We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget."
"It is extremely stable."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"It provides shared storage to multiple hypervisor hosts. Times had changed, however. StarWind Virtual SAN is the “software replaces hardware” for SAN. We have access control and CCTV systems up and running using Microsoft clustering and shared storage"
"I've been really impressed with it so far. I think it's pretty great, actually. It does exactly what we need it to do, and it does it well, so I would recommend it. Plus, the support has been very good."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"I like SimpliVity because it can be adapted for small clients or the biggest ones. It's flexible."
"We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO."
"I have saved time and money by moving to the platform."
"HPE SimpliVity is simple, it's very friendly."
"The storage efficiency is valuable."
"The pricing of the solution is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the storage virtualization layer, together with the built-in backups."
"I like the expandability of the solution. We can effortlessly grow the storage and resources without downtime."
"The product is very reliable. We haven't had any major issues with the product since we bought it."
"The best thing about the solution is that it combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place. Unlike the traditional three-tier setup, you don't need to buy separate devices for each part. This makes it much easier to control and manage everything in one go without switching between different places for different tasks."
"The pricing of the solution is excellent. It's one of the main reasons a customer chooses Huawei. It's much, much better than VMware."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is the relocating of resources."
"The solution is stable and everything is taken care of through the Huawei support center. They ensure everything is running smoothly. It's been very good."
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"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"When you will cease your contract with StarWind (for support) your product won't be updated and that is a big selling point, especially for us, as we have loads of products from StarWind."
"I'd love to see native export of metrics (via Prometheus or something of that nature) to allow us to get more metrics available on our existing dashboard software."
"Upgrading can be complicated."
"It's a very complex installation. It's gotten easier, however, it's far from a double click on a link and a self-upgrade scenario. There's still an awful lot of magic that goes down to doing upgrades."
"I have not seen ROI."
"I think that they should have their own hyper-converged system."
"The fact that it is tied to a certain hardware platform would probably be the bigger negative versus just being able to buy something off the shelf."
"While SimpliVity was a pioneer of cloud connect capability, they have simply not exploited it."
"I would love to see a more proactive approach to implementing patches and reaching out to customers with new initiatives."
"We had minor problems with the initial setup but it was with our internal infrastructure."
"Technical support needs improvement. There's a lot of language barriers."
"The solution currently does not have cloud integration."
"I want the product to be used more efficiently and for our system to connect easily with cloud services like AWS, Oracle, and IBM. We can also improve by adding advanced features like snapshots, replication, and encryption, allowing for more growth. Introducing features such as data duplication, data analytics, and AI-driven insights will improve its deployments."
"t would be helpful if the solution was able to collaborate or integrate with other well-known monitoring tools. Right now, you have to work hard to get it configured. It would be a good selling point for them if they could open up their solution to more integrations."
"Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure could improve the security of the solution. However, we are comfortable using it. Additionally, there could be more information provided for the solution and the interface could be more user-friendly."
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HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is ranked 15th in HCI with 5 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure writes "Combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Scale Computing HC3, whereas Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail and Dell PowerFlex. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure report.
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