We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI and StarWind Virtual SAN 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 product provides zero downtime."
"Very good in-line compression."
"The latency is very low."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's user interface is very easy to work with."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"Nimble DHCI is really user friendly and not complex"
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has the most valuable features for performance, resilience, and scalability."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."
"The product is expensive."
"The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"They should improve just the support."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 24 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 183 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and VxRail, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, StorMagic SvSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, Red Hat Ceph Storage and DataCore SANsymphony. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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