HPE Nimble Storage Reviews & Product Details

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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2022

"Awesome bit of kit"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

Integration with virtual environments allowing ease of use and a clear display of usage and space saving.

The performance and support is unmatched.

Seemless failover option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

Difficult to pin down usage.

If there is latency it starts to struggle and has a knock on effect on all services.

Requiring a subscription /license to keep the hardware up to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering HPE Nimble Storage:

keep in mind if you want continuous updates it will cost you a yearly fee Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

A storage array that saves space thats easy to back up and manage.

The failover options allow users to work uninterrupted.

The speed of the hardware allows quick creation of machines with minimal input from admins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rich W.

Vice President of Information Security and Infrastructure

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/17/2020

"Fast and reliable solutions for block level storage"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

The simplicity of the solution stands out. All aspects of the devices are built for reliability and performance. The support is far better than anything we have experienced before, and it truly sets the bar at a new level.

The installation was a breeze, and the maintenance is just as easy. Performing firmware updates is completely automated as is the validation checking, and it will roll back (although this has never happened) an update if it determines any of the steps have failed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

Unfortunately it does not perform as a replacement for a NAS, but that is not what it is marketed towards. Put this behind VMware hypervisors and you've got a massively performant system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering HPE Nimble Storage:

The critical key to a good HPE Nimble implementation is leveraging a trusted Value Added Reseller. While the equipment is very easy to use and intuitive, there are nuances that are not as easy to find which can dramatically improve the performance. Size your controllers accordingly. You don't want to buy an AF1000, for example, only to realize in 6 months you have outgrown it and need new controllers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

Two distinct problems: centralized reliable and fast flash storage for a large array of big database servers, and fast flash storage for a VMware cluster. The DB storage device, due to the number of systems attached and the similarity of the data (replicated data), the Nimble's version of dedupe and compression provided a whopping 84:1 reduction ratio while increasing performance 24% over direct attached spinning storage at 1/3rd the cost.

The VMware solution was simple: fast reliable and redundant storage. It fit the bill like a glove while also provided excellent 14:1 storage reduction.

As a result, the overall management of our infrastructure is simplified to the point where we just expect it to work. Questions to support are quickly answered, and Infosight does all of the work for providing a prediction as to when we will need to expand the devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeremy C.

IT Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/11/2020

"Storage that improves your business and makes you look like a hero!"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

I love the simplicity, ease of use, setup and the no-hassle support with Infosight powered predictive analytics. Renewing support is inexpensive and with the predictive aspect, I get parts and tickets opened without ever even knowing there was a problem.

I received the SAN, unboxed it, and racked it by myself (it is not light at all, just hulked it in), connected it to our switches that handle the ISCSI traffic in our rack and had it configured in VMware in about 30 minutes. Once I felt confident and had moved over some test servers, I went ahead and storage VMotioned over all the remaining production servers. No one was the wiser and I started getting people dropping by my office saying how fast everything was all of a sudden.

This was also the case with upgrading from 4X1Gbps to 2X10Gbps connections. I upgraded the storage controller that was offline and then got it set up, failed over, and upgraded the second controller. Configured everything and confirmed I had data movement across the 10gig network and made the switch, all online in the middle of the day with no issues or outages.

The difference 10 Gig made was witnessed immediately with a reduction of general latency that was already sub 1.5ms on average to sub 0.5 latency.

I also perform Firmware upgrades in the middle of the day, I have done more than 8 with no issues and I get more and more confident in the storage as time goes on. With each firmware update, I usually see a decrease in latency each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

I wish I could work for Nimble, maybe before the HPE acquisition though. I love HPE but they changed the fun aspect of Nimble slightly. I dislike the changes to the interface that HPE made with the acquisition, I dislike that Infosight is not built into the main GUI but I get why they do it this way. I really don't have a lot of dislikes honestly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering HPE Nimble Storage:

Go to one of their free training classes, it's worth the time to find out about the storage and how to set up everything beforehand. I had inherited the current storage and had no real experience with SAN networking and the class was great. I felt confident in doing everything myself and have done so from this point on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

I had an older Dell Equalogic SAN and it was slow and not that large. We went with a Nimble All Flash array and it breathed new life into our company. We virtualized our ERP on it and also later upgraded to 10Gig and I cannot say enough about how fast this storage is. We saved countless hours of waiting for things to respond every day, from the ERP to editing files and saving them back to the server. Everything is much faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harriet N.

