We performed a comparison between HPE Hyper Converged and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"The failover protection and the ability to expand storage and nodes with no downtime are by far the best physical features we have benefited from."
"The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"No concerns or issues with stability."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"The HPE Hyper Converged solution is used in a hybrid cloud configuration. We assess the disk space and partition additional capacity."
"The most valuable feature was its time to delivery."
"The product enables me to use any software or database."
"Our storage and IT are now at an enterprise level with all the necessary controls and restrictions being enacted."
"If you were comparing this solution to VMware, it has more features, and it's very fast on the recovery."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"Rubrik can also serve as a secondary host for emergency recoveries."
"Also, the web interface is really great. The design, from a user-experience standpoint, is really straightforward and easy to use... they nailed it. Usually, from the very first panel, the dashboard that you land on after login, you've got most of your functionality right around where you need it to be. You've got your new items on the left, you've got your support on the top right. Nothing really seems out of place or just stuck in someplace."
"A reduced infrastructure complexity and fast to rack and go."
"Automation functions, image based backup, and the ability to instantly recover anything from files to databases."
"Management is so simple that anyone can check the backups and do restores when necessary."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The file search feature across all backups has been helpful."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"You have to do a "full" sync on write-back cache disks instead of a quick sync if there is an issue."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"The initial setup got a little confusing at a few points with differences between the VMware version in documentation vs the latest, etc."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"Server-side snapshots are one thing the Linux appliance can't do yet."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"This solution is very costly."
"Installation and setup could be easier."
"We've had to do a power cycle to bring it all the way down, bring it back up for power outages, A/C shut-downs of our DC office, but it hasn't presented a problem."
"We have faced some challenges when upgrading. With Hyper Converged, you have to fully upgrade because there are no incremental upgrades available in this solution. For example, let's say we have two nodes. If we want to upgrade storage, we also need to upgrade computing. That means a full upgrade EME."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"The product must provide more storage capability."
"In the Hyper Converged environment, some of the brands only support the OS VMware and not Hyper-V from Microsoft or even Red Hat or KVM."
"The Polaris piece could use improvement. When you get a report and you have events that are suspicious, you cannot drill down and find out why it's suspicious. You only know it's suspicious, but you don't know the root cause. Other than that, everything works well."
"Rubrik is expensive."
"The reporting in the dashboard and reporting for extractions both need improvement. I would suggest making them easier to understand and use, not just out-of-the-box. We should also be able to customize them."
"It is an expensive product."
"In terms of what could be improved with Rubrik, we need to improve the backup for remote sites. The competitors are stronger in terms of their remote office back up. Rubrik needs to improve to be stronger for backup. This is the main thing."
"The solution could improve by having fewer VM Stuns."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I need to create reports to know whether something is available or not, how much frontend data is being protected, etc. Rubrik gives a lot of things in the report, which can be confusing. It isn't very easy to get reports. It shows all the backup, index, replication, and everything else in one report. So, I have to export, filter, and then do the calculations."
"It would be nice if they could work on the pricing a bit."
HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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