We performed a comparison between Azure Stack HCI and HPE Hyper Converged based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"Having the ability to scale horizontally if needed is a huge plus for future