The HPE Alletra 5000 Storage Array is an all-flash platform designed for predictable performance across mixed workloads. It delivers low-latency storage with inline compression, thin provisioning, and cloud-based management through HPE GreenLake, enabling efficient capacity utilisation and simplified operations.
Guide price: Price range: £17,000.00 through £85,000.00 Ex. VAT
IT teams are under constant pressure to support data growth, maintain application performance, and simplify storage management while controlling infrastructure complexity and operational costs.
The HPE Alletra 5000 Storage Array is designed to deliver reliable all-flash performance for business-critical workloads. Built on NVMe flash architecture and powered by HPE InfoSight predictive analytics, it enables consistent performance for databases, virtualised environments, and mixed enterprise workloads while simplifying storage operations. Modern flash support, controller efficiency, and scalable drive options allow the platform to serve mixed business workloads while balancing performance, capacity, and investment discipline.
Inline data reduction technologies including deduplication and compression maximise usable capacity while reducing storage overhead. Combined with intelligent automation and cloud-based management through the HPE GreenLake cloud platform, the system delivers predictable performance and simplified lifecycle management. Organisations that require all-flash performance for latency-sensitive business workloads may also consider the HPE Alletra 6000 Storage Array, for reducing response times for transactional applications and consolidated virtualised estates.
By consolidating workloads onto a high-performance flash platform, the Alletra 5000 helps reduce infrastructure complexity while maintaining enterprise-grade resilience and availability.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE Alletra 5000 Storage Array platforms tailored to your data workloads, helping optimise performance, availability, and storage efficiency.
| Product Family | HPE Alletra |
|---|---|
| Product Series | 5000 |
| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Target Organisation Size | Midmarket |
| Primary Use Case | Enterprise Block Storage |
| Workload Profile | General Enterprise Storage |
| Storage Performance Tier | Balanced |
| Product Tier | Flagship |
| Latency Tier | Balanced |
| Scalability Model | Scale-Up |
| Architecture Type | |
| Storage Type | Hybrid |
| Access Architecture | Block |
| NVMe Support Level | None |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | 8.4 PB |
| Maximum Effective Capacity | 23.2 PB |
| Capacity Basis | Family Maximum |
| Drive Bays | 24 |
| Drive Interface | SAS |
| Supported Media Types | HDD / SSD |
| Controller Architecture | Dual Controller Active-Active |
| Controller Cache | 128 GB |
| Maximum Expansion Shelves | 8 |
| Supported Protocols | iSCSI / Fibre Channel |
| Host Interface Types | 10/25Gb Ethernet / 16/32Gb FC |
| Maximum Host Ports | 8 |
| Data Protection | RAID 6 / Triple Parity |
| Deduplication Support | Yes |
| Compression Support | Yes |
| Data Reduction Method | Inline Deduplication + Compression |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Cloud Integration | Hybrid Cloud Mobility |
The HPE Alletra 5000 Storage Array is designed for organisations that need simple, cost-efficient flash storage across mixed enterprise workloads. It is well suited to primary application storage, backup, and disaster recovery with cloud-managed operations through HPE GreenLake and InfoSight.
The Alletra 5000 suits midrange virtual server environments that need shared flash storage without the complexity of a higher-tier array. It supports consolidated VMware and similar deployments with straightforward provisioning and centralised lifecycle management.
Many organisations deploy the Alletra 5000 for departmental systems, internal applications, and general production workloads. It provides a practical balance of flash performance, resiliency, and operational simplicity for everyday business environments.
Backup and disaster recovery are key deployment areas for the Alletra 5000. It supports organisations that want protection storage and operational storage on the same platform with consistent cloud-based management across both roles.
Organisations building private or hybrid cloud environments can use the Alletra 5000 for on-premises storage with cloud-like operations. GreenLake-based management and InfoSight oversight help simplify day-to-day administration across mixed application estates.
The Alletra 5000 also fits regional sites, secondary locations, and distributed environments where storage needs to remain scalable and easy to manage. It is a good fit for teams that want flash storage without heavy operational overhead.
Our team can help design and deploy HPE Alletra 5000 infrastructure for virtualisation, business applications, backup, and hybrid cloud operations.
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