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HPE Alletra dHCI vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of NetApp users who would recommend it.
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StarWind Virtual SAN
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100% willing to recommend
HPE Alletra dHCI
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94% willing to recommend
NetApp HCI [EOL]
Read 32 NetApp HCI [EOL] reviews
    88% willing to recommend
     

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    Review summaries and opinions

    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Customer Service

    Sentiment score
    8.5
    StarWind Virtual SAN offers highly responsive, 24/7 support with quick resolutions and expert guidance, ensuring a stress-free experience.
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    HPE Alletra dHCI support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but some note issues with field engineers and complexity.
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    Room For Improvement

    Sentiment score
    6.8
    StarWind Virtual SAN requires improved documentation, enhanced tools, user interface, management features, and better cross-platform and cloud integration.
    Sentiment score
    4.5
    HPE Alletra dHCI needs better vendor compatibility, cloud integration, performance, usability, automation, cost-efficiency, and clearer documentation.
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    Scalability Issues

    Sentiment score
    8.1
    StarWind Virtual SAN excels in scalable growth with flexible, efficient handling and enhanced performance through licensing for evolving needs.
    Sentiment score
    8.1
    HPE Alletra dHCI is praised for seamless scalability, easily expanding storage and compute for diverse client sizes and needs.
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    Setup Cost

    Sentiment score
    8.4
    StarWind Virtual SAN offers flexible, cost-effective pricing with scalable, low-cost setup and valued support, ideal for budget-conscious enterprises.
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    HPE Alletra dHCI pricing is seen as expensive but competitive, with mixed opinions on affordability and value for money.
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    Stability Issues

    Sentiment score
    8.9
    StarWind Virtual SAN offers reliable performance and support, excelling in uptime and data management even amidst hardware failures.
    Sentiment score
    8.9
    HPE Alletra dHCI is lauded for its stability, near-100% uptime, and reliability, despite requiring some manual maintenance.
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    Valuable Features

    Sentiment score
    8.4
    StarWind Virtual SAN excels in high availability, seamless integration, cost-effectiveness, and performance, ensuring uninterrupted operations and scalability.
    Sentiment score
    8.2
    HPE Alletra dHCI provides efficient performance, predictive AI management, easy scalability, and seamless integration, enhancing user experience and support.
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    Categories and Ranking

    StarWind Virtual SAN
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    Average Rating
    9.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    8.1
    Number of Reviews
    189
    Ranking in other categories
    Software Defined Storage (SDS) (1st), HCI (4th)
    HPE Alletra dHCI
    Average Rating
    8.2
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.0
    Number of Reviews
    27
    Ranking in other categories
    HCI (9th)
    NetApp HCI [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    5.6
    Number of Reviews
    32
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
     

    Featured Reviews

    Ahmed Hosni - PeerSpot reviewer
    Provides a cost-effective way to run an HCI storage platform for almost any hypervisor
    You can maintain and update it with little to no fuss, even the free version is incredibly capable whilst it brings the cost of a Highly Available HCI solution down to a very cost-effective point. Having used Starwind Virtual SAN for many years both for clients and for internal systems, it has always done exactly what it set out to do. It provides a cost-effective way to run an HCI storage platform for almost any hypervisor, but it is most effective with Hyper-V. It's simple and easy to use, The software monitoring should be web-based to be reachable from any VLAN workstation.
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    Ajit Pratap Kundan - PeerSpot reviewer
    A scalable product that provides zero downtime and enables organizations to manage their infrastructure from a single console
    The product is easy to deploy. Everything is through GUI. We don't have to go on the command line prompt. Everything is automated. The HPE engineers take the remote console and do the basic installation. It takes 10 to 15 working days to configure the tool and hand it over to the project team. We need one architect to design the solution and check whether the API plug-ins are certified or integrated with the solution. The existing infrastructure should be compatible with DSCI. We need one project manager to define the timeline and manage the daily activities. We also need two project engineers.
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    Ease of provisioning has allowed us to implement large installations in a very short time frame
    There have been some drive type of issues where we have to apply a new code level. Storage nodes kick certain drives until they act as though they have failed when really they haven't. You just have to reinsert them, then they go on about their happy way. It is a bug fixed in 11.0 of the code for Element OS/Solidfire. The option to pull in a config/text file to be used as input to the NDE process; rather than going through a lot of screens. The manual effort there is error-prone. This something NetApp engineering has been made aware of as a request and they say they're looking at that as a future enhancement. As far as SolidFire, if you use the GUI, you can only create one line at a time or device at a time. That's ludicrous. I referenced earlier today to the NetApp feedback panel that this needs to be fixed. They said, "Yep. I understand that." In terms of bandwidth and IOPS along with availability - we have not managed this environment long enough to put TIER1 environments under this umbrella; yet don't see why it couldn't handle the aforementioned especially if you create dedicated pods for those 'heavy hitters' (I'll just call it that.) Thus, in time we'll look for more deployments upon the converged infrastructure of NetApp.
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Computer Software Company
    17%
    Manufacturing Company
    10%
    Government
    9%
    Financial Services Firm
    8%
    Computer Software Company
    18%
    Manufacturing Company
    9%
    Financial Services Firm
    9%
    Government
    8%
    Computer Software Company
    16%
    Financial Services Firm
    16%
    Real Estate/Law Firm
    11%
    Government
    9%
     

    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
     

    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about StarWind Virtual SAN?
    It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combin...
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StarWind Virtual SAN?
    Choose StarWind Virtual SAN, it is the most flexible, reliable and cheap solution.
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    What needs improvement with StarWind Virtual SAN?
    While using StarWind Virtual SAN so far, I have not found anything missing. It is true that we are using it in a very...
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    What do you like most about HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?
    The solution is easy to use.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?
    It has competitive pricing.
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    What needs improvement with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?
    The roadmap could be improved.
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    NetApp HCI [EOL]
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    Also Known As

    StarWind SAN & NAS
    HPE Nimble Storage dHCI
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    Overview

    StarWind Virtual SAN provides high availability and fault tolerance for virtualized environments without the need for dedicated SAN hardware. It allows for real-time replication between servers, shared storage for Hyper-V clusters, and enables vMotion and High Availability features for VMware vSphere. The solution reduces costs and leverages existing hardware while providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure. Valuable features include ease of use, scalability, top-tier support, hardware agnosticism, and the ability to use off-the-shelf standard servers to increase storage space. StarWind VSAN has helped organizations improve performance, data availability, and data security while reducing downtime and providing cost-saving storage options.

    HPE Alletra dHCI, a data storage solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), offers Disaggregated Hyperconverged Infrastructure (dHCI), separating storage from compute resources for independent scaling and management. Utilizing HPE Nimble Storage technology, known for AI-driven optimization, it ensures high performance and management efficiency. With scalability and agility, users can effortlessly expand storage or processing power as data requirements evolve. Additionally, boasting rapid deployment in under 15 minutes and a claimed 99.9999% data availability, HPE Alletra dHCI promises robust and reliable storage solutions.

    NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

     

    Sample Customers

    Baker Tilly BVI, CMS Internet, Board Harpeth Hall School
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    American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology
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