We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"We deploy VxRail systems to provide our customers with a distributed information solution. The customer was impressed because we delivered a serious data reduction. For example, we showed them that 10 terabytes on their traditional storage solution could be reduced to 1.5 terabytes in the VxRail systems. That's why the customers also like it so much,"
"It helps our servers and it is very efficient."
"We like the design and that it meets data storage needs."
"I can roll out the system in thirty minutes and the customer can work with it."
"like VxRail because it's fully integrated. The other hyperconverged solutions are also well integrated. They are all highly similar to each other in that regard. But we prefer VxRail for its physical integrations or lifecycle management. It also has vCenter, which integrates the hardware lifecycle management."
"It is very powerful. We find that to be the most valuable aspect. The movement of devices between nodes is very easy."
"The feature that I have found most valuable with VxRail is its upgrade. Because if you talk about the normal ESX process you have to upgrade the firmware, the bios, and you have to manage the compatibility. You have to do a lot of things. But in the case of VxRail, it's a single upgrade, end to end. You simply upload the bundle, click next, it will do some pre-checks, if those pre-checks pass, it will update everything one by one. It will put one ESX in the maintenance and move other VM's to another mode. There is no downtime to the VM's."
"Valuable features for us are the VDI, UCC, and HCI."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"For improvement, I would like to see how the software determines which networks to use for which purpose. It seems like the naming terminology changes a bit from here to there."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
"The full solution is not completely included as a bundle, such as we see with SimpliVity."
"The search feature isn't good."
"The licensing costs are too expensive. They should work on their pricing model."
"The licensing is a bit too costly."
"Technically speaking, the vCenter and the administration of the integration of the vCenter could be improved."
"They should add automation and activation going forward."
"The update for the graphics integration and the media drivers isn't included in the VxRail update."
"The product has high pricing. This particular area needs improvement."
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware vSAN and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and FlexPod XCS.
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