We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and StarWind Virtual SAN 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."We can scale the solution easily."
"The solution is very stable."
"We can get backups faster. We have a smaller footprint for hardware, which takes up less space. So, we use less electricity and floor space."
"The ease of setting up our DR site with SimpliVity. It was very simple. I did not have to set up a separate storage, server, and networking environments."
"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 is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are replication and backup."
"My impression is that it is a very nice solution. Very simple to use."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"Needs to improve the cloud integration, such as Azure and AWS."
"If there was anything I would like to see, it would be indexed backups."
"The solution wasn't able to connect to the cloud, and there's no micro-segmentation. The configuration of this solution is also complex."
"I would like to see it able to restore item levels, especially for databases."
"The interface is good but takes some time to get used to."
"Its price can be improved. Customers always look for better prices. It is more expensive as compared to other products available in the market."
"Deployment could be simplified and more user friendly."
"The installation is quite easy but it could still be improved."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"For the StarWind VSA vSphere solution, I would like to see a simpler and automated virtual machine installation process in terms of network settings."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"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."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"The software monitoring should be web-based to be reachable from any VLAN workstation."
HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and VxRail. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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