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HPE ConvergedSystem vs HPE SimpliVity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (4th), Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (1st)
HPE SimpliVity
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
155
Ranking in other categories
HCI (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. HPE ConvergedSystem is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 11.2%, down 17.2% compared to last year.
HPE SimpliVity, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 5.9% mindshare, down 8.7% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ConvergedSystem11.2%
FlexPod XCS12.7%
Dell VxBlock System9.0%
Other67.1%
Converged Infrastructure
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE SimpliVity5.9%
VxRail10.1%
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)9.0%
Other75.0%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

PF
Project Engineer at Astellas Pharma US
With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support
It is a solution that we could expand in our company. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Our company has 400 users, all of whom have used it at one point or the other. All of the departments are involved in the usage of the tool.
Mohammed Lokman Hossen - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We used to use Dell blades and we didn't have Virtual Connect, so configuring the networks and all of that for our servers took a lot longer."
"One of the biggest things is, the fact that it can be a turn-key solution."
"The best feature of this solution is the backup system."
"It's a great solution that is very secure, and very easy to configure."
"We find the deduplication and compression features to be most valuable, as well as that of the backup solution inside."
"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution; our system has a very big environment and, due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task, yet we prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment even when we have some different cases in operations."
"The storage, BladeSystems, Virtual Connect, and simplicity with hyper-converged solutions are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The best value was in the service because we receive the solution as a managed service from HPE, so it's a box somewhere in the data center that we don't care about, it's always running and so far, no problems."
"The solution has integrated backup features that are useful."
"​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​. ​"
"Its deduplication and backup functions are reliable."
"It has improved the delivery value for my clients."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The initial setup was simple."
"We like the backup feature, which is inbuilt."
"The storage deduplication, as far as the storage space, is the most valuable feature, then the backups."
 

Cons

"This is an expensive solution."
"This is an expensive solution and could be improved with lower pricing."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."
"The solution needs to be easier to use."
"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools."
"Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"Something that we think should be better in the HANA converged solutions is all of the monitoring of the solutions."
"We have had some failures out-of-the-box. We have had some failures with the OmniStack module. One thing that we didn't fully understand was how much of the internal memory was used up by the OmniStack piece, which basically makes up SimpliVity."
"The solution could improve by adding better support of the VMware add-ons and a more intuitive user interface for administrators."
"The price could be better and it needs to back to other storage."
"We want HPE to do whatever they can do to improve, in order to make it a better customer experience."
"Upgrading the firmware/software could be more seamless."
"The ease of new deployments could be improved."
"While SimpliVity was a pioneer of cloud connect capability, they have simply not exploited it."
"Scalability is something that needs to be improved because if you need more storage then you have to add more nodes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."
"The pricing is sensitive."
"Pricing is good. We have not calculated what hyper-converged infrastructure has brought us but I think there has to be some lower cost for us, compared to the public cloud. Obviously, there would be a lower cost, probably by more than half."
"My company has a five year contract for HPE ConvergedSystem. The contracts depend on companies and sometimes it can be three years. The solution is worth its price."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Scaling isn't cheap"
"The time savings on the administration side of things is huge. We had somebody who was dedicated pretty much full-time to hardware, and now, they spend about a quarter of their time a year on hardware-related issues."
"Its licensing is quite easy. There is a model license, but it depends on the system you buy. There are no extra costs. There is only one license."
"For most use cases, look to see if you can use all-flash as the price point, as it has come down significantly."
"The product is expensive."
"The price should be cheaper."
"The solution is expensive; not every budget can fit in there."
"It is not expensive. We bought its license for two years. For support, we pay yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business67
Midsize Enterprise49
Large Enterprise80
 

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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 ...
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 ...
What needs improvement with HPE SimpliVity?
I haven't noticed anything that should be better in HPE SimpliVity, as I haven't done extensive work on this platform; I have only completed a couple of projects recently. Pricing could be an area ...
 

Also Known As

HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300
SimpliVity, HPE HCI
 

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Sample Customers

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