We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and HPE SimpliVity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."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."
"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 management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The most important benefits that we've seen from this solution is that it reduces the cost of management and it has easy monitoring systems."
"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."
"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Cisco offers very good quality."
"It is very scalable. It is also very secure. Cisco's security portfolio is integrated with it, which makes it secure. It is a platform-based device. Its performance is also fairly good in comparison to any other solution."
"Great integration with backup software."
"It's very easy to use and quite a mature product."
"It has been performing well. It was more than what we expected."
"What I like about SimpliVity is the brand value of HP. I also like the data compression ratio, which is around more than 75% data compression ratio. HP's support and the ease of working with SimpliVity are also valuable features."
"Best for companies just starting out."
"We really enjoy the virtualization that the solution offers."
"The built-in backup and quick restore are good features."
"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."
"It has instantaneous backup and lag-free restore. When everything is running, I can bring back a huge VM in less than 30 seconds. That's even better than Veeam."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"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."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"While we had little to no issues in setting up StarWind and received excellent support from the StarWind technicians, we would have appreciated a clearer guideline for a setup with the free version of StarWind Management Console or, in other words - for the setup with the PowerShell."
"StarWind relies on the underlying OS to manage the "SAN files" whether that would be a RAID volume, software RAID (such as LVM), etc. It would be useful if StarWind could incorporate the actual physical drive management inside of the solution, similar to Storage Spaces Direct."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"They should have more blade options and more configuration flexibility. Also, the price is expensive. It should be cheaper but it is worth the price."
"The primary improvements should be made in the cluster storage controller VMs so that they don't break the upgrade process."
"The solution could improve by having more customization."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."
"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."
"We are moving further out with more cloud solutions, so we need HyperFlex to be more cloud-connected. They should develop more connection to Amazon Web Services and Google cloud because our customers use their services and are moving in that direction."
"If we could have just a single pane of glass, where everything can be managed through that one app, rather than have multiple apps, it would be great."
"SimpliVity's data management could be better. Nutanix's interface is a bit more user-friendly."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"I think the licensing cost could be lower."
"We had minor problems with the initial setup but it was with our internal infrastructure."
"I think that they should have their own hyper-converged system."
"The compatibility with other products needs an improvement."
"I would like some reporting about backup and replication."
"I would like to see it able to restore item levels, especially for databases."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] 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 [EOL] 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 Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series.
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