We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes 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."We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"The product gave us a cost-effective way to deploy a highly available server environment."
"Support keeps track of alerts of the system and verifies with us if we need help to fix any issues. They have great and quick technical support."
"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.""
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"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."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"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."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"It is easy to install."
"You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."
"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 most valuable features for us are the ability to scale out the nodes independently, and the flexibility of the nodes. We can put almost any type of server in there with our connectivity and everything works great."
"The feature we have found most valuable is the compatibility of VMware products with VCF and VMware Cloud Foundation."
"The valuable features of vSAN are that you can get it up and running quickly, you get redundancy built-in, and it's pretty much the perfect solution for a cluster."
"The most valuable feature is the fast performance."
"The product’s most valuable features are performance and expandability."
"The features of vSAN allow us to reduce our operational complexity to a large degree."
"It is simple to manage, very easy to implement and troubleshoot in case of any failures."
"The solution is simple to use compared to other solutions, such as Hyperflex, VxRail, and Nutanix"
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things."
"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."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"There should be publicly available tutorials on YouTube or other platforms that help the users to integrate this solution with other platforms, for example."
"The cluster configuration is time-consuming and tedious."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"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 should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"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."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
"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."
"If the support could be provided more quickly, it would be very helpful."
"The ability to access SAN environments with fiber channels (or even NVMe) would be a good addition."
"Troubleshooting tools could be improved."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It would be ideal if clients didn't need to monitor the solution on a daily basis."
"I would like to see more support for applications. I think currently it only supports applications between two vSAN clusters."
"I would like compression and deduplication to be offered for offloading hardware, instead of doing it with software. That would be nice."
"The price can be reduced. Small businesses cannot afford this solution."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in HCI with 14 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 2nd in HCI with 227 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. 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 VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. VMware vSAN report.
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