We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and HPE Hyper Converged based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"You can turn your local disk storage into high-availability iSCSI storage."
"This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"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."
"The customer support provided by StarWind is excellent."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"The implementation process is okay."
"We are providing this solution for the customer or converting the customer from a traditional environment to a hyper-converged environment which consolidates all management and support on a single port. This is the main benefit of using the hyper-converged versus the traditional."
"It is very scalable. It is also easy to scan."
"Great integration with backup software."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"By configuring networks, we are saving power."
"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."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Reasonably priced and easy to manage for small to medium size companies that don't have an IT department."
"I've found the data protection features the most valuable."
"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."
"One of the solution's strong points is the deduplication capabilities of SimpliVity."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"One of the good features would be the fast backup solution Hyper Converged offers, which is more efficient compared to other vendors."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable aspect of the solution. We can avoid downtime when there's maintenance or updates needed. Also, we have homogenous hardware, so we have a lot of trust in the solution's reliability."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"With data verification, I would like to know how does the solution perform validation of data being synced between two VSANs."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"In all areas the product could be made faster."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"Does not support the stretch cluster, and the interface is not good."
"The setup was complex, especially since we usually do all the planning, sizing, and workflows before integration."
"You cannot just apply the VSXi updates. You are dependent on Cisco HyperFlex for metric services, analytics, and everything else. I don't like that dependency."
"We are moving further out with more cloud solutions, so we need HyperFlex to be more cloud-connected. They should develop more connection to Amazon Web Services and Google cloud because our customers use their services and are moving in that direction."
"The utilization needs to be better. It needs more options."
"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."
"It needs improvements in terms of I/O. Sometimes I have felt it is slightly slow while we are trying to provision VMs or access VMs."
"There should be the opportunity to create more than one div group"
"Installation and setup could be easier."
"I would like to see a more intuitive, user-friendly UI."
"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 solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"We've had to do a power cycle to bring it all the way down, bring it back up for power outages, A/C shut-downs of our DC office, but it hasn't presented a problem."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while HPE Hyper Converged 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 HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and FlexPod XCS, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI.
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