We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI 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."The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"The ProActive support gives me peace of mind because I am a one man shop, but with the technical support behind me, I feel like more than just one person. We spent two to three hours, depending on what we have to do, always on the phone, and they do not push to end the call."
"A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"The ROI is great on this product."
"We are running Hyper-V on twin servers in failover, and being able to manage servers from anywhere I need to, virtually, has been a game changer."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"The technical support services are good."
"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."
"Artificial intelligence is built into the product. If there's a failure, HP support will proactively call the client about the issue."
"I love InfoSite. That gets you a lot of good detailed information."
"Nimble DHCI is really user friendly and not complex"
"Hyper Converge is easier to manage and performs better than traditional infrastructure."
"No concerns or issues with stability."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"The most valuable feature was its time to delivery."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"One of the solution's strong points is the deduplication capabilities of SimpliVity."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"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."
"I would like an automated installation/configuration despite the fact that their service is very collaborative, a customer should be able to deploy the solution by themselves."
"To enable the proactive support capability that is part of our support agreement, I would ask that the terms and conditions be revised and made acceptable to corporate security."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better."
"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."
"The product is expensive."
"The product does not support file services."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"They should improve just the support."
"The solution is not very stable."
"Data protection and optimization: It is really weak. They do not offer deduplication or compression."
"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
"This solution is very costly."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"One of the things that can be improved is that today, is supporting VMware, maybe as a hypervisor. But it would be good to have an open kind of platform for other hypervisors, maybe. Like Nutanix is doing, it's very open."
"We've had to do a power cycle to bring it all the way down, bring it back up for power outages, A/C shut-downs of our DC office, but it hasn't presented a problem."
"The price can be improved. We would like to see support for some open source virtualization technology like for example KVM."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 23 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". 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". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. HPE Hyper Converged report.
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