We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and StorMagic SvSAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"It's quite easy to install."
"This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"It is a solution that best suits thre needs of our organization."
"The technical support has been very good for this solution."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"It is scalable and easy to use."
"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."
"It is very scalable. It is also easy to scan."
"Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer."
"Cisco offers very good quality."
"StorMagic SvSAN's best feature is that it is platform agnostic."
"The most valuable feature of StorMagic SvSAN is its high availability. We have not had any downtime or data loss. Business continuity is highly important."
"It gives zero downtime and it works with two nodes rather than three nodes, unlike other solutions."
"What I found most valuable in StorMagic SvSAN is integration. As a software-defined storage solution, it's also very easy to use and it's the trend in the market today. StorMagic SvSAN also made the customer happy because the customer could use his existing hardware with it. The customer had rack-mounted storage, so he didn't want to purchase a dedicated hardware for storage purposes. He just upgraded his hard disk drives."
"StorMagic SvSAN is a very effective solution and the interface is good."
"This synchronization is easy with StorMagic, and we can establish availability between servers."
"We compared two solutions for this use case, but we went with StorMagic because it had more capabilities than the others. It's also more reliable, especially in production environments that require availability and sustainability."
"It helps us prevent any data loss while working with the failover clusters."
"There is no IPv6 support. That is our only issue at this time."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"One main thing this product needs to work on is reporting."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"The initial setup could be faster, due to the prerequisites."
"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."
"Does not support the stretch cluster, and the interface is not good."
"Deployment on-prem was quite difficult."
"Its price could be better."
"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."
"A stretch function is really needed. Germans think that because of the high availability and the security that two data centers are better but we want edge all in one cluster. This is a needed feature, the cluster feature, and we'd also like to see a possibility for ROBO offices."
"In the next release, I would like to see them able to connect to the public cloud."
"There are two features missing: there's no REST API functionality, and there is no date duplication in it."
"They should enable data compression deduplication features for the platform."
"If we want to want to replicate the VM to the cloud, or off-site, it does not allow it because of asynchronous. There is no option available."
"In the next release, StorMagic SvSAN should include multi-node clusters, which would allow storage spaces to be used more efficiently."
"The deployment of StorMagic SvSAN is very small. However, you need some time to do it. It's important to make a test deployment before the real deployment."
"In terms of what could be improved in StorMagic SvSAN, I don't have a major issue with it, but its user interface should be more customer-oriented."
"The only improvement area I can see is their licensing. For example, the memory caching feature is only available in an advanced license. Normally, it's in a standard license. It would be better if they had memory caching features in the product. Some backup features should also be in the product"
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while StorMagic SvSAN is ranked 13th in HCI with 9 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while StorMagic SvSAN is rated 8.2. 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 StorMagic SvSAN writes "The best choice for performance and price". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas StorMagic SvSAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, DataCore SANsymphony, LINBIT SDS and Veeam Backup & Replication.
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