HPE Helion excels with a user-friendly GUI for easy service management and automation. Scalability plays a crucial role for users. It focuses on solving client issues efficiently. Users value access to expert support and cloud environments. OpenStack platform with comprehensive HPE support boosts reliability and confidence in technology adoption.
- "Helion Being backed by a vendor (HPE) rather than vanilla openstack gives us a little more confidence that the product is now at a level of maturity where we are happy to start consuming open technologies."
- "The most valuable feature is our access to private and public clouds."
- "HPE Helion provides access to world-class personnel and skill sets, and their ability to perform repeatedly at a high standard provides a positive experience."
HPE Helion requires enhancements for hybrid usage as it focuses on pay-as-you-go services. Users find it challenging to set up without extensive knowledge. Improvements are needed for DevOps integration and infrastructure management. Users seek better vendor relationships and ease in selecting private cloud providers. They desire greater stability and up-to-date packages, noting outdated Ceph Cluster components. Initial setup times are longer than expected, highlighting a need for better alignment with upstream software updates.
- "Some improvements I think are needed are greater stability and more up to date packages."
- "I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost."
- "With a lot of the services we use, we need a single dashboard that could do more."
