We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and NetApp HCI [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"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 solution integrates well with all the other applications that we use on our environment."
"It has reduced our hypervisor footprint by around 20%."
"It is scalable, and NetApp Deployment Engine (NDE) makes its deployment easier."
"It is a unique product with simplified setup and independent control over storage and compute."
"We're trying to move to a much more API-driven management of all of our products, and NetApp's product is, from all the SDS providers we have seen, the most fully-baked API out there."
"The solution is very scalable."
"It is easy to set up, and you don't have to do much work to get it to do what it needs to do."
"The ease of deployment is a positive feature that allows us to scale easily."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"It would be great if the Linux version of the management console offered the same features as Windows."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"They could improve the packaging."
"The product needs better support for installing the operating system on the machine."
"To improve the product, they should make it more flexible."
"The networking needs improvement."
"In the next version I would like to see bigger GPU types and insurance for including transparency."
"I would like for them to fall a little closer to like the VMware release model. The new features and new solutions tend to come from the VMware side. I would like for NetApp to follow along closely with VMware's release schedule."
"I would like to see higher level graphics support because we are going to be doing some virtual desktop for our CAD software, and I want to be able to support AutoCAD and Cantillo on remote desktop machines."
"It would be nice to have better access to tutorials and a test environment for simulations."
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI while NetApp HCI [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 32 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while NetApp HCI [EOL] is rated 8.0. 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 NetApp HCI [EOL] writes "Ease of provisioning has allowed us to implement large installations in a very short time frame". 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 NetApp HCI [EOL] is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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