We performed a comparison between Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"Sangfor HCI has a bundle of security features that are easy to monitor on the HCI dashboard."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"The solution provides a single management console."
"It was not expensive at all."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the three nodes and the free hypervisor."
"The most valuable feature of the StarWind Virtual Tape Library is the archiving to the AWS cloud."
"It is a stable solution."
"StarWind VTL allowed us to back up to virtual tape that was created within Veeam and upload the tape to the cloud."
"The solution made our backups way more reliable."
"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 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."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"It would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows"
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"The interface of the management console of the StarWind Virtual SAN is complex, and it's difficult for the novice user to interact with the management having less knowledge or training in the product."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
"My company faced some issues with the product, as our virtual machines crashed, and we had to face some security issues."
"The solution could improve by including backup capabilities."
"The processing speed and cost should be improved."
"Currently, when we need to do capacity planning, we have to rely on Sangfor's support team for assistance. However, if there were dedicated tools available, we could handle it ourselves and increase efficiency."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"Lacks network support."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
"The solution's training process and online documentation could be more thorough."
"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."
"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."
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Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 15th in HCI with 6 reviews. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0, while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, HPE StoreVirtual and VMware vSAN. See our Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs. StarWind Virtual Tape Library report.
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