We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and StarWind Virtual Tape Library 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."It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a highly flexible solution, as it can be deployed on physical servers or on top of virtual machines running on hypervisors such as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V."
"In the three years that we have been using StarWind, the product has yet to cause us any problems."
"The biggest benefit of this solution is that If you use it, you can use it for the company headquarters and also for all the branches. You use the same system, only a smaller size. With SimipliVity you can also use the included backup solution. You don't need any other solution to back up the data or to transfer it."
"I have found backup and replication to be useful. We have a 10 megabit line between the data center and our main site. The backup and replication are very good. Additionally, the solution runs on VMware which is a benefit."
"Valuable features include ease of use, disaster recovery, and reliability."
"Looking at the way that our infrastructure team works now, we don't think about infrastructure, storage, or compute anymore. The solution just works. It is same with the backup and replication side of things, as it just works on schedule. We don't have to manage it tightly, like we used to."
"Improves backup time and DR solution."
"A very small package but with lots of memory and CPU."
"HPE SimpliVity is a very valuable and effective solution. It's also a scalable solution. As the customer requirements and application requirements increase, it can scale to accommodate them."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the backup rate and the backup transfer."
"It is a stable solution."
"StarWind VTL allowed us to back up to virtual tape that was created within Veeam and upload the tape to the cloud."
"I like the fact that we can simultaneously upload the virtual tapes to different cloud providers, and the settings can be adjusted to speed up the upload times even further."
"The solution made our backups way more reliable."
"The most valuable feature of the StarWind Virtual Tape Library is the archiving to the AWS cloud."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"This is a great product."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"The documentation can be better for the free tier."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"Its deployment should be easier."
"HPE SimpliVity should cost less."
"There is room for improvement in the operations area because the support for that server space is minimal."
"I have some worries about the support after the acquisition. The support was better before HPE acquired SimpliVity."
"The technical support is weak. It is a layered product. It has a software solution on top of the SimpliVity solution, which is built on top of the hardware of the HPE DL380s. When we call for a problem that we know is related to the DL380, we get a SimpliVity guy trying to solve a SimpliVity problem. If it is not a SimpliVity problem, it's a hardware problem. So, it takes awhile for them to figure out which part of the organization should really be helping us."
"Let us populate the entire node; right now, there are 24 slots in a server and you're only allowed to populate 14."
"It is not so cheap, and this is the most common complaint that my customers have. It is a very good product, but the price is an issue in Latin America. VMware is a de facto tool. It would be useful for customers if HP can also use Red Hat or any other open-source virtualization product. Currently, you can only use VMware to manage the machines inside SimpliVity."
"SimpliVity needs to add support for Hyper-V and KVM."
"The main thing that I felt could be improved was having an estimated time of completion for the virtual tape uploads to the cloud."
"The solution's training process and online documentation could be more thorough."
"The initial installation can be complex and should be simplified."
"I am not sure if this is a limitation of my physical hardware or if it is the software itself. However, I would like the throughput to be faster."
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HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 14th in HCI with 6 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Scale Computing HC3, whereas StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage and HPE StoreVirtual. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. StarWind Virtual Tape Library report.
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