We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and HPE Alletra dHCI 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."StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great."
"For us, fault tolerance is the most important feature of DataCore."
"During the maintenance periods, on any part of the storage or VMware migration, we have had no downtime."
"It is a stable solution."
"Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money."
"The use of the RAM cache allows you to speed up the writing and reading of data while also allowing for a possible increase in performance by increasing the RAM on the servers."
"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"The technical support services are good."
"The product has cut down a lot of service tickets. Earlier, people complained about slowness."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."
"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."
"This product could be improved with the inclusion of new health check procedures."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"For the StarWind VSA vSphere solution, I would like to see a simpler and automated virtual machine installation process in terms of network settings."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"I struggled when bit figuring out how to go about doing the evaluation."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"I'm sure it needs bug fixes..."
"For customers or technicians who don't speak and understand English, it would be great to have other language support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."
"If you're dealing with big databases or transactional databases, it might not be the best-suited solution. The design of DataCore's solution isn't oriented towards this type of data."
"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."
"The solution is constantly evolving."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays."
"When I sometimes reboot for maintenance, the connectivity from the iSCSI initiator host could be improved."
"Lacking integration to the cloud."
"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."
"The product does not support file services."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."
"This year 2022, we have the possibility to include new kinds of storage with a high disk availability, such as Alletra 6000 and Alletra 9000. Those are the new storage available. If we would like to improve the quality and the capability and the high availability of these products, we can choose between different costs. This is another benefit from this HPE Nimble Storage dHCI solution of hyper-converged."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN and Red Hat Ceph Storage, whereas HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Dell PowerFlex. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. HPE Alletra dHCI report.
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