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INFINIDAT InfiniBox vs VMware vSAN comparison

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Categories and Ranking

INFINIDAT InfiniBox
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise SAN (7th)
VMware vSAN
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
234
Ranking in other categories
HCI (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. INFINIDAT InfiniBox is designed for Enterprise SAN and holds a mindshare of 8.4%, up 2.3% compared to last year.
VMware vSAN, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 7.7% mindshare, down 14.0% since last year.
Enterprise SAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
INFINIDAT InfiniBox8.4%
Dell PowerStore13.3%
Dell PowerVault11.9%
Other66.4%
Enterprise SAN
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware vSAN7.7%
VxRail9.6%
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)8.9%
Other73.8%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

GM
Project Deployment at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Good performance, suitable for big data, but the response time could be improved
The primary use case for this product is high-performance storage This product has good performance. It is similar to the Dell PowerMax and Pure Storage FlashArray. The InfiniBox has three active controllers. The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution…
ShyamikaThamel - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Tech Specialists at Seatrium
Managing mixed RAID workloads has improved data protection and delivers strong performance
VMware vSAN can be improved in certain areas. In cases involving our large data stores with large VMs, we experience some latency, not during normal operation, but during database backup operations. We observed latency due to buffer issues from the top-of-the-rack switches. These issues are mostly network-related because all storage data traffic travels through the network. I have recently used Nutanix, and I observed that Nutanix provides better performance than VMware vSAN due to its data locality features. VMware vSAN is now providing data locality, but we did not use that option. If VMware vSAN provides additional features in the next release, such as the VM balancing feature called DRS on the cluster that VMware previously had, it would be beneficial. With DRS, VMs can move easily from one node to another within the same cluster. Nutanix does not provide that flexibility. When placing a VM on a cluster in Nutanix, the placement uses a balancing component. After that, the VM remains on the same host. If any contention occurs on the CPU or memory side, the VM stays in place until contention happens. If issues occur, the VM migrates to another host while transferring all objects to the same host. This is how their data locality is maintained. When a VM moves to any host, it moves with all VM objects. VMware vSAN does not currently offer this option. If a VM moves to another host, it accesses the disk object through the network, which increases latency. VMware vSAN now offers an option to select data locality, but it does not function like Nutanix. This is why some latency remains. If VMware vSAN can improve this feature, it would be very helpful and VMware would regain its top position.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its ease of use, smooth integration into the existing environment, quick and easy management, the number of other features available such as snaps, remote replica, etc are valuable features."
"Mostly, their support is also great at reacting to issues but moreover, proactive to prevent issues."
"Overall, this is a good product with good performance."
"With the new ACI solution with the Vx Rack, and SDDC, everything is a lot more easily managed."
"One of the design requirements was to meet 5,000 IOPS @ 4K 50/50 R/W, 100% Random, which from the performance testing below has been met."
"It allows us to put our infrastructure in remote locations and still get the same performance we get from our onsite SAN solutions."
"It easily integrates with all types of storage."
"Previously, we were going to use traditional systems, so when vSAN was launched it gave us a lot of value."
"vSAN is software-defined networking; the advantage of vSAN is that if one of the servers goes down, nothing happens."
"We probably reduced our hardware footprint by 50 percent, which is a lot."
"Hands-down, if you need storage for VMs, vSAN is your option."
 

Cons

"InfiniBox, right now, offers only asynchronous replication between two storages."
"The solution isn’t scalable by itself. It’s a self-contained storage solution, i.e., if you need more space, buy another box."
"The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution from Pure Storage."
"Lacks an integrated backup solution."
"There are certain shortcomings in the stability of the product where improvements are required."
"It loses points because it lacks lots of performance and deduplication abilities that competitors have."
"One thing in vSAN that I would like to improve is using vSAN as a repository for files or other things. For example, with Horizon, maybe we can save profiles with UEM on there. That would be a good feature that I would like."
"If you don't have vRealize Operations, it would detract from usability of VSAN."
"The ability to access SAN environments with fiber channels (or even NVMe) would be a good addition."
"We had some issues with dedupe and compression in 6.2, where we had to delete all the storage off of it and recreate the storage groups."
"Hardware load balancing is available on the enterprise version of the solution, however, it's extremely expensive and therefore out of our budget."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license covers any feature and also, the future features are already included. It is as easy as a 1, 2 and 3."
"The best features come included without any additional cost."
"VMware is not a cost effective solution, especially if you have a Microsoft shop. In this case, you would have to purchase the VMware license when there are already Hyper-V solutions that could do it for much cheaper."
"The vSAN is somewhat expensive to license."
"The price of the solution package depends on the nodes and other factors. The cost some of our customers paid was $500,000. The licensing cost for the components is very good."
"We did consider other hyperconverged solutions. It usually came down to price. vSan was the most cost effective thing."
"We pay for a license to use the solution through our company CapEx and then we continue to pay annually."
"It could be cheaper."
"The solution is relatively expensive compared to similar products."
"The price is okay."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business102
Midsize Enterprise58
Large Enterprise135
 

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