HPE Alletra Storage Reviews

Right now, we're using DHCI cloud infrastructure. It's primarily going to be the backbone for our ESX environment between stretched between two data centers.

It's been a cost-reduction and space-reduction asset for us. It uses less storage rack space and therefore, less power. It has less physical connectivity. So far, it's working fine.

The replication between the two sites, the presentation to the ESX environment, and the plugin that allows us to go directly into ESX and not have to manage the storage itself directly are all valuable aspects. It's easy for anybody to use. With 3PAR or any of the others, you have to go into the storage directly.

Right now, it's offered both cost reduction and space reduction. It uses less Storage rack space. Therefore, less power. Less physical connectivity. And so far, it's working fine.

The solution does offer a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. However, I don't use it that way.

It's helped with predicting and preventing problems before they occur. So far, that's been working well.

The plug-in with vCenter and integration into vCenter is spotty at best. The last three upgrades that we've had have been absolute nightmares. That said, we found if we did an upgrade outside of the DHCI infrastructure that it is part of and just did the Alletra upgrade itself, it's better.

For me, the solution has not helped reduce the time spent resolving storage-related support tickets. I've had more tickets open for this than any other system I've ever had.

I've been using the solution since November 2023.

The storage itself has been stable. It's just working. 

The scalability looks pretty good. It's all connected through switches and ICSCI. 

The support guys are on-point. They are next-level. You can talk to them like somebody you've known for years. You don't talk to them tech to tech. It's like talking to a normal human being. 

We previously used 3PAR. The purchase of Alletra was made while I was away.

The deployment has been a challenge. I've had more open tickets with this solution than any other that I've done. The software coding between Nimble and HPE has been a challenge. The backend Python script wasn't as fleshed out as it should have been. 

The ROI will end up being pretty good as we did get a good deal and it is replacing two racks of storage for six years. 

The pricing so far has been pretty good. 

I was looking at Pure Storage and the upgraded version of 3PAR, Primera, and one other option.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten. I'm coming from fiber channel. I feel it's a downgrade from ICSCI. Plus, with the backend, they tried to shoehorn Nimble Storage into an HPE product. Transitioning from one company to another is where they are having a problem. However, they are getting better about it. That's where I see the main problem - the transition. 

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are our data center, internal use, and also for our warehouse automation system in our customer warehouses to automate their operations. This is growing as we're at about 40 warehouses today, and we'll be at 100.

One example of how HPE Alletra Storage features benefited our organization is by addressing technical debt. We've only been a startup for about three years and in the process, we replaced older technology, specifically Cisco HyperFlex, and from a cost basis, Synergy has stepped in and been cost-effective.

The features I find most valuable about HPE Alletra Storage are the throughput and the visibility it provides because we have different workloads, and the flexibility we're looking at, being able to operate on a single platform.

I'm going to skip discussing how HPE Alletra Storage can be improved as I'm not in the technology area right now and haven't paid attention to that.

I've been using HPE Alletra Storage for approximately six months.

I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as having had no issues so far. It has been stable and we haven't experienced any problems during the last three months since the actual productive load has been on it.

HPE Alletra Storage scales effectively with the growing needs of my organization, and I don't see limitations or complexity for growth at the moment, as it has been selected among the top players.

Regarding customer service and technical support, we haven't had many direct interactions, but we do have calls with HPE, and they have been fairly responsive. I can't speak specifically to customer service and technical support since I haven't engaged with them directly for HPE Alletra Storage, but HPE in general has been responsive and our engagement has been positive.

Before adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using Cisco HyperFlex and Pure Storage for similar needs.

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Alletra Storage as seamless.

We have great engineers who handled the analysis and evaluation, making production deployment a straightforward process.

Regarding ROI with HPE Alletra Storage, there is some level of return if more hosts are being hosted on the same platform since it reduces power consumption and the footprint is lower.

I didn't oversee the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for HPE Alletra Storage, however, the HPE partnership has been phenomenal and we appreciated their support during deployment, including evaluating the hardware.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, we considered cloud solutions to put all VMs into the cloud as other hardware options such as Pure and Cisco HyperFlex. We selected HPE Alletra Storage for its benefits, performance, and the partnership with HPE. 

In my considerations for changing solutions, key factors included performance, cost, and HPE's partnership with us, as the persistence of the HPE customer manager ensured our leadership made informed decisions during the evaluation.

