We performed a comparison between SteelFusion 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."The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"The price was right."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices. All services that need to be local to the user exist on local servers. Users run applications and access data locally while the data is constantly being synced to Central, and protected. If an edge device fails, we can recover quickly."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"The XtremIO All-Flash array delivers performance, reliability, and deduplication."
"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."
"Finding a fully bundled, deployed, and configured solution with a short delivery time and unique support is really attractive."
"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."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"It has improved system performance, batch times for off-hours processing, and reliability with production applications."
"We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"While we had little to no issues in setting up StarWind and received excellent support from the StarWind technicians, we would have appreciated a clearer guideline for a setup with the free version of StarWind Management Console or, in other words - for the setup with the PowerShell."
"We would like to see the documentation more fully developed."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"Setting up disks for use is a multi-step process that could use some refinement. Setting up a core-to-core replication or DR strategy is also cumbersome."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"Tighter alignment could simplify and speed up the configuration and delivery process."
"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."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
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SteelFusion is ranked 27th in HCI while Vblock [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI. SteelFusion is rated 9.0, while Vblock [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SteelFusion writes "Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices". 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". SteelFusion is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas Vblock [EOL] is most compared with .
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