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Easy to Use: Many users have found HPE SimpliVity to be user-friendly, especially for those who are already familiar with VMware. The …
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What is HPE SimpliVity?
HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. HPE acquired SimpliVity for its Omnicube line of products in January 2017.
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60 Seconds to Back Up and Restore a VM with HPE SimpliVity
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Easy to Use: Many users have found HPE SimpliVity to be user-friendly, especially for those who are already familiar with VMware. The intuitive interface and seamless integration with existing VMware environments make it easy for users to navigate and manage their virtual infrastructure efficiently.
Impressive Data Protection: The data protection capabilities of HPE SimpliVity have received high praise from multiple reviewers. They specifically mentioned complete server backups and replication every 15 minutes, ensuring that their critical data is always protected against potential disasters or system failures. This robust backup and recovery solution gives users peace of mind knowing that their information is secure and easily recoverable.
Fast Restores and Test Instances: Users appreciate the quick and easy access to test instances or refreshes provided by HPE SimpliVity. With just a few clicks, they can restore complete server instances in just a matter of seconds, significantly reducing downtime during system maintenance or troubleshooting activities. This feature not only saves time but also increases productivity by allowing users to quickly get back up and running without any disruptions.
Difficulties with Support: Some users have found that contacting support in the past was not helpful, especially when trying to remediate VMware. They expressed frustration with the lack of assistance received.
Licensing Costs for Memory Upgrade: Many users have expressed a desire to add more memory without incurring additional licensing costs. This trade-off between integration and cost has been a concern for several customers.
Complex Upgrades: Users have mentioned that although upgrades are now better than before, they still find them to be complex and challenging to navigate. Some reviewers have struggled with the upgrade process and feel that it could be simplified further.
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July 14, 2021
SimpliVity. It Simply Works!
HPE SimpliVity reduces complexity in our virtualization stack. The software combines along with HPE hardware and an accelerator card (there are also flavors without the accelerator) to provide an NFS datastore for our VMs. Because of the rationalization that the software and accelerator is doing, the number of writes is reduced as it examines to see if the underlying data already exists somewhere else. This also makes it very easy to clone or backup VMs as only change data needs to be restored or cloned. This functionality can be controlled via the VMware console.
- Backup/Clone VMs.
- Reduce stack complexity.
- Upgrades are better than they used to be, but still complex.
- Make existing RapidDR product integral, versus a separate licensed component.
- Make restores much quicker.
- Saved administrators time.
My organization was a relatively early adapter back in 2014. Nutanix was really the only other competitor we were aware of at the time. We felt the data management and integration features of SimpliVity were superior to Nutanix. Pricing was also very competitive from SimpliVity at the time of adaptation.
August 27, 2020
HPE SimpliVity Review
We use it across our entire organization for our infrastructure. We decided to go to SimpliVity and virtualization as we faced upgrading our old physical servers.
- Ease of use
- Replication is very easy
- Works well with VEEAM
- Training is poor, as we did most of our own.
- R&D is suboptimal
- I think it was great product 4 years ago but I have not seen much improvement since.
- It had a fantastic ROI compared to replacing all the physical servers.
- SimpliVity takes less knowledge to understand, cutting down on staff leaning curve.
- It did bring us forward in technology at the time.
We have decided to sign with Nutanix. We feel they are improving technology and are just a better software now.