We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and HPE SimpliVity 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."It is extremely stable."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"Highly available storage is the most valuable feature. The entire rollout is hyper-converged and requires no extra storage further than the hosts in which Hyper-V is running. Another feature that has been great is the support from StarWind in general. We have their proactive support package on the main cluster that employs Starwind Virtual SAN."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"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."
"The product is easy to manage and flexible for upgrading without major changes."
"The most valuable features are scalability and the easy operation - if it works. You can configure everything from just one window."
"The most valuable feature was the backup - it was easy to back up. It was also very easy to administrate and manage the system; much easier and faster. Finally, it was easy to extend the disk capacities."
"The scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset."
"On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"When we use it for VDI solutions, it is very easy to deploy and support."
"The technical support has been very good for this solution."
"We can get backups faster. We have a smaller footprint for hardware, which takes up less space. So, we use less electricity and floor space."
"The ease of managing this system."
"Its performance and availability are most valuable."
"My impression is that it is a very nice solution. Very simple to use."
"We like the backup feature, which is inbuilt."
"My day-to-day experiences are better now that my backups are no longer running into production."
"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 most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"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."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"I had issues locating the documentation that applied to my version of StarWind vSAN."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"They require more media visibility."
"The initial setup of profiles and templates could be improved. Maybe some end profiles that you can use based on your type of deployment would be good."
"A stretch function is really needed. Germans think that because of the high availability and the security that two data centers are better but we want edge all in one cluster. This is a needed feature, the cluster feature, and we'd also like to see a possibility for ROBO offices."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"The documentation could be substantially better, but the product itself does everything it needs to do."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."
"Cisco is quite expensive but not in the initial first buy."
"You cannot just apply the VSXi updates. You are dependent on Cisco HyperFlex for metric services, analytics, and everything else. I don't like that dependency."
"HPE support is still not aware/trained on SimpliVity, and this is beginning to show."
"The greatest disadvantage is the update process. Every patch or release update must be checked and deployed with the HPE solution, which sometimes is a little bit difficult. It is not difficult in terms of installation, but it is difficult to get the patches in time."
"We have had some failures out-of-the-box. We have had some failures with the OmniStack module. One thing that we didn't fully understand was how much of the internal memory was used up by the OmniStack piece, which basically makes up SimpliVity."
"Simplify the backup and restore: With integrated backup and remote replication, it could reduce risk and eliminates the use of legacy data tools."
"A lot of our customers are using VMware and also are using Hyper-V. Hyper-V is not very stable on the HP SimpliVity."
"I have some worries about the support after the acquisition. The support was better before HPE acquired SimpliVity."
"SimpliVity's data management could be better. Nutanix's interface is a bit more user-friendly."
"HPE could give us more options for server models to chose when using the product. Right now, we can only use the DL380."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 150 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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