For other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage, a lot is driven by HPE's reliability and the importance of the partnership and people behind the hardware. On a scale of one to ten, I would give HPE Alletra Storage around a seven.

This is for NVMe faster performance.

It is cost-cutting. It saves costs.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. HPE GreenLake is doing everything.

HPE Alletra Storage helps predict problems and prevent them before they occur. This is all happening through HPE GreenLake. It works well, and I hope it continues to work well in the future.

The guarantee of data availability is most important. The data is most important. We cannot lose any data. I hope that HPE Alletra Storage will help us in this matter.

HPE Alletra Storage has helped reduce the time spent on storage provisioning. It has reduced the time by half.

HPE Alletra Storage has improved our storage performance in terms of IOPs, but it is not much. When it starts working with the NVMe protocol in VMware, it will improve by 10%.

HPE Alletra Storage has not yet helped reduce the time spent resolving storage-related support tickets. So far, I have not faced any support tickets, but I hope it will reduce the time spent.

More deduplication and compression are valuable because capacity matters.

I need the protocol expected. I want them to include NVMe protocol in VMware compatibilities.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for almost one year. 

Its stability is fine. It is stable.

It is easy.

The basic support is good, but when it comes to L2 and L3, it takes ages. The basic support is excellent, but the high-tier support takes ages.

Neutral

We have used other HPE solutions before. We have used 3PAR, Primera, StoreOnce, and MSA. HPE Alletra Storage is better because it has NVMe and the latest GUI. It is easier than others.

We have VMware. We are mostly on a private cloud.

It is easy to deploy. You just plug in and connect.

HPE helped us implement it. They were pretty experienced. 

We are still waiting for that.

So far, so good.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten. It is new for HPE. They need to work hard on it.

Alletra is the primary storage for our entire company.

It's bulletproof, and it's the right price point.

The reliability and cost are excellent. 

It provides a cloud-like operation model for data management on-premises. That said, we haven't taken advantage of this.

The solution is good for predicting and preventing problems before they start.

The 100% data availability guarantee was important when choosing a solution. We're stewards of our client's data in the financial services industry, and customers would not think of us very highly.

The solution has helped us to reduce the time spent on storage provisioning. We previously used Nimble, and we don't have data on how much difference there is. I don't have data yet.

Alletra has helped us improve our storage performance.

I don't have any specific areas for improvement.

It's already being tied into GreenLake. However, my understanding is that the dashboards are now going to be a charge. That's concerning. 

We purchased our first Alletra this year. 

The stability of Alletra is very good. It's very stable. 

The scalability is very good. It was one of the reasons we chose it, as we are interested in expanding our environment. 

From what I have heard, the technical support is pretty good. They are good at getting back to my storage team. They've had a positive experience. 

Positive

We previously used Nimble Storage. We are replacing our Nimble with Alletra. This is the latest generation so it's a bit of an upgrade.

The deployment process was easy. We didn't have any problems. My storage administrator was able to set it up.

We did not use any outside assistance. We managed the setup ourselves. 

The ROI is that the solution is pretty much bulletproof. 

We haven't had any issues with pricing and licensing. 

We had been a Dell storage shop previously and we did evaluate those options. We chose Alletra based on cost and reliability.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is for storage.

HPE Alletra Storage is simple. The features of HPE Alletra Storage have benefited my organization as we have many different business processes. 

HPE GreenLake ops enable me to get assistance from my senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. We don't need to call; it's point and click.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like experience on-premises for managing data. HPE Alletra Storage manages data at scale for my organization very efficiently.

We're reduced time spent on capacity planning. 

HPE Alletra Storage pricing can be improved. The pricing, licensing, and software have changed.

I have been using the HPE Alletra Storage for six years.

I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as very minimal. I have experienced very minimal downtime or crashes.

I evaluate the storage services and technical support as awesome. I would rate my overall storage services and technical support as very easy to call and to get things fixed.

Prior to adopting HPE, I was using another solution to address the same needs, and it was also an HPE solution.

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Alletra Storage as simple.

I have seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage.

The pricing has recently changed for us.

My advice to another organization that is considering getting HPE Alletra Storage is to be sure of what you're looking for.

HPE Alletra Storage is mainly used as a database.

The solution's most valuable features are reliable storage, speed, and performance.

