What advice do you have for others considering HPE Alletra?

We do not use HPE's GreenLake AIOps. We are evaluating different AI platforms and what they can do for our business and clients regarding HPE's GreenLake AIOps, but we don't know what we need. I don't have enough knowledge to determine if we should be using it. Regarding additional features, the Nimble Connection Manager and plugin integration within the vSphere environment is being discontinued. As a VMware-heavy shop, we find HPE VM Essentials and Morpheus interesting, but they're relatively new. Until they have full integration with major backup vendors and include features like immutable storage, immutable backups, hypervisor level native backups, and integrations for other tools, the existing plugins shouldn't be discontinued. What stood out about HPE Alletra Storage is its ease of use, which many of our clients are familiar with. The biggest selling point, besides the performance metrics, is the exceptional storage support experience. While HPE compute support is a separate entity that isn't as good, the storage support is outstanding. On a scale of one to 10, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage as a nine out of 10.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I haven't had any support issues with HPE Alletra Storage, so I don't know whether GreenLake enables assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to buy it. I rate HPE Alletra Storage 10 out of 10.

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

My advice to another organization considering HPE Alletra Storage is to enjoy the speed. Once it gets configured, it's not hard to configure, especially if you come from that background; it just sits in place, and you can run with it without having to worry about it. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as a ten.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to ensure that when you deploy it, you have all the necessary components in place that the teams that will install it need. I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as a nine on a scale of one to ten.

We're implementing more than just HPE Alletra Storage; we're also implementing Aruba. The experience has been positive, and I would recommend it to others. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

My advice for other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to consider its ease of use, integration with other HP products, and the helpful GreenLake portal. There are very up-to-date and valid plugins inside of vSphere, and I use it in VMware. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as eight.

I would advise other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage that I would not even hesitate; I would purchase them over all the other solutions we've looked at. I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as 10 out of 10.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to make the move. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

The main challenge I faced was that it basically supports one of our solutions, which is our travel solution. My advice to another organization considering the HPE Alletra Storage is that I would still want to get some case studies. I rate this solution nine out of ten.

We are not really benefiting from the features of HPE Alletra Storage directly; we are benefiting mostly from the benefits of the Cumulo software we are running on it. We are not using GreenLake AI Ops, so it does not enable us to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. I would definitely advise other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage to choose the GreenLake financing since the direct financing for us was not really effective. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a ten.

My advice to another organization considering the HPE Alletra Storage is to just buy it. It's hard to tell if the solution has reduced my data management operations expenses. It hasn't been discussed yet regarding capacity planning; we haven't used it for that, as it's just two years old. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the HPE Alletra Storage a ten.

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.

Historically, with Nimble in the past, we measured everything in IOPS, which enabled us to derive more speed in that traditional storage server application architecture with Nimble than we had with other vendors, and even forward to today, the different product lines align with what we're doing as a very traditional computing concept. We are not into containerization, we are not public, we are still on-prem, old school architecture. That said Nimble as a platform, or HPE Alletra Storage now, has allowed us to provide that service at a high enough level at a reasonable cost compared to Pure Storage and some of the other vendors. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten.

Scalability and AI capabilities were the factors that led me to consider a change. What stood out about the product was our desire to transition completely to HPE to accommodate AI and eventually change the whole infrastructure to HPE. My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to ensure they have the correct power supply before proceeding with installation. The deployment model for HPE Alletra Storage is hybrid. On a scale of one to ten, I rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to buy it. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as a nine.

The advice I would give to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to look at your personal requirements and ensure stability. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a six.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as an eight.

The HPE Alletra Storage has not yet provided a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. We have not fully leveraged the cloud functionality of the Alletra yet, and while I know it integrates with GreenLake, we're here to learn how we can use all the functionality of the Alletra arrays. My overall rating for the HPE Alletra Storage is a nine out of ten.

The solution's impact on data management operations expenses depends on what model you had, what model you went to, the size of the data, and the type of data, so it depends on many factors. While I'm not sure if it reduced or increased costs, it definitely did not go down. HPE GreenLake AI Ops enables me to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations, and the basic support has been pretty good. I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall as an eight out of ten; while it has dedupe numbers and encryption at rest, the IOPS depend on the model, and similar models from different vendors tend to have better IOPS.

What stood out to me about HPE Alletra Storage is HPE itself. I have not encountered anything negative. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Alletra Storage overall a nine and would advise other organizations to use it.

We haven't had to do any support calls on HPE Alletra Storage yet, and it's been a year. I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten and definitely recommend it to other organizations looking to upgrade from older equipment that doesn't have the same feature set.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I would give them a presentation on the essentials they need to be aware of, and tell them to ask all the questions in detail. I would demonstrate the performance in an actual use-case. If needed, I’d suggest scheduling a proof of concept to justify aligning a budget for this product. I would rate it a nine out of ten because nothing can ever be perfect due to its balance of performance and manageability.

I would rate Alletra a ten out of ten.

I rate HPE Alletra eight out of 10.

We're a customer and end-user. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. New users should first do their homework and lay out what their needs are before they jump in and make a purchasing choice.

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

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. I have seen that, but it is not at all useful for me because my applications are very simple. I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten. It is perfect for me in terms of the price range and utilization. It is easy to set up and easy to manage, and it gets the job done. There is only one issue. It requires GreenLake for configuration. They need to change that because sometimes, the end user is at a remote location without Internet access. It should not have anything to do with configuring the storage, but unfortunately, they are linked, and you are stuck.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a nine out of ten because there is always room to improve, but we are happy with what we are receiving from Alletra and how simple it is to manage. The optimization of the storage means that we do not need to scale and grow. We are not looking for new refreshments or upgrades on the platform. All my colleagues are also confident about what they are doing over there. We like the environment.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage an eight out of ten.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a nine out of ten. There should be 99% uptime. There are no issues with dHCI when it comes to upgrades, but with Alletra, they need to have the ESXi upgraded to the latest version. They need to use the correct or compatible plug-ins for it. Every time you go up with the storage, you need to look at your environment. Customers are probably not aware of all this because they do not create volumes every year or every day. There are certain things they need to keep in mind to upgrade. I do not blame the device. They need to initiate a call with the support for compatibility to ensure that everything will work.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend using the solution. First, this solution can be tailored for specific business needs. Secondly, it excels as a standard server for data management.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.I advise those considering implementing HPE Alletra to thoroughly evaluate your requirements and workload. It is a top choice in the market if you primarily need block-level database storage. However, it's worth considering other options if you have a mix of workloads and require unified storage.