We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"You can turn your local disk storage into high-availability iSCSI storage."
"A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."
"The solution is really stable."
"It is very powerful. We find that to be the most valuable aspect. The movement of devices between nodes is very easy."
"It helps our servers and it is very efficient."
"The recent technologies and management features that have been implemented."
"The stability continues to get better and better. It's pretty reliable."
"It's a turnkey solution, which is good for customers, because they are buying into stability."
"The solution is stable and reliable. This is one of the main reasons why we purchased this solution."
"My customers use it for VDI. It has been very usable and very fast to use with VDI. On the VxRail side also, it has been very fast."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"The only thing that I have any difficulty with is that in order to perform upgrades, it is required that the SANs be detached from the Hosts before that can happen."
"It would be great if the Linux version of the management console offered the same features as Windows."
"The documentation is good yet is still lacking in a few areas."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"The most disappointing side of the application is the free edition. There used to be GUI attached. That has recently changed to only CLI management of the application."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
"The SCL database sends out a warning and you have to download the adjacent file from the Dell website. You have to upload it and retest it. We cannot always connect our systems to the internet which means we sometimes miss these important updates."
"I would like to see integration with vCenter if possible."
"When using hybrid nodes, such as VxRail, there should not be compression and deduplication, only in All-Flash nodes."
"It would be an improvement if VxRail could be integrated with some other hypervisors and not just with VMware."
"At present, VxRail is a hyperconverged state of the art product being installed in a legacy way. We need hyperconverged install teams."
"What I find very valuable is VxRail's life cycle management. The life cycle management takes care of everything from firmware to the actual upgrading of the hypervisor and keeps everything up to level."
"Having a native replication would be an improvement."
"The solution could improve by having more storage performance because in some other solutions you can have a file system that can be mounted at several places at one time."
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Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is ranked 20th in HCI with 1 review while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is rated 7.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node writes "Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged.
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