We performed a comparison between Maxta Hyperconvergence Software and StarWind HyperConverged Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"I like StarWind's high availability. The failover is almost immediate, so the end users have no idea the guest VM moved at all. We can failover all guest VMs onto a single hypervisor, place it into maintenance mode, install updates, and reboot a hypervisor all during the daytime and remotely, with confidence the process will be successful."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"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 managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"The single-pane-of-glass VMware interface makes configuration and management easy so you do not need IT specialists."
"We were able to set it up via the documentation and only needed their support a handful of times."
"High-availability is what I bought it for."
"Repair efforts have been reduced to nearly nothing."
"Being able to log on to the GUI to see specific data and usage statistics, executing clones, starting and stopping VMs, etc., is great."
"The initial setup seems to be very straightforward."
"Product functionality and performance are wonderful."
"The pricing and discounts given by Starwind on the hardware were unmatched."
"In our experience with StarWind, the support has been by far the most valuable feature."
"An extended trial period would serve as a way to get clean insights into the technology's adaptability and alignment with their specific needs before committing to long-term integration."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"If there was one thing we could request, it would be the ability to shrink volumes. For example, we want to be able to decrease in the size of the volume."
"High availability for direct attached hardware drives could be useful for increasing the performance of a storage appliance."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"A new company took over the product and now the support for Maxta has gone way downhill."
"A possible thing is perhaps a customer portal to schedule a time with support online via a calendar."
"The StarWind Command Center web portal could use some work."
"CSVs require the storage to be configured through iSCSI, even though the storage is local."
"A desired feature or service is the ability to have a hardware subscription plan that ensures routine hardware updates in conjunction with the hyper-converged software."
"I think that the pre-installation questionnaire was a little confusing and ambiguous."
"We were slightly disappointed with the hardware footprint. We were led to believe, and all the pre-sales tech information requirements pointed to the fact, that it was coming on Dell hardware. Then it came on bulk servers."
"One area for improvement of the solution is that I had to get Windows, which I really didn't want because of the extra maintenance or overhead, as well as viruses, etc. It's going to take time for them to get their Linux to that point. They already have Linux but it's not as mature and they don't really support it on HCAs. They have it for individuals who want to use it on their servers, but not on HCAs."
"I honestly cannot think of anything else to be improved, as I rarely have to interact with the Starwind product."
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Maxta Hyperconvergence Software is ranked 32nd in HCI while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 6th in HCI with 65 reviews. Maxta Hyperconvergence Software is rated 7.0, while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of Maxta Hyperconvergence Software writes "Has the ability to have a single-pane-of-glass using the VMware interface but it needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good remote management and a simple GUI". Maxta Hyperconvergence Software is most compared with , whereas StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, VxRail and StorMagic SvSAN.
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