We performed a comparison between Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure and StarWind Virtual SAN 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."I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"It was not expensive at all."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"I find the simplicity of Sangfor very valuable. It is easy to configure and user-friendly. The overall user experience as well as the usability of Sangfor is outstanding."
"Their GUI interface is a bit easier than VMware's."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"Sangfor is user-friendly and simple to upgrade."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"It has been extremely stable for the three years we've been running it."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"This product now allows us to migrate virtual machines between nodes as if we had a dedicated $100,000 SAN in the mix without the additional cost and management of the SAN."
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"Sangfor’s hypervisor is not mature enough to handle all the flavors related to industrial needs."
"Lacks network support."
"There is a feature to upgrade multiple VMs simultaneously, but it crashes."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"The migration process could be easier."
"We have had issues while integrating VMware with Sangfor HCI. The tool should be also faster in terms of customization."
"The error reporting needs to be improved."
"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"It is difficult to control all of the hardware components."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"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."
"Maybe in the future, the replication will be supported in more cloud providers."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
More Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure Pricing and Cost Advice →
Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 10th in HCI with 28 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
See our list of best HCI vendors.
We monitor all HCI reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.