We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI 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."In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"StarWind support has been great in helping resolve other issues not caused by their software."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."
"The product has cut down a lot of service tickets. Earlier, people complained about slowness."
"Very good in-line compression."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."
"VxRail alleviates the operational constraints within an organization."
"The solution is stable and reliable. This is one of the main reasons why we purchased this solution."
"The ease of deployment and management of the solution are the most valuable aspects of the product."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"It helps simplify the management of VMware."
"The stability is very nice. We haven't had any issues with the cluster. The cluster is very stable. No problems with slowness. Everything has been stable. It was well-architectured."
"We were able to speed up our gaming software, which was a big plus."
"It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability."
"The initial setup got a little confusing at a few points with differences between the VMware version in documentation vs the latest, etc."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"I see no need for major improvements but there could be some improvements in the form of notifications and the simplifying of maintenance mode."
"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."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"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."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"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."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."
"The product is expensive."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"Lacking integration to the cloud."
"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."
"They should improve just the support."
"If they continue developing their product regarding VMware, it will be one of the best products in the HCI space. In terms of additional features, there is nothing missing because, for data protection, they also have the CDP option for VM. They can protect the VM at any point in time."
"Technically speaking, the vCenter and the administration of the integration of the vCenter could be improved."
"I would like it to tier to the cloud effectively, making sure that cold data can be pushed out to some sort of Bitbucket."
"The solution is vendor-locked and Dell is the only supplier of VxRail."
"When we have a vulnerability or we need to upgrade VxRail, it takes a long time. It takes eight hours each time we upgrade."
"It still has some maturity to grow. It needs to be more tightly integrated with its own family of products. It has shown that it is open with the other products within the market, through its stack, but it needs to have the proof in the market (with use-cases), and it has to have the scalability with the integration."
"Lacks integration of licenses so that it's an expensive solution."
"If we could have some out of the box ideas in integration, I think that would be a great feature."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 23 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 117 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE Hyper Converged, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. VxRail report.
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