We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI 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."Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."
"The nice thing about it is that it truly integrates with the cloud, so I can move my volumes bi-directionally in and out of the cloud."
"Artificial intelligence is built into the product. If there's a failure, HP support will proactively call the client about the issue."
"The technical support services are good."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"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."
"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."
"StarWind Virtual SAN can improve an organization's storage infrastructure by providing high availability, scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and ease of use."
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"It's quite easy to install."
"The customer support provided by StarWind is excellent."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"The available GUI is excellent for monitoring and operating the system in an easy and direct way."
"Software upgrade is still more complicated than the competitors, so that's an area of improvement."
"The product is expensive."
"The product does not support file services."
"The product's active controller feature needs improvement."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's website does not open properly or work consistently."
"Lacking integration to the cloud."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"It would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows"
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"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."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 24 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and VxRail, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and DataCore SANsymphony. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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