We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and HPE SimpliVity 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.
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."
"It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage the whole cluster from the traffic interconnect."
"By configuring networks, we are saving power."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX is that it is self-contained."
"It is scalable and easy to use."
"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product."
"The solution is stable."
"The speed, storage, and management are the most valuable features."
"Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all."
"The access, high availability, and interface are the most valuable and important for us. There is one interface for the whole product, which is very important because you have a single pane to view all the infrastructure of a customer. You can improve your data recovery plan or DRP, or you can make a special emergency plan if a disk has any problem."
"The solution has integrated backup features that are useful."
"The most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"The ease of managing this system."
"The ease of setting up our DR site with SimpliVity. It was very simple. I did not have to set up a separate storage, server, and networking environments."
"The feature that I like the most is the backup feature embedded inside the HPE SimpliVity. When we have any activity, within five minutes, we have a backup. It also has PDR for performing disaster recovery."
"I have saved time and money by moving to the platform."
"It is simple and easy to use."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"I struggled when bit figuring out how to go about doing the evaluation."
"If there are domain controllers inside the cluster, there needs to be some sort of logic allowing them to boot independently so all the rest of the domain clients can gain the authority they need to come online."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"I would like it to be easier to manage the server, create VMs, and manage the VMs on the client."
"The architecture separates data, computing, memory, and storage into different parts."
"The infrastructure team thinks that there are a lot of issues."
"The initial setup is very complex because there were some issues. It is not clear to how set up this solution."
"Technical support is very good. Not excellent, but good. There's still not enough data available on the web. For example, for the integration to VMware, I had a case recently and I searched for more information but didn't find any."
"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"The utilization needs to be better. It needs more options."
"SimpliVity has little to no integrations."
"I think that they should have their own hyper-converged system."
"Not a lean architecture in terms of anything."
"The installation process could be simplified. It's a bit technical for non-IT users."
"It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity."
"SimpliVity has no file server services. That's one of the solution's biggest shortcomings."
"Upgrading the firmware/software could be more seamless."
"The solution wasn't able to connect to the cloud, and there's no micro-segmentation. The configuration of this solution is also complex."
Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 148 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is rated 8.0, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Rubrik. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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