![]() HPE could position this as an alternative to ScaleIO for hyperscale data centers wanting hypervisor flexibility. It seems like StoreVirtual is the odd man out. Look for Simplivity to replace StoreVirtual in the turnkey hyperconverged market. HPE obviously has access to that same framework, but now with Simplivity it has a very specific alternative. Simplivity’s Role within HPEĭell has a deep bench of hyperconverged solutions built primarily from the VMware framework. ![]() InfoSight enables organizations to be proactive in their management of the storage system. We did a video with Nimble discussing InfoSight when it first came to market. There is also the appeal of Nimble’s InfoSight, an analytics tool Nimble created to deliver incredible insight into the behavior of Nimble arrays in the field. My guess is Nimble essentially replaces StoreVirtual for this use case. Look for HPE to use Nimble as their mainstream workhorse solution in the same way the Dell EMC uses Unity. Sure HPE had StoreVirtual but for a customer looking for a dedicated, non-clustered array, HPE had a hole – a hole Nimble now fills. The problem is that HPE had nothing to easily compete or at least line up with Dell EMC’s Unity, which according to our checks is doing quite well in the market. HPE can position MSA storage hardware against Dell’s PowerVault offering to meet that market demand. At the other end of the spectrum is external storage arrays small data centers use or as part of a software defined storage (SDS) initiative. HPE can easily position 3PAR against and focus on Dell EMC’s VMAX family and XtremIO. The current 3PAR offering can compete in the large enterprise which demands sophisticated features and high reliability. HPE probably feels it needs to cover the same bases that Dell EMC does. If you look at the acquisition in that light, then it starts to make more sense. HPE clearly sees Dell EMC as its primary competitor. ![]() But the acquisition is really not that crazy if you consider the current state of the large storage vendor market. Afterall HPE already owns storage properties like 3PAR and StoreVirtual (former LeftHand) and they just recently bought Simplivity. Instead of writing something up right away, I needed to give this acquisition some thought because at first pass it does indeed seem crazy. That news took almost everyone off-guard and also brought the immediate, “HPE is crazy”, reaction. Yesterday HPE announced it is buying Nimble Storage for a little over 1 billion dollars. ![]()
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