PR Manager, Trains & Cruises

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/2/2020

"To comprehend with all social forums and Elearning ultimate guiding tool."

4.5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

HPE Nimble Storage is an excellent application to share social media details with good managing and transmitting power. It supplies live streaming with remarkable audio/ video conversations. At the same time, web hosting is another beneficial feature to present unique ideas for social actions. All detail is done with amazing skills, and communication is much secure while working on social programs. Nothing is compatible with management and communication as of this application functions for social activities to meet the task demands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

This application doesn't support the voice quality, and it might not go without earplugs, and then this thing should be solved in upcoming editions. This quality application is hooked on the high-speed internet. There should be no hassle in its working, and a good quality network connection can bring all this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our company is dealing with overseas clients, and this application helps us to improve our communication by making video conferences. All the detail and project management can be seen with a single click. We use this software in task management operations to assign the work for further improvement. Moreover, this application offers ample space for stacking away the data, and high-level security is there to protect the information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom S.

Enterprise Solutions Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/14/2019

"Predictive Storage"

4/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

The predictive memory caching really helps in our environment, snapshots encryption and replication for DR were all important factors in the decision making process so as Nimble has all of these features it was easy to select the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

Not much, it's a good product that works well. My only gripe is that before the HPE takeover I found the support to be more helpful, I guess this is because they were only Nimble storage engineers and now that it has been merged into HPE the support guys have to support more than one product but I'm sure in time there subject matter will improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering HPE Nimble Storage:

Make sure you use the sizing tools to appropriately size your environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping us speed up SQL performance and generating reports quickly saves the business time, and you know what time equals, money! So the powers that be are very happy with this result. Of course DR is also a big concern for them and they are now happy that our DR plan is sufficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rahul T.

Mean Stack Developer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/14/2019

"HPE Nimble Storage - Great Solution with high flexibility"

4/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

I like how Nimble uses flash storage and provide different types of flash arrays. Nimble has made the process of managing a storage environment possible for even the novice. The ability to distribute the storage to a number of different categories is very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

The purchase price was great and actually cheaper than most competitors but yet I felt like the product was better put together and further along than most of the others. Latency is almost always going to be because of a saturated cache if storage is your bottleneck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Very easy to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

The process was laid out well in their documentation as well as their support team is excellent. We looked at other options, but the performance gains from going with Nimble largely impacted our choice. I've opened up low priority tickets before and have had them solved within a couple of hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/16/2018

"Very good storage for the price"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

Ease of use and price. Its competitively priced and has great expansion options based on the base model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

The company at the time was nimble alone and was a little rocky to deal with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeff K.

Senior IT Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/31/2018

"Nimble Storage Simplifies Storage"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

Nimble has made the process of managing a storage environment possible for even the novice. I like the web interface they provide as well as their infosight product which really goes above and beyond what they would really have to offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

Thus far, I haven't disliked anything. I feel they are leaps and bounds ahead of many of the competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering HPE Nimble Storage:

Purchase price was great and actually cheaper than most competitors but yet I felt like the product was better put together and further along than most of the others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HPE Nimble Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed to upgrade our storage to something faster as well as expand the amount of storage available to us. We did all of this without any disruption to the end users. The process was laid out well in their documentation as well as their support team being excellent. I have been nothing but impressed with their support team. I've opened up low priority tickets before and have had them solved within a couple of hours and the support contacts have always been nothing short of amazing when working on even my simple problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael R.

IT Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/7/2019

"Nimble review"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

The ability to distribute the storage to a number of different categories and deploy the san so quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

Not much I dislike about the product to be honest, nothing I can really point out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marco R.

IT consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/12/2019

"Nimble review"

5/5

What do you like best about HPE Nimble Storage?

I like the fact that I can add storage to an environment, without any downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HPE Nimble Storage?

I really don't have anything that I dislike, everything about it has resolved our issues as far as deploying storage to VMs, data centers, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.