We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and HPE Hyper Converged 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."It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"It has been extremely stable for the three years we've been running it."
"The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"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."
"The ROI is great on this product."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."
"Perfectly suits customers dealing with the combination of future storage needs and, at the same time, keeping up their computing power."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."
"The program is stable."
"The setup was very straightforward."
"It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion."
"The most valuable feature is high availability."
"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."
"The solution's most valuable features are scalability, easy migration, easy recovery, and flexible backup possibilities."
"No concerns or issues with stability."
"Our storage and IT are now at an enterprise level with all the necessary controls and restrictions being enacted."
"It is easy to manage; the administration is simpler. It saves a lot of rack space in the data center because you can consolidate 20 servers into three to five nodes. The client will be able to benefit from power savings and cost savings as well."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"One of the good features would be the fast backup solution Hyper Converged offers, which is more efficient compared to other vendors."
"If you were comparing this solution to VMware, it has more features, and it's very fast on the recovery."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"The console is something that I feel could be improved. There is nothing technically wrong with it, but it can be jazzed up and/or made to be a little more intuitive."
"High availability for direct attached hardware drives could be useful for increasing the performance of a storage appliance."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"This product would benefit from having automated alerting functionality."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"It is not very clear within the StarWind Management Console or the StarWind support documentation how to perform maintenance on a single node in a two-node HA cluster."
"One main thing this product needs to work on is reporting."
"We're also running Hyper-V virtual machines. But we recently discovered that migration of the Hyper-V virtual machines is a bit challenging. Maybe if Dell EMC can come out with a tool that will make it very easy for us to migrate the Microsoft Hyper-V machine, that may be an improvement."
"The solution must be more flexible."
"Needs some more monitoring tools."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
"The installation is complex."
"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."
"There should be more functionality available for routing."
"They should provide continuous support for data migration."
"Its technical support services could be faster."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The product must provide more storage capability."
"I would like to see a more intuitive, user-friendly UI."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"Scalability is an issue because it becomes very expensive. When you need to upgrade memory, you have to upgrade memory across the nodes. Suppose a customer has gone with a three-node HCI solution, then to increase the memory, you have to do it across the three nodes."
"The storage efficiency is weak and needs to be improved."
"I would like to see more deduplication."
Dell PowerFlex is ranked 10th in HCI with 19 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.2, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Infrastructure management solution that offers rapid provisioning of computer storage but the APIs and enablers for custom automation could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Red Hat Ceph Storage, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, HPE Alletra dHCI and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. HPE Hyper Converged report.
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