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Dell Unity XT Unified Storage vs. HPE Nimble Storage

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell Unity XT Unified Storage

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADell Unity XT hybrid flash arrays are storage systems for running general purpose workloads that do not require the low latencies and speed of all flash/NVMe architectures. Unity XT hybrid flash arrays balance performance, efficiency, features or outcomes.N/A

    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
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    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE Nimble Storage
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    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE Nimble Storage
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE Nimble Storage
    Considered Both Products
    Dell Technologies
    Chose Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    1. Cost-effective 2. Easy to maintain 3. Reliable and stable 4. User friendly 5. Reduced power consumption 6. Storage for different types of data.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    We were directed to buy these arrays and didn't have the ability to evaluate the other arrays. Once we evaluated the other products in the market that compete with Unity we saw that the younger, more built from the ground up arrays, had much better features, software, and ease …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    We were directed to buy these arrays and didn't have the ability to evaluate the other arrays. Once we evaluated the other products in the market that compete with Unity we saw that the younger, more built from the ground up arrays, had much better features, software, and ease …
    Incentivized
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE Nimble Storage
    EMC and Dells products were long in the tooth and kind of outdated. They lacked the reporting and analytics that HPE Nimble provides. Pure is really our gold standard for storage , but even Pure lacks the analytics that HPE is able to achieve. I would love to transfer those …
    Incentivized
    Chose HPE Nimble Storage
    As far as performance, they are all very similar now regarding IOPS but Nimble is a nice and easy product. Only thing it lacks is the multiprotocol. Upgrades are easy to deploy.
    Incentivized
    Chose HPE Nimble Storage
    The Main reason for choosing HPE Nimble Hybrid storage is the Cost. However, even though its not ALL Flash Storage it was still providing the high performance, Latency less than 2 ms, good compression and de-duplication, zeop downtime on software upgrade, good reporting through …
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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
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE Nimble Storage
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Unity XT Unified Storage and HPE Nimble Storage
    Feature
    Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    9.3
    15 Ratings
    HPE Nimble Storage
    8.7
    12 Ratings
    Flash Array Performance9.413 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.413 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Data Compression9.712 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.815 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Simplicity9.115 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Power Savings9.614 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE Nimble Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)