We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and HPE SimpliVity 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 allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget."
"When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed."
"The performance of the solution is accurate and concise."
"They offer top-tier support."
"StarWind has provided us with a top-notch, well-supported, robust vSAN offering when other vendors have moved to hyper-converged solutions that are outside of our average clients' reach from a financial and resource perspective."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"It is easy to install."
"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is the flexibility of the nodes. Additionally, if there are any critical issues they update us through emails. The issues are taken care of remotely on the system."
"The technical support is exceptionally good."
"No SAN switches and having a native backup is pretty cool."
"Our clients are very comfortable with the single management of the complete stack. The creation of VM systems is also very fast."
"The most valuable features are replication and backup."
"The ability to manage the environment without special consoles or interfaces is a plus."
"The solution is very stable."
"The backup feature is valuable, and replication is also valuable. It is very quick and easy to use."
"The main thing is its performance. In terms of performance, it is a lot better than VMware. Obviously, technology is changing a lot all the time. We were on just VMware with a separate attached array. The performance was kind of a step backward from just running separate servers. Now, the performance is much better, and we can take snapshots and backups of really big servers in just a matter of seconds. We can even restore them in a matter of seconds."
"If there was one thing we could request, it would be the ability to shrink volumes. For example, we want to be able to decrease in the size of the volume."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"You have to do a "full" sync on write-back cache disks instead of a quick sync if there is an issue."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"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."
"I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards in future versions."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."
"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."
"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."
"Upgrading the firmware/software could be more seamless."
"The initial setup was complex. It took a few months to integrate and adapt to the new platform."
"It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity."
"The initial setup is not that easy."
"We should have something called micro segmentation inside the SimpliVity box, which can be easily implemented."
"File level restores work well, but indexing will help make the process faster."
"Needs decoupling of distributed data fabric to run in a hyperscale deployment outside the hypervisor on dedicated nodes."
"The solution could have an optimization site."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 12th in HCI with 14 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 149 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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