We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Infrastructure and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The most valuable features are the full image backup, and the file or document sharing, allowing documents to be easily accessed from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."
"The most valuable feature of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is the multi-tenancy model, we can create customers and services for them."
"It is a smart solution for virtualization"
"Their GUI interface is a bit easier than VMware's."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the built-in recovery functionality. The migration is simple to do from other solutions, such as VMware."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the three nodes and the free hypervisor."
"It was not expensive at all."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"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."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"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."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"I would like to see real-time backup supported in the next release of this solution."
"If they could make improvements with the virtual environment then it would be better."
"Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is too populated. They have many features, but some features are still missing, it is not complete. They need to improve many features, such as email security and disaster recovery."
"The processing speed and cost should be improved."
"Sangfor HCI could be improved with certification and the right ecosystem for ISVs like Oracle and SAP."
"Its virtual machine tools can be improved. These tools should be enhanced for use in other applications and operating systems, such as Linux."
"The solution could improve by including backup capabilities."
"The migration process could be easier."
"The documentation and support from the community are not as good or as mature as VMware or Hyper-V."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"It should have object storage. It already has network virtualization and micro-segmentation, but it is missing object storage. It does not have object storage. vSAN also does not have object storage, but Nutanix has object storage, and it is natively integrated into its HCI. So, if you pay for the object storage license, you have that module pre-built."
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Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is ranked 29th in HCI with 3 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is rated 7.0, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure writes "Useful multi-tenancy model, reliable, and simple setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is most compared with , whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN.
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