We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual SAN and VxRail 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 software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"This software lets us maintain storage redundancy across both of our Hyper-V hosts, so if one goes down the environment fails over to the other and we have minimal to no downtime."
"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.""
"It's quite easy to manage."
"I save both physical and virtual space."
"The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"Valuable features for us are the VDI, UCC, and HCI."
"It supports VDI deployment, enabling easy use for running different platforms in similar environments."
"We deploy VxRail systems to provide our customers with a distributed information solution. The customer was impressed because we delivered a serious data reduction. For example, we showed them that 10 terabytes on their traditional storage solution could be reduced to 1.5 terabytes in the VxRail systems. That's why the customers also like it so much,"
"This product has given us clear visibility into what we need technology-wise to grow."
"VxRail has given us a lot of tools in a one-stop-shop environment."
"It improved from an operations standpoint as we have reduced failures compared to a previous vendor. The hardware that we previously used had a lot of issues with components failing regularly."
"The update process is very convenient."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"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."
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"While StarWind.com excels in numerous areas, there are a couple of notable functionalities that it currently lacks. One of these is duplication, which could be an invaluable feature for data redundancy and backup purposes. The ability to duplicate data across different storage locations can be crucial for safeguarding against data loss, and its absence is a minor limitation in an otherwise stellar offering."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"It might offer better integration with other products."
"I wish for the performance environment to be improved."
"The way that the VxRail is licensed could be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see our graphical user interface allow us to manage VxRail clusters and everything on a single pane of glass where I can monitor and shut down the server, similar to a VxRail manager."
"There could be better documentation and they should allow everyone to access the simulator."
"They're getting better with their one-click upgrade. The success factor is now between 85% to 87% with the latest release. They should just continuously improve on that one-click factor and make it more seamless."
"Its price could be better."
"The only issue which is every now and again is that when you log in it will tell you that there's an issue with VxRail when there actually isn't. All that's required is a refresh or reload. The solution itself works but you may get some bad reports every now and again. Probably once every couple of months; there is no effect to the solution's capabilities."
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VxRail report.
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