We performed a comparison between Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"It provided the much-needed HA on an extremely low budget."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The manageability feature is the most important aspect of the solution."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten... Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the three nodes and the free hypervisor."
"Sangfor HCI's best features are the ability to scale to a bigger size and the roadmap, whereby if they need to replicate their production to disaster recovery, they can do so on the same platform."
"The Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature is one of the good features."
"Sangfor HCI is a one-stop solution that enables you to store and centrally manage your VMs."
"Very user-friendly and simple."
"It has a valuable deduplication feature."
"For me, the most valuable feature is in relation to the software updates."
"The solution is perfect for the lifecycle management of hardware."
"VxRail's feature that we found most valuable was its really good performance. That was one of VxRail's advantages."
"I have found that the admin deployment, monitoring off-premises, and the many services important features. Additionally, the solution has good integration."
"Homogeneity is most valuable. The truth is that having everything in a single cluster helps a lot."
"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 is scalable. When you are buying it, you have to buy a minimum of three nodes. After that, if you want to add more nodes, you can buy can buy them. You can also add-on additional compute and storage."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"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."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"An extended trial period would serve as a way to get clean insights into the technology's adaptability and alignment with their specific needs before committing to long-term integration."
"My company faced some issues with the product, as our virtual machines crashed, and we had to face some security issues."
"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"The documentation and support from the community are not as good or as mature as VMware or Hyper-V."
"There is a feature to upgrade multiple VMs simultaneously, but it crashes."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
"Sangfor HCI has room for improvement in terms of integration. So, the integration with Sangfor HCI is not as extensive as in Nutanix."
"Lacks network support."
"The price could be better. The backup mechanism could also be better. Some of our clients prefer to work with backup software from a different vendor. They don't do a built-in backup solution. It would be better if they had guidelines on proper sizing and the whole life cycle from the requirement collection. If there aren't any proper guidelines, how do I go to the customer and evaluate their existing infrastructure? How can you do appropriate sizing to migrate to a hyper-converged environment? I think this is a requirement because most of our clients are migrating to a hyper-converged environment. In the next release, they can improve absolutely anything you can think of to improve the product in general—for example, the clusters and backup software."
"I would like to see integration with vCenter if possible."
"The licensing is a bit too costly."
"There are still some features which aren't built into Cisco, like virtualized networking, that use its applications. However, these can be purchased through another product as an additional licensing cost to us."
"There is limited support for SAP HANA with this solution."
"All updates are supposed to be done through VxRail, however, the vCenter actually showed that there was an update it needed. I've just started using the product. I didn't know what I was doing. I actually updated my vCenter and that actually threw the VxRail system offline. We had to spend some time trying to get that working again. If possible, they should make the process a bit more clear so we don't make mistakes like this in the future. There should maybe be some sort of pop-up that can direct you."
"Dell wants to implement the disaster site in the new year, but they haven't decided yet. I hope we will have the opportunity to sell VxRail with this disaster site. It is not really clear at the moment, but hopefully, we will get some good news from the customers in the new year."
"The support protocols have changed after Broadcom acquired VMware."
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Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity, HPE Hyper Converged and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs. VxRail report.
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