We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."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."
"It eliminates the use of expensive physical shared storage."
"It has great free trials that allow end users to test a large variety of their products before deciding to buy the full product."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere is a software-defined storage solution that has reduced administration time for storage. It's pretty straightforward to install and setup it and so far it has been robust and worked as advertised from StarWind."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."
"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."
"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."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"The interface of the management console of the StarWind Virtual SAN is complex, and it's difficult for the novice user to interact with the management having less knowledge or training in the product."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"
"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."
"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is ranked 18th in HCI with 3 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is ranked 21st in HCI with 1 review. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is rated 8.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series writes "With an easy deployment phase, the tool offers good scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node writes "Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster ". Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, VxRail and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is most compared with Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and VxRail.
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