We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE Hyper Converged 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."User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"It has given the company an almost zero possibility of downtime."
"It eliminates the use of expensive physical shared storage."
"The most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."
"The product has cut down a lot of service tickets. Earlier, people complained about slowness."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's user interface is very easy to work with."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has the most valuable features for performance, resilience, and scalability."
"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."
"The provisioning is very fast. It’s not a problem for us to achieve the goals of the client."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"What I really like about this program, is that it needs little space and it works really fast, so it saves us time."
"It provides unmatched performance, productivity and reliability."
"Hyper Converge is easier to manage and performs better than traditional infrastructure."
"Our storage and IT are now at an enterprise level with all the necessary controls and restrictions being enacted."
"It is a scalable solution."
"If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things."
"With data verification, I would like to know how does the solution perform validation of data being synced between two VSANs."
"For improvement, I would like to see how the software determines which networks to use for which purpose. It seems like the naming terminology changes a bit from here to there."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"A web management interface would be good, especially for those coming from other solutions that have one."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."
"The product is expensive."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."
"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"Software upgrade is still more complicated than the competitors, so that's an area of improvement."
"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."
"In my country, the biggest issue is probably pricing."
"I would like to see a more intuitive, user-friendly UI."
"The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"This solution is very costly."
"The solution is not very stable."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 24 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". 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". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure. See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. HPE Hyper Converged report.
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