We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch."
"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"Active-active work mode leads to true redundancy of storage and allows us to distribute the load between multiple nodes."
"It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!"
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional."
"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"The initial setup was straightforward. With our partners and the consultancy that we had, we knew what we wanted to do. Therefore, we didn't have any problems with the installation and parametrization."
"It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors."
"The workload can handle anything and has an extended capacity."
"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."
"The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the built-in recovery functionality. The migration is simple to do from other solutions, such as VMware."
"The product provides a single management console for managing everything."
"The solution provides a single management console."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten... Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"The Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature is one of the good features."
"You can get almost all the features of the tool at a low cost. The tool also has built-in backup mechanisms. It also has a physical firewall for internet management which other competitors lack."
"Sangfor HCI has a bundle of security features that are easy to monitor on the HCI dashboard."
"Though I have learned some of the nuances with the upgrading of firmware/windows/etc., it would be nice to have a more efficient method of doing so."
"The Command Center, a free guest VM for management and monitoring, leaves something to be desired. It could have more accurate real-time information and better reporting visuals, which seem to be an afterthought."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"It would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows"
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"Cisco is a bit more challenging in terms of deployment. The admin must be knowledgeable in order to complete the task. Without that knowledge, it will be difficult to complete."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could improve by having the documents be more readily available and the support could be more flexible."
"The price could be better. I think it's more expensive than VxRail. In the next release, I would like to see a better level of protection and availability with six clients."
"The initial setup of profiles and templates could be improved. Maybe some end profiles that you can use based on your type of deployment would be good."
"The initial setup is very complex because there were some issues. It is not clear to how set up this solution."
"The scalability could use improvement."
"Sangfor HCI could be improved with certification and the right ecosystem for ISVs like Oracle and SAP."
"It can have more compatibility and new features. I would also like to see better performance. Some of the other HCI solutions already provide the SSD and flash storage and much higher Intel processors. Sangfor HCI can improve on that."
"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand. For example, you buy SimpliVity or Nutanix. They don't really have a security solution inside the product. It would be good if there is a security solution inside this solution so that it is not only for the virtualization of CPU, RAM, disk, and network but also for security."
"My company faced some issues with the product, as our virtual machines crashed, and we had to face some security issues."
"Lacks network support."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"Sangfor HCI has room for improvement in terms of integration. So, the integration with Sangfor HCI is not as extensive as in Nutanix."
"The cost must be improved."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and OpenNebula.
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