We performed a comparison between HPE Hyper Converged and HPE SimpliVity 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."A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"I like the asynchronous replication and failover features. They are what I'm primarily using it for. The asynchronous replication is helpful because our servers are backed up continuously throughout the day. If anything goes wrong we just fail over immediately. That is a very nice feature to have."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"The product enables me to use any software or database."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has many good features."
"I have found backup and replication to be useful. We have a 10 megabit line between the data center and our main site. The backup and replication are very good. Additionally, the solution runs on VMware which is a benefit."
"The backup feature is valuable, and replication is also valuable. It is very quick and easy to use."
"We have not had any problem with customer support at SimpliVity."
"The solution is very stable."
"The backup and recovery is very fast, effective, and easy to use."
"No SAN switches and having a native backup is pretty cool."
"The technical support is exceptionally good."
"It is easy to set up."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."
"The documentation is good yet is still lacking in a few areas."
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"The only point they should improve is the amount of documentation available for the user, especially in the first preliminary phase in which we were testing the product on our own."
"For someone entering the IT sector with little knowledge of storage, iSCSI, and virtual disks, they might not find the GUI immediately obvious."
"In my country, the biggest issue is probably pricing."
"The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases."
"In the Hyper Converged environment, some of the brands only support the OS VMware and not Hyper-V from Microsoft or even Red Hat or KVM."
"We have faced some challenges when upgrading. With Hyper Converged, you have to fully upgrade because there are no incremental upgrades available in this solution. For example, let's say we have two nodes. If we want to upgrade storage, we also need to upgrade computing. That means a full upgrade EME."
"The price can be improved. We would like to see support for some open source virtualization technology like for example KVM."
"Data protection and optimization: It is really weak. They do not offer deduplication or compression."
"Installation and setup could be easier."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"The way that it handles the memory could be better."
"The stability and scalability of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"Upgrading can be complicated."
"While it has been a while since HPE acquired SimpliVity, there is a lack of understanding/awareness about the product. In short, it took me time to actually make them understand they had a product named SimpliVity, which as you can imagine does not instill a great deal of confidence."
"The compatibility with other products needs an improvement."
"I have not seen ROI."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"In the next release of the solution, they should make updating the solution easier. Currently, we have HPE doing it for us but I would like to be able to do it."
HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews. HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE Alletra dHCI and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series. See our HPE Hyper Converged vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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