We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes 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."One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"It provided the much-needed HA on an extremely low budget."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"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."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"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 solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"It has been performing well. It was more than what we expected."
"What I like about SimpliVity is the brand value of HP. I also like the data compression ratio, which is around more than 75% data compression ratio. HP's support and the ease of working with SimpliVity are also valuable features."
"The whole backup capability, where we are able to create backups and restore backups in typically 40 to 50 seconds, has been great."
"My day-to-day experiences are better now that my backups are no longer running into production."
"Stability is pretty good. We have no complaints as it has been running seamlessly with no downtime."
"The way it does backups is its most valuable feature. It replicates snapshots with very low bandwidth. We only have a 50 megabit link to that site, and it doesn't really use much of it at all. Therefore, it is a really good fit for getting our backups done."
"The most valuable feature is the quick restore."
"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured .maintain and update and with little to no fuss, even the free version is incredibly capable whilst it brings a the cost of a Highly Available HCI solution down to a very cost effective point" Having used Starwind Virtual SAN for many years both for clients and for internal systems it has always done exactly what it set out to do, provide a cost effect way to run a HCI storage platform for almost any hypervisor, but it is most effective with Hyper-V, simple, easy to use, -.software monitoring should be web based to be reachable from any workstation in VLAN."
"In all areas the product could be made faster."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
"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."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"The solution doesn't scale."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."
"SimpliVity needs to improve the support for native backups, like SQL and Exchange."
"I would love to see a more proactive approach to implementing patches and reaching out to customers with new initiatives."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"Integration with external solutions outside the HPE posed challenges."
"Scalability is something that needs to be improved because if you need more storage then you have to add more nodes."
"I'm not a technical guy, and I am pretty much okay with the way it is, but it would help if it was closest to Nutanix in Gartner's Magic Quadrants. Nutanix very often beats us. Nutanix provides Acropolis for free. It probably would be great if we have a virtualization layer. It is something that might be lacking in our solution. We depend on VMware, and it is very expensive. It is lacking the software that allows us to install it with HPE and not depend on a third party."
"The installation is quite easy but it could still be improved."
"I would love it if the solution would auto data balance within the cluster. It is possible, and eventually, it will be likely that certain nodes within the same cluster will hold more data than the other nodes."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in HCI with 14 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 150 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. 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 HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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