We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."I like the asynchronous replication and failover features. They are what I'm primarily using it for. The asynchronous replication is helpful because our servers are backed up continuously throughout the day. If anything goes wrong we just fail over immediately. That is a very nice feature to have."
"It has great free trials that allow end users to test a large variety of their products before deciding to buy the full product."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that the nodes are Active/Active, and allow us to do upgrades on any node without any downtime."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"You can build cheap, reliable, replicated virtual machines clusters using simple servers with an all flash disk or SAS\SATA hybrid tiered by performance storage."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is integration."
"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."
"The most valuable feature is high availability."
"The support is highly responsive."
"It has reduced downtime. Before, on our previous solution, we used to have downtime on some of the servers because of the sort of convention. But currently I've not experienced any downtime on any of the servers, and there is no more resource congestion."
"The solution is quite stable."
"The setup was very straightforward."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten... Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the built-in recovery functionality. The migration is simple to do from other solutions, such as VMware."
"The product provides a single management console for managing everything."
"The manageability feature is the most important aspect of the solution."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"Sangfor HCI has a really good GUI. It allows us to monitor the temperature of the server and many other things."
"It is flexible like a hyper-convergence system. You can add nodes, and you can scale to have better performance and stability. I also like the backup feature, the recovery system, and the web interface GUI to handle everything."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."
"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"For the StarWind VSA vSphere solution, I would like to see a simpler and automated virtual machine installation process in terms of network settings."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"I am not really impressed by the technical support of this solution."
"The storage capability must be improved."
"Including instrumentation would be a helpful improvement."
"The solution needs to offer more documentation and educational materials."
"I think there might be some room for improvement when it comes to pricing, because although I know how to convert customers, at the end of day, it's quite expensive. Sometimes your feature architecture is still coming out much cheaper than hardware costs for your infrastructure."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface."
"There should be more functionality available for routing."
"Compared to similar solutions, Dell PowerFlex is not cost-effective and has room for improvement."
"The error reporting needs to be improved."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"I would want the product to include Continuous Data Protection (CDP) which can help to easily retrieve the data."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
"We have had issues while integrating VMware with Sangfor HCI. The tool should be also faster in terms of customization."
"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
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Dell PowerFlex is ranked 8th in HCI with 19 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.2, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Infrastructure management solution that offers rapid provisioning of computer storage but the APIs and enablers for custom automation could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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