We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series 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."The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"StarWind allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."
"It is easy to install."
"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"The product is useful for DR and other things."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."
"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
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Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 12th in HCI with 14 reviews while Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, VMware vSAN and HPE Alletra dHCI. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series report.
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