We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and StarWind Virtual SAN 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."Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"It is easy to install."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"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."
"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"The performance of the solution is accurate and concise."
"PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts."
"It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!"
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"I've been really impressed with it so far. I think it's pretty great, actually. It does exactly what we need it to do, and it does it well, so I would recommend it. Plus, the support has been very good."
"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"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."
"The solution doesn't scale."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"Server-side snapshots are one thing the Linux appliance can't do yet."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"When StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere nodes go offline unexpectedly, the nodes have to re-sync disks fully which takes a long time. We had a power failure and when both nodes came online, VMware vSphere didn't see StarWind disks before I manually re-scanned them form ESXi administration console even though it should happen automatically"
"It would be great if the Linux version of the management console offered the same features as Windows."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in HCI with 14 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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