We performed a comparison between StorMagic SvSAN 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 iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very easy-to-use solution that can be quickly and easily deployed and configured without intimate and specific knowledge in the virtualization sphere."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability and data resilience features to prevent data loss if hardware fails."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"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."
"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."
"It gives zero downtime and it works with two nodes rather than three nodes, unlike other solutions."
"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 helps us prevent any data loss while working with the failover clusters."
"StorMagic SvSAN's best feature is that it is platform agnostic."
"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."
"I like the managed updates. They are really nice in VxRail. Everything comes packaged and the updates are much easier than with other solutions that I've had to work with."
"It's somewhat hard to speak about specific features, but I like VxRail's simplicity and ease of use. It's a decent solution for customers with a small footprint. If you're operating a big data center, it's not easy to position VxRail or HCI solutions, but when you have a small customer managing many different components, it's easier to work only with one solution."
"The VxRail is built on two specific platforms that have been in the industry for the last 15 to 20 years: the 1-U socket and the 2-U socket platforms from Dell. They're in their sixteenth generation of those platforms, I believe, so they're very stable."
"What I like the most in terms of features is the fact that the VxRail update can be done in one week. It takes much less time to do a whole server upgrade and an infrastructure update as well."
"I have found the vSAN is highly flexible. The documentation is good and the interface of the solution is responsive and fast. The interface has everything you need to manage the solution, such as the VxRail and VMware integration. You can manage the hardware from within the VMware plasma pan."
"The implementation was quick, we used a checklist and it took approximately one hour."
"The solution is really stable."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that the storage is integrated with the VxRail so I don't have to go in between systems when I have to monitor my storage."
"The console is something that I feel could be improved. There is nothing technically wrong with it, but it can be jazzed up and/or made to be a little more intuitive."
"Updates seem to be non-existent."
"It is difficult to control all of the hardware components."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"The reconnection of the attached drives upon a reboot could be improved."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"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."
"In the next release, StorMagic SvSAN should include multi-node clusters, which would allow storage spaces to be used more efficiently."
"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"
"There are two features missing: there's no REST API functionality, and there is no date duplication in it."
"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."
"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."
"They should enable data compression deduplication features for the platform."
"The support protocols have changed after Broadcom acquired VMware."
"It's not really flexible with different use cases."
"When it comes to maintenance, it takes 16 hours to upgrade a 12 node VxRail plus. This could be improved in the system."
"They need to keep upgrading the environment and improving automation so that the solution keeps getting better and better."
"VxRail could be easier to set up. It's tricky to configure the network properly and match the requirements."
"One area of the product that could be improved is the support."
"The upgrade packages require a lot of bandwidth. This could be reduced for an improved experience."
"The solution should facilitate the separate expansion of computing and storage."
StorMagic SvSAN is ranked 13th in HCI with 9 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. StorMagic SvSAN is rated 8.2, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StorMagic SvSAN writes "The best choice for performance and price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". StorMagic SvSAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, DataCore SANsymphony, HPE SimpliVity, LINBIT SDS and Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our StorMagic SvSAN vs. VxRail report.
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