We performed a comparison between HPE Hyper Converged and StarWind Virtual Tape Library 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 StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage."
"They offer top-tier support."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I've found the data protection features the most valuable."
"What I really like about this program, is that it needs little space and it works really fast, so it saves us time."
"One of the good features would be the fast backup solution Hyper Converged offers, which is more efficient compared to other vendors."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"The most valuable feature was its time to delivery."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"The most valuable feature of the StarWind Virtual Tape Library is the archiving to the AWS cloud."
"The solution made our backups way more reliable."
"StarWind VTL allowed us to back up to virtual tape that was created within Veeam and upload the tape to the cloud."
"I like the fact that we can simultaneously upload the virtual tapes to different cloud providers, and the settings can be adjusted to speed up the upload times even further."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
"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."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
"The storage efficiency is weak and needs to be improved."
"In my country, the biggest issue is probably pricing."
"Providing local technical support and improving the price are areas this service needs to consider improving."
"One problem I've had is that I was trying to do a move and it was not working. I was given an error and a message asking me to shut down the machine first and then move it to another host."
"This solution is very costly."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"The solution's training process and online documentation could be more thorough."
"I am not sure if this is a limitation of my physical hardware or if it is the software itself. However, I would like the throughput to be faster."
"The main thing that I felt could be improved was having an estimated time of completion for the virtual tape uploads to the cloud."
"The initial installation can be complex and should be simplified."
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HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 15th in HCI with 6 reviews. HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2, while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, HPE StoreVirtual and VMware vSAN. See our HPE Hyper Converged vs. StarWind Virtual Tape Library report.
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