do you have for others considering HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 model supports both block and file protocols, but there are certain conditions in terms of using the file protocols. They are not coming up with 100% file protocol sol...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
Our experience with pricing has been positive. The budget for Microsoft Azure services has been within expectations for the last couple of months. The cost for Azure Data Factory ( /products/azure-...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
For improvement in Microsoft Azure Block Storage, they can provide tiered level storages, maybe low-cost storages for storing archive data, but it is already there. I do not think there is much to ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Azure Block Storage?
I am using Microsoft Azure Block Storage for file sharing, automation accounts, data storage, and archiving, and those are the main use cases.
 

Also Known As

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
MS Azure Block Storage
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Mazda, BlinkBox, Rakuten Showtime, Xbox One, Serko, ChronoDrive
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