HPE Alletra Storage’s hard disk change makes it good for predicting problems and preventing them before they occur.

We faced many problems with HPE Alletra 6000, and we did not understand whether it was because of some issue with the controllers or the disk. However, we changed it, and we don't use it anymore.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for five years.

I think the solution's scalability is enough for us because we cannot use one storage for all. We get a lot of storage and share data.

We previously used HPE MSA, HPE 3PAR, and HPE EVA.

The solution’s initial setup is smooth.

We use the HPE Alletra 9060, HPE Alletra 9080, and HPE Alletra 6000 versions of the solution. We may consider using other vendors, such as Pure Storage or Dell Storage, in the future because we want to know which one offers the best price.

We chose HPE Alletra Storage because we have the best HPE partner to help us whenever we have a problem. He's one of the best vendors in our country. This is very important for us because some vendors or partners are not so efficient. Since we use the solution in banking, we cannot stop the systems. We call our vendor for support and to understand the problem, and they always help us.

We have around 50 to 60 terabytes in one storage.

Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for our VMware storage. We have different networks and systems. 

The solution offers such a small footprint and good deduplication. We went down from a whole rack to half a rack and it has just as much performance as all flash.

The uptime is excellent. We had a demo and never had a problem. It stayed up and running. 

Alletra helps prevent and predict problems. We've had several cases open up with just the firmware or hardware, and we've had amazing adjustments so far. They've let us know when there's an issue. InfoSight has been great.

The guaranteed data availability was a point to discuss when we were trying to decide what solution to go with.

We've been able to reduce the time spent on storage provisioning by 50%. We don't have to create storage groups or anything like that.

Alletra improved storage performance in terms of IOPs by at least 75%.

Alletra has helped us reduce the time spent resolving storage-related support tickets by 50%.

The solution could disable having to be on the internet to activate for GreenLake. 

It would be great if we had a direct integration with Veeam repositories so we wouldn't have to go through Linux or Windows. 

I've been using the solution for five or six years. 

The stability of Alletra is very good. We've only had two hours of downtime on one specific use case in all the years we have had it. 

The scalability isn't something I've had to do. We've only added a shelf, and that's easy. You just plug it in and activate. 

Technical support has been good. I do get an engineer every time I call and they already know what the problem is. 

Positive

We previously used EMC. Then we moved to Nimble. 

The deployment was simple. Getting wired up you can do everything from your web console. We did a demo with Nimble and took it from there. 

We have witnessed an ROI.

In the beginning, the licensing was great, however, now it's HPE. We used to have two line items: hardware and support. Now there are so many more. It's more complex. 

We evaluated Pure Storage, Nimble, and a few others. Pure was expensive, and Nimble gave us what we wanted for the price. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. I would recommend it to others. When I talk to colleagues in IT, it's something I recommend. It's been easy to work with. 

We are using HPE Alletra Storage primarily for backup projects. Two companies are backed up with HPE Alletra Storage, connected by SAN infrastructure with a Brocade switch and HP servers. We have Commvault implemented on it, making the backup in virtual environments like VMware. We are backing up both on-premise and to the cloud.

HPE Alletra Storage is 100% stable and is the best in the market, although slightly expensive. It is very easy to implement, with highly effective artificial intelligence and great software. We use HPE InfoSight for predictive analysis, generating reports to prevent issues. The combination with HPE support creates a perfect solution for sustaining customer environments. This solution simplifies storage operations and provides predictable performance and capacity for applications.

HPE Alletra Storage is considered expensive compared to competitors like Dell and Huawei. Many times, we lose deals due to price even though it is the best solution in the market.

HPE Alletra Storage is 100% stable, and no other solution offers such complete stability.

HPE support is considered the best department in the company, backed by HPE InfoSight solutions.

Positive

In the past, we used Nimble storage, but we did not implement it last year. Instead, we used HPE Alletra Storage.

The initial setup of HPE Alletra Storage was straightforward and easy to deploy. The infrastructure, including servers and storage, was completed in less than a week.

I am a manager, not an architect, but we have an architect who handled the setup process.

The product is known to be expensive. In many situations, we compare it with competitors like Dell and Huawei, and the pricing often makes us lose the competition.

Dell, Huawei

Overall, I rate HPE Alletra Storage a 10 out of 10. The only issue is the price because sometimes customers don't need all the available features and opt for cheaper solutions with fewer features from competitors.