We performed a comparison between Pivot3 and Vblock [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."We have experienced multiple hardware failures at one site and the fault-tolerant volume worked exactly as expected with zero downtime."
"User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"Some of the key features are the ease of operation and access, without constraining actions. The tool is available to actually move things around, do things quickly quickly."
"The XtremIO All-Flash array delivers performance, reliability, and deduplication."
"Systems run solidly."
"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"Finding a fully bundled, deployed, and configured solution with a short delivery time and unique support is really attractive."
"It's an integrated box Mac solution, so it's a plug and play. The deployment and build is pre-made and ready to deploy. It makes it easy to apply."
"The high redundancy of components has minimized frequent service degradation/failure."
"vSAN's free version does not have a graphical user interface."
"The only point they should improve is the amount of documentation available for the user, especially in the first preliminary phase in which we were testing the product on our own."
"You have to do a "full" sync on write-back cache disks instead of a quick sync if there is an issue."
"It would be great if the Linux version of the management console offered the same features as Windows."
"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."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"The implementation and support could be better."
"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."
"RCM upgrades were not scripted, and you needed to roll on your own. We were led to believe this would be otherwise."
"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
"RCM upgrades are painful."
"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
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Pivot3 is ranked 26th in HCI while Vblock [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI. Pivot3 is rated 8.6, while Vblock [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Pivot3 writes "One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Vblock [EOL] writes "The VCE VBlocks came along and it was the best combination of an all-in-one virtual data center in a box Converged SAN, Network, and Compute that used VMware to drive the whole package". Pivot3 is most compared with VMware vSAN, whereas Vblock [EOL] is most compared with .
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