We performed a comparison between Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and VMware vSAN 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.
"The vSAN provides full redundancy for storage while reclaiming some rack space."
"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 fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"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."
"The product is very reliable. We haven't had any major issues with the product since we bought it."
"The pricing of the solution is excellent. It's one of the main reasons a customer chooses Huawei. It's much, much better than VMware."
"The best thing about the solution is that it combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place. Unlike the traditional three-tier setup, you don't need to buy separate devices for each part. This makes it much easier to control and manage everything in one go without switching between different places for different tasks."
"The solution is stable and everything is taken care of through the Huawei support center. They ensure everything is running smoothly. It's been very good."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is the relocating of resources."
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"VMware comes with different stacks like VMware Cloud Foundation, which is integrated with different VMware modules. There's interoperability between VMware products."
"VMware vSAN is compatible with the legacy hypervisor solutions and most of the features are good."
"The simplicity, as well as the integration with virtualization."
"We didn't only choose vSAN; we chose VMware because of SR-IOV, which is more on the hypervisor level and not on the vSAN storage. It's part of the whole system."
"By eliminating dependency on that back-end storage, we now depend on everything that's in the VMkernel with vSAN. We eliminate the middleman."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to continue our business needs and have higher visibility. It has definitely increased our business productivity levels."
"It is easier to deploy than the traditional SAN."
"I like the scalability and the fact that it reduces your total cost for storage over several years."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"Geolocation could be better, for example, for site mirroring for DR purposes."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"The interface of the management console of the StarWind Virtual SAN is complex, and it's difficult for the novice user to interact with the management having less knowledge or training in the product."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"The documentation can be better for the free tier."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure could improve the security of the solution. However, we are comfortable using it. Additionally, there could be more information provided for the solution and the interface could be more user-friendly."
"t would be helpful if the solution was able to collaborate or integrate with other well-known monitoring tools. Right now, you have to work hard to get it configured. It would be a good selling point for them if they could open up their solution to more integrations."
"I want the product to be used more efficiently and for our system to connect easily with cloud services like AWS, Oracle, and IBM. We can also improve by adding advanced features like snapshots, replication, and encryption, allowing for more growth. Introducing features such as data duplication, data analytics, and AI-driven insights will improve its deployments."
"The solution currently does not have cloud integration."
"Technical support needs improvement. There's a lot of language barriers."
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"We plan to switch products since the hardware nowadays is a little bit outdated and we need to scale up a bit."
"I would love to see vSAN integrate Persistent Memory and NVDIMMs. I know they're supposed to be working on an elastic tier so that we don't have the issues with destaging from the cache to the capacity. Those are the things that I'm interested in."
"The vSan product uses a software system called Vsphere to monitor the system. It is sometimes difficult to manage the PCs within the systems."
"On the DevOps side, if there could be more automation it would be more helpful."
"What I would like to see, for the really small customers, is the ability to have two nodes."
"VMware vSAN needs to improve its features because other solutions have more advanced features."
"Virtual machines disk size cannot cap more than a single node. For a VDI user, it may not save enough to hold a file server or exchange server on a single node storage space."
"The solution could maybe improve failure protection."
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Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is ranked 17th in HCI with 5 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 2nd in HCI with 226 reviews. Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is rated 7.8, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure writes "Combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is most compared with Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray. See our Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vs. VMware vSAN report.
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