HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage vs HPE Nimble Storage

• We are using HP 3PAR storeServ 8200 for both our file level and block level storage.
• I really love the amazing compaction ratio provided by HP 3PAR. Some of our disks have compaction ratio above 25:1, which is super amazing. You can definitely look for around 75% reduction of storage footprints.
• It has a great user friendly web console "SSMC"(StoreServ Management Console). This is an additional bonus and can be used by even non-storage people like DBA and Network to take a look at storage performance.

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• Nimble provides top notch predictive flash caching that "just works". We typically see 95% + cache hits daily.
• World class support... You typically don't' call Nimble support when there are problems, they call you.
• The Nimble hybrid array is a cost effective solution with no compromises.
• Infosight, the cloud management dashboard, is easy to use and provides quick access to useful information.
• Our Nimble has had 100% uptime, 4 years and counting.

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• The system requires a physical or virtual system to manage upgrades and patches and for call home features. Most other systems have this integrated into the array. Just another piece of infrastructure to manage.
• There are some system jobs that come pre-scheduled in the initial setup, but there is at least 1 job that should be added to this by default. When you delete storage, you also need to run a job to compact the CPG (a group where the luns all reside) to reclaim the previously used storage as free. This should be done by default at least monthly in the background.
• There are 2 different GUI front ends that can still be used. The older version (3 PAR management console) is being phased out (has been for 3 years).

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• 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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• We grew unexpectedly, which forced us to buy a lot of expensive HP SSD's.
• We have never had any performance issues with this storage.

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• People walked by my office for the first time ever asking what did we do to the servers because they are much faster. I have never experienced that before when putting in a new piece of equipment.
• It has paid for itself in space savings of not having to increase the size of the array.
• Speed and performance and data migration times are all parts of my ROI. Its been a great ride so far.

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