back to article HPE targets flashy and flash-adjacent types with trio of arrays

HPE, involved in frenetic storage activities, has launched three new arrays: a hybrid StoreServ, and single and multi-node StoreOnce deduplicating backup to disk systems. There’s also a Get Thinner Guarantee program for wannabe storage capacity dieters. The 3PAR 20840 converged flash array is basically the all-flash 20850 …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    awful performance/density

    21PB and 3.2M random read IOPs is atrocious density/performance value. Hell Nimble with 2PB and 350k IOPS is a better option at probably 1/8th the cost.

    More HPE Fail, but thats to be expected.

    1. Zerolab

      Re: awful performance/density

      Minus the fact their are not shipping the product; good look selling slideware and quickspecs remember what happened to the last wanna be flash vendor that picked green as their color?

    2. Nate Amsden

      Re: awful performance/density

      Oh my what a comedian you are. Nimble? really? 1/10th the performance at 1/8th the cost sounds like a deal.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: awful performance/density

        At the same performance / density also, LOL.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: awful performance/density

      And then if you were to federate 4 of these ? There's a reason why Nimble avoided comparing their all flash offering to 3PAR.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    interesting

    looks more like Lipstick on a Pig and the guarantee is a pure marketing gimmick with no substance

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: interesting

      Some Pig !

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