We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."When using new (warranty) servers, you can forget about the storage service for several years. The users will not even notice the failure of two servers out of three."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"It has allowed us to save a lot of time and money by letting us create a vSAN within a Windows VM on the environment it controls."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"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."
"The technical support has been very good for this solution."
"Cisco technical support is very skilled. From what I've had to access, there were quick responses and the necessary escalation."
"It is a complete package. For any kind of on-premises hyper-converged solution, we usually have to separate networks, but Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a complete solution. It has its own network and storage. The storage part is the most valuable feature."
"With our four HyperFlex HX hosts (consisting of processor, memory, and disk), the performance is very fast and we have no problems at all. In all of the five years that we have been using HyperFlex, we haven't needed to increase our budget to buy additional hosts."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the connectivity, consistency, and that we now have fewer vulnerabilities on the network."
"The solution is easy to use and to learn. It is well integrated with VMware."
"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product."
"We used to have a single customer-facing data center, which was vulnerable to failure. This product has allowed us to create high availability between two private data centers."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"It is a smart solution for virtualization"
"Sangfor is user-friendly and simple to upgrade."
"The Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature is one of the good features."
"You can get almost all the features of the tool at a low cost. The tool also has built-in backup mechanisms. It also has a physical firewall for internet management which other competitors lack."
"I find the simplicity of Sangfor very valuable. It is easy to configure and user-friendly. The overall user experience as well as the usability of Sangfor is outstanding."
"Sangfor HCI is a one-stop solution that enables you to store and centrally manage your VMs."
"It is flexible like a hyper-convergence system. You can add nodes, and you can scale to have better performance and stability. I also like the backup feature, the recovery system, and the web interface GUI to handle everything."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
"You have to do a "full" sync on write-back cache disks instead of a quick sync if there is an issue."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"The documentation is good yet is still lacking in a few areas."
"This product could be improved with the inclusion of new health check procedures."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"With data verification, I would like to know how does the solution perform validation of data being synced between two VSANs."
"Server-side snapshots are one thing the Linux appliance can't do yet."
"Stability is really poor, especially the storage stability. We lost data. There were disruptions of clusters and that's one big pain point of the solution. It's not stable enough, the documentation is not good, there's not much documentation available. For every call we need a tech engineer."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"The scalability could use improvement."
"I would have liked it to be able to back up the system to a cloud, to be able to work from any other place"
"The initial setup can be complex."
"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."
"HyperFlex could be improved by reducing the minimum number of nodes supported from three to two."
"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."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"There are certain aspects of sizing of the solution that need improvement."
"Currently, when we need to do capacity planning, we have to rely on Sangfor's support team for assistance. However, if there were dedicated tools available, we could handle it ourselves and increase efficiency."
"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."
"The cost must be improved."
"Sangfor’s hypervisor is not mature enough to handle all the flavors related to industrial needs."
"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand. For example, you buy SimpliVity or Nutanix. They don't really have a security solution inside the product. It would be good if there is a security solution inside this solution so that it is not only for the virtualization of CPU, RAM, disk, and network but also for security."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 10th in HCI with 28 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. 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 Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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