We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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 most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."
"We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"The most valuable features of SimpliVity are the built-in backup and immunity to ransomware."
"We like the backup feature, which is inbuilt."
"It has lessened our burden on multiple different products, so they are under one umbrella. This has been economically good."
"It is easy to set up."
"Looking at the way that our infrastructure team works now, we don't think about infrastructure, storage, or compute anymore. The solution just works. It is same with the backup and replication side of things, as it just works on schedule. We don't have to manage it tightly, like we used to."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the backup recovery."
"The compression and deduplication features are most valuable because they allow us to have a small footprint for storage. It is a very stable product, and we are also able to get all that we need in terms of reporting."
"The built-in backup and quick restore are good features."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"Sangfor HCI has a really good GUI. It allows us to monitor the temperature of the server and many other things."
"The product provides a single management console for managing everything."
"Sangfor HCI is a one-stop solution that enables you to store and centrally manage your VMs."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the built-in recovery functionality. The migration is simple to do from other solutions, such as VMware."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"Sangfor has many solutions, and you can easily manage their machine servers with just one management. They're always striving for greatness, and they continuously update their products. For example, they have now built endpoint security within the firewall. They are continuously improving not only the security but also all other products."
"Sangfor HCI has a bundle of security features that are easy to monitor on the HCI dashboard."
"Though I have learned some of the nuances with the upgrading of firmware/windows/etc., it would be nice to have a more efficient method of doing so."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"A central management console may be nice to see all nodes."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"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."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"There are a lot of different components to choose from in the chassis. This could be easier by providing a standard or a base model to create and configure from."
"SimpliVity's data management could be better. Nutanix's interface is a bit more user-friendly."
"The installation process could be simplified. It's a bit technical for non-IT users."
"Scalability is something that needs to be improved because if you need more storage then you have to add more nodes."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"Its deployment should be easier."
"I have not seen ROI."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"The initialization is not fully automated and has room for improvement."
"It should have object storage. It already has network virtualization and micro-segmentation, but it is missing object storage. It does not have object storage. vSAN also does not have object storage, but Nutanix has object storage, and it is natively integrated into its HCI. So, if you pay for the object storage license, you have that module pre-built."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand. For example, you buy SimpliVity or Nutanix. They don't really have a security solution inside the product. It would be good if there is a security solution inside this solution so that it is not only for the virtualization of CPU, RAM, disk, and network but also for security."
"The error reporting needs to be improved."
"Its virtual machine tools can be improved. These tools should be enhanced for use in other applications and operating systems, such as Linux."
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HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE Hyper Converged and StorMagic SvSAN. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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