We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and HPE ConvergedSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"You can turn your local disk storage into high-availability iSCSI storage."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution. Our system has a very big environment. Due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task. We prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment, even when we have some different cases in operations."
"This solution is very simple to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."
"Most of the HP products I come across are they are easy to install. That's not very complex."
"This is a scalable solution. Our customers begin with an initial configuration and later add more servers, memory and other options to meet the demands of increased processing."
"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"Server-side snapshots are one thing the Linux appliance can't do yet."
"When StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere nodes go offline unexpectedly, the nodes have to re-sync disks fully which takes a long time. We had a power failure and when both nodes came online, VMware vSphere didn't see StarWind disks before I manually re-scanned them form ESXi administration console even though it should happen automatically"
"In the next release, they could make some graphs of the real-time loading, speed of storage, and interfaces. Of course, these can be viewed in other places. But, in the event of a malfunction or troubleshooting, this would be convenient."
"It would be nice if we could designate pools, or tiers, for storage of different speeds, and then assign rules to new VMs that would automatically place them into the proper pool."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its price."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The MTG inside HP could be improved."
"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI while HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 3rd in Converged Infrastructure with 21 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support". Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, VMware vSAN, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, FlexPod XCS, Dell VxBlock System and HPE SimpliVity.
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