We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series 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."I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch."
"User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"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."
"This solution has a very good user interface, with simple administration/management."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"This product now allows us to migrate virtual machines between nodes as if we had a dedicated $100,000 SAN in the mix without the additional cost and management of the SAN."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"The solution has integrated backup features that are useful."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"What I like about the solution, is that SimpliVity is easy to deploy and maintain. It's really performing very well. The ratio of price to performance is really good."
"It's much more simple than Nutanix and other hyper-converged solutions, at least from our point of view."
"The HyperGuarantee is unique and the accelerator card is the primary IP with the product."
"The biggest benefit of this solution is that If you use it, you can use it for the company headquarters and also for all the branches. You use the same system, only a smaller size. With SimipliVity you can also use the included backup solution. You don't need any other solution to back up the data or to transfer it."
"SimpliVity's console is useful."
"The most valuable features of SimpliVity are the built-in backup and immunity to ransomware."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"We would like to see the documentation more fully developed."
"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."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"I would like them to add more connection capability, a hub and spoke model, to improve the number of connections that it can handle."
"High availability for large production environments needs to be offered."
"The product is expensive."
"Increased storage capacity for big data, something that we have not had."
"The solution must provide other hypervisors."
"The technical, commercial, and marketing support is not at the level that it should be. They are not structured well. Other vendors provide better support, such as Dell."
"The initial setup was complex because it was a new solution."
"The backup and recovery process needs to be faster. Right now, it's a bit slow."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
"Support could be better."
"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."
HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 15th in HCI with 4 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Scale Computing HC3, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, HPE Alletra dHCI and VMware vSAN. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series report.
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