We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"I like the expandability of the solution. We can effortlessly grow the storage and resources without downtime."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the storage virtualization layer, together with the built-in backups."
"Offsite backup, replication, and duplication of data are important for our plant environment since we are hard on our equipment."
"The interface is very good and is very easy to navigate. You can find everything you need from one central place."
"The HCI concept by itself is the most valuable feature of the solution. It is a full-fledged HCI. It is the main component. I think this is what makes the project valuable."
"The simple management comes in handy since a standard VMware admin can manage it."
"The most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is easy to use, it is a great platform."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"It is less expensive than VMware products. It is also a little bit more flexible, but it really comes down to price for us."
"The administration console, automation, and the first cluster are all valuable features."
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"What I like the most are the high-availability and scalability."
"Its most valuable feature is simplicity. It is so easy to use. Upgrades are easy. It is easy in terms of disaster recovery, failover, database provisioning, and reporting. Everything about it is just simple."
"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."
"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."
"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"The available GUI is excellent for monitoring and operating the system in an easy and direct way."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."
"Needs decoupling of distributed data fabric to run in a hyperscale deployment outside the hypervisor on dedicated nodes."
"HPE could give us more options for server models to chose when using the product. Right now, we can only use the DL380."
"We had some hardware compatibility issues with the earlier versions of HPE SimpliVity. We upgraded to the latest version a few months ago, and since then, there is no hardware failure, and it is better. They don't provide a portal to create a ticket directly for the HPE SimpliVity. We have a web portal to create a ticket when we have an issue, but for HPE SimpliVity, we need to call the local vendor for support. If they are not able to resolve the issue, they contact the global support, which takes more time. Technology is moving very fast, and everybody nowadays is focusing on the cloud base. In the future, they should integrate it with the cloud base for the backup."
"File level restores work well, but indexing will help make the process faster."
"Its deployment should be easier."
"SimpliVity needs to improve the support for native backups, like SQL and Exchange."
"There are a lot of different components to choose from in the chassis. This could be easier by providing a standard or a base model to create and configure from."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"I feel like the flow chart and the automated processes have some room for improvement. They're nearly there, and the rest is fine. They've improved a lot over the past few years."
"In a hybrid cloud setup, we should be able to port our floors from on-premises to the public cloud and from the public cloud to on-premises."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"We did have some integration issues."
"This product would be improved if it included a hybrid cloud solution."
"The reporting feature isn't very good."
"I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
"It would be great if they could improve the GUI features."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"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."
"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
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