We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and HPE Hyper Converged based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."StarWind Virtual SAN is a highly flexible solution, as it can be deployed on physical servers or on top of virtual machines running on hypervisors such as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"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."
"The price was right."
"Support keeps track of alerts of the system and verifies with us if we need help to fix any issues. They have great and quick technical support."
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"Support is very responsive."
"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."
"The feature that we are most interested in is the scalability. When needed, we are able to add more nodes and scale it up further."
"The speed, storage, and management are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the connectivity, consistency, and that we now have fewer vulnerabilities on the network."
"Most of our users are Cisco customers, so it fits in within the suites we use. Primarily for me, as a solution architect, it's the technology and architecture that is the most valuable. I know from my technical colleagues that it's easy to use and for the customer, the up-time is the most valuable asset. It's running, has low failure, and so on which is why we use it."
"By configuring networks, we are saving power."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the time to deliver a VM takes me five minutes. In comparison, my cloud team's response is a couple of days based on all their overhead policies, procedures, and ticket requests. This is substantial."
"One of the good features would be the fast backup solution Hyper Converged offers, which is more efficient compared to other vendors."
"One of the solution's strong points is the deduplication capabilities of SimpliVity."
"Reasonably priced and easy to manage for small to medium size companies that don't have an IT department."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable aspect of the solution. We can avoid downtime when there's maintenance or updates needed. Also, we have homogenous hardware, so we have a lot of trust in the solution's reliability."
"No concerns or issues with stability."
"The solution's most valuable features are scalability, easy migration, easy recovery, and flexible backup possibilities."
"The most valuable features of this solution are fast deployment, security, and it is easy to upgrade."
"The HA, which means I have a copy of the VMs always available, and the moment a VM is down, the system tries to power it on again."
"Management tools could be improved, sometimes the usage seems to be slowed down and confusing. A native web interface could also be an option. I love to see in the future port of the software on a general Linux distribution like RedHat or Ubuntu in order to avoid windows license costs. I would also like to see features like erasure coding implemented. On the VSAN software, I would like to see some improvements in the storage pools (eliminate the usage of the file as a data container and use the raw partition)."
"I would like an automated installation/configuration despite the fact that their service is very collaborative, a customer should be able to deploy the solution by themselves."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"I would love to see more vendor selection to be available for the HCA/vSAN appliances."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"One of the biggest problems with HyperFlex HX is that if you want to adjust your solution in terms of processing power, memory, or disk capacity, you have to buy completely new hosts. From a financial perspective, it can be very expensive to do so, and from a legal perspective, there are all kinds of compliance issues we would have to sort out before buying any new solution or application."
"Sometimes when there are multiple technologies involved in a support case, this is when there is a bit of a lag."
"I would like it to be easier to manage the server, create VMs, and manage the VMs on the client."
"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."
"With the cache disk fails in Cisco, the whole node fails, and the workload goes down."
"Lacks some integration and documentation could be improved."
"The problem is that we always have to keep an eye out for new releases to make sure that the version we're running is up-to-date."
"The setup was complex, especially since we usually do all the planning, sizing, and workflows before integration."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"Providing local technical support and improving the price are areas this service needs to consider improving."
"Scalability is an issue because it becomes very expensive. When you need to upgrade memory, you have to upgrade memory across the nodes. Suppose a customer has gone with a three-node HCI solution, then to increase the memory, you have to do it across the three nodes."
"The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better."
"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
"This solution is very costly."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and FlexPod XCS, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI.
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