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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Nimble Storage

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ANimble Storage was acquired by HPE in 2017. The enterprise flash array product line now goes by the name HPE Nimble Storage.N/A

    IBM Storage Insights

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Storage Insights is a storage management application designed to support capacity planning, increase storage utilization, and provide performance monitoring.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
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    Pricing Offerings
    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Storage Insights
    Compared to HPE Nimble Storage, IBM Storage Insights has a secure cloud storage environment. It also has a huge storage space that gives an organization the capacity to securely store its data. IBM Storage Insights can move multiple data to various storage tiers without the …
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    Chose IBM Storage Insights
    IBM Storage Insights has the diagnostic event feed, which is a credible option in managing the unified storage avenue. Further, IBM Storage Insights combines its capacity with the available analytical options, which offers a credible insight regarding the performance of the …
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of HPE Nimble Storage and IBM Storage Insights
    Feature
    HPE Nimble Storage
    8.7
    12 Ratings
    3% below category average
    IBM Storage Insights
    -
    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings5.011 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HPE Nimble StorageIBM Storage Insights
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    HPE Nimble Hybrid storage is very cost effective that can provide the same Latency, I/O and Bandwidth compared with any other All FLASH storage which is 3 times expensive than this. From a feature comparison standpoint of view, there isn't much difference between Hybrid Vs ALL Flash. HPE Nimble Storage uses ALL Flash disk at the front end to process the data thus by reducing the cost by using a regular SAS disk at the back end. Its the software and the algorithm that HPE Nimble StorageE uses to achieve this. having said that, the overall data reduction, de-duplication and compression is above the mark as what the sales team promised initially. Overall, the storage is performing well without any challenges.
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    IBM
    This product is highly recommended, first because it has a trial version that lasts 30 days, which is a good time to demonstrate the functionalities of this product to customers, in my case it has been very useful when we have a latency problem in the storage and we don't know the cause, I let the application run for a week and I have reports of all the storage components
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HP Nimble is basically an all in one SAN with SSD cache or in some cases fully SSD based however the thing it does the best is its front end GUI and user management capability making it easy for anyone to ramp up on managing it quickly.
    • The Nimble SAN is also very easily managed when it comes to hardware management. Outside of some major internal parts such as the mainboard, almost everything in the system is duplicated so single failures never bring the system down. Power supplies and drives are easily swapped out.
    • Nimble has incredibly capable and easily accessible support that is available 24/7.
    • The price point on Nimble, though higher than piecing together a home made SAN out of spare Windows Servers, is perfect even for some SMB's.
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    IBM
    • IBM Storage Insights has an excellent interaction with other IBM applications
    • IBM Storage Insights Cloud storage is very secure
    • IBM Storage Insights allows for the transfer of data between different data storage systems
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • I'd like the GUI to include more information for some of the features such as replication data totals each night. You have to go to the command line for this.
    • It would be nice to have a feature built into the GUI that would show you the command line equivalent to get the same results you are seeing in the GUI.
    • Although the intial setup was easy, they could always improve on that portion. During my setup, I did have to do a lot of back and forth with research on their site as to what each setting was that I was setting up. They could have provided some sort of description for each field within the setup that would have made it easier to know what they were having us set up.
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    IBM
    • Android devices still requires IBM Storage Insights for outstanding functionality.
    • Further, IBM Storage Insights has a complex interface, that requires adequate orientation.
    • Besides, IBM Storage Insights is known to offer full service in terms of storage and other evaluating measures.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Nimble is doing its job well and any issues that do come up cause the Nimble support team to alert us before we would potentially see an impact to our production environment. I do wish we could expand into the unused space in the CS210 shelf which is limited by what I assume is a marketing/sales strategy, but we will likely add shelves moving forward.
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    IBM
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Almost perfect, some hoops to jump through after major upgrade, but overall simple and effective. Our storage administrator really likes the integration with vmware as it makes his life easier. Also it was no trouble integrating it with our active directory credentials. The only issue we had was getting the plugin in VMWare going initially.
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    IBM
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Any time I have had to contact support, they have always been quick to respond, and very efficient in resolving any issues. When an action has been required on our side for a fix, they have been very helpful in explaining step by step what was required, and when replacement parts have been needed, we've had them within 24 hours.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We used a Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage array for many years and it worked well. A big issue was that upgrading firmware required system downtime and during one upgrade I was unable to bring the systems back up afterwards. I spent several days on the phone over a holiday weekend with Dell and VMware support in order to get my systems back up and running. It made me very nervous about doing firmware upgrades after that.
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    IBM
    IBM Storage Insights is competent in the amount of database the software can hold, with advanced external space, that makes companies balance the operations and control the analytics. Besides, IBM Storage Insights gauge the working capacity of software, by deploying accurate system controls and [validating] the security protocols. Finally, IBM Storage Insights has set terms that are perfect, reasonable, and committed to [helping].
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • 100% uptime 4 years and counting in a 24/7 environment.
    • Long hardware support lifecycle, with extremely affordable maintenance renewal plans that provide real value.
    • Nimble has been the most cost-effective SAN solution I have ever deployed.
    • The inital costs, ongoing maintenance, and administration requirements were all 50% less than EMC and NetApp.
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    IBM
    • IBM Storage Insights generates opinions or results from the analytical powers.
    • IBM Storage Insights makes sharing the norm in a company, which lowers expense.
    • IBM Storage Insights makes companies hold large database without compromise.
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