We performed a comparison between HPE StoreVirtual and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."A company can scale it easily."
"The seamlessness behind the scenes of block management."
"The solution is very stable."
"Simplicity of not having to buy FC or FCoE SAN. Instead, we buy servers with their own storage."
"Data is stored in two different places, leveraging more security and availability. Therefore, network problems are having less affect on iSCSI."
"HPE StoreVirtual is very easy to use from the management console."
"A very flexible solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward, not a complex procedure."
"It's somewhat hard to speak about specific features, but I like VxRail's simplicity and ease of use. It's a decent solution for customers with a small footprint. If you're operating a big data center, it's not easy to position VxRail or HCI solutions, but when you have a small customer managing many different components, it's easier to work only with one solution."
"The stability of VxRail is good, we have not had any issues."
"One beneficial feature is that the solution can handle complex environments."
"The compute is good and we have not had any issues with the vSAN."
"The update process is very convenient."
"The ease of deployment and management of the solution are the most valuable aspects of the product."
"There is no in-depth config involved nor third-party needed, saving us time and money."
"You don't have to worry too much about the hardware and you don't have to work on integrating a storage device. We instead have this as an all-in-one solution and everything is available as a box."
"It would be nice if there were more parts available in Brazil and HPE could swap out faulty equipment quicker."
"Product looks like it is in the end of development."
"The solution needs to ensure it is on par with the industry in terms of availability of features and various other options."
"Hardware and disk failures are happening frequently."
"The initial setup could be simplified to make it easier for new users."
"it would nice to have deduplication or compression, things that you have in some of the higher end products."
"In our country, Qatar, most of the industry isn't using too much HP. StoreVirtual doesn't move fast. It's not a popular product."
"The GUI is a bit old-fashioned. It should be updated."
"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's not really flexible with different use cases."
"What I did not like so much was the amount of VMware that you have to put in your system related to the VxRail."
"You cannot install another operating system such as Microsoft or Hyperflex or Nutanix. We have also had a hardware problem."
"You have to buy a new server if you want to scale up."
"I can't speak to any missing features or weak aspects of the system just yet. We haven't had a chance to really dig in."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The licensing is a bit too costly."
HPE StoreVirtual is ranked 13th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 50 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. HPE StoreVirtual is rated 8.2, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE StoreVirtual writes "Using this platform, we were able to provide virtual desktops (VDI) to our end users across WAN, to help alleviate some of the problems that we’ve had with bandwidth". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". HPE StoreVirtual is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StarWind Virtual Tape Library and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged.
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