We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and VMware vSAN 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."I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"Besides being 80% cheaper than the other alternatives, the simplicity makes reconfiguration and support much easier."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"The product is useful for DR and other things."
"It is easy to install."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"Instead of going for SAN storage, customers can use the scale-up and scale-out features of VMware vSAN."
"The most valuable features are Erasure Coding, Deduplication and Compression, and the advancement in stretching regarding replication."
"The installation is very easy."
"We have found the solution to be very scalable."
"The simplicity, as well as the integration with virtualization."
"This solution has a dashboard that you can log into and control if you need too while the VM is getting created."
"We've found the solution to be scalable."
"Easy to deploy and manage."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"They require more media visibility."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"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."
"There is no IPv6 support. That is our only issue at this time."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"The solution doesn't scale."
"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."
"I see room for improvement for vSAN just around general hardware compatibility and expanding that sort of matrix."
"VMware vSAN needs to improve its features because other solutions have more advanced features."
"Integration could be better."
"As no product is 100% perfect, the price for VMware vSAN could still be improved, though it is good when compared to some of its competitors."
"The updating process could be easier."
"vSAN does not have online dedup. When opening the inline dedupe, the performance will be lower than off inline."
"Lacks an integrated backup solution."
"There are certain shortcomings in the stability of the product where improvements are required."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 12th in HCI with 14 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 3rd in HCI with 226 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. VMware vSAN report.
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