We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual SAN and VxRail 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."The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great."
"This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs."
"We are running Hyper-V on twin servers in failover, and being able to manage servers from anywhere I need to, virtually, has been a game changer."
"It's a turnkey solution, which is good for customers, because they are buying into stability."
"We enjoy the ease of management since all of the resources are located on one box — one single point of support."
"This solution optimizes our clients' resources."
"The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case; I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand."
"The low latency and response times and having a virtualized environment within a single computer are valuable. I have no physical elements, and I can optimize or balance my data depending on the sales volume that I have in a specific store."
"One beneficial feature is that the solution can handle complex environments."
"Initial setup is straightforward, as everything is pre-installed."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"Although minor, some of the documentation could be rewritten to be clearer."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"High availability for direct attached hardware drives could be useful for increasing the performance of a storage appliance."
"The documentation could be better."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"The cost is quite high. It's a very expensive solution to run."
"In the next release, I would like to see our graphical user interface allow us to manage VxRail clusters and everything on a single pane of glass where I can monitor and shut down the server, similar to a VxRail manager."
"At present, VxRail is a hyperconverged state of the art product being installed in a legacy way. We need hyperconverged install teams."
"The agility of the support team to provide you with better solutions should be improved. VxRail also has to be improved in terms of simplicity. Adding a simple node seemed like quite a project."
"I wish for the performance environment to be improved."
"They should add automation and activation going forward."
"The solution should facilitate the separate expansion of computing and storage."
"From a hardware and software perspective, there could be an improvement in the sales cycle, as there is a lot of hoops to go through to get pricing on a solution."
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VxRail report.
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