We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual SAN and VxRail 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 features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"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."
"I like that there is a dependency on the storage controller."
"The solution is easy to use. When turning on a server or a machine that is required for, deployment or quality assurance, the dynamic deployment of resources is good."
"VxRail is a simple, efficient solution. It's easy to upgrade and scale the solution. If we increase our user base, we can easily scale it out. We have several thousand using it now."
"I have found the vSAN is highly flexible. The documentation is good and the interface of the solution is responsive and fast. The interface has everything you need to manage the solution, such as the VxRail and VMware integration. You can manage the hardware from within the VMware plasma pan."
"The stability continues to get better and better. It's pretty reliable."
"It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability."
"First and foremost, I would advise people to purchase this solution mainly for the simplicity of the system. And it's all managed in one place, which is nice compared to Nutanix where you had to administrate multiple places. And, the support now is so good."
"Its ease of administration is extremely valuable. It allows me to make better use of my time for other tasks instead of maintaining systems through multiple administration consoles."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"I would like to see more monitoring and alert tools."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"Although minor, some of the documentation could be rewritten to be clearer."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"It needs faster deployment of security patches."
"I would like better integration with VCF from VMware, which is the Cloud Foundation tool set, so we can easily provision servers very quickly."
"The only issue which is every now and again is that when you log in it will tell you that there's an issue with VxRail when there actually isn't. All that's required is a refresh or reload. The solution itself works but you may get some bad reports every now and again. Probably once every couple of months; there is no effect to the solution's capabilities."
"It's not really flexible with different use cases."
"What I did not like so much was the amount of VMware that you have to put in your system related to the VxRail."
"The technical support is good but could be better."
"It would be an improvement if VxRail could be integrated with some other hypervisors and not just with VMware."
"We spend around six months waiting for a confirmation and firmware upgrade to confirm this step."
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series. See our StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VxRail report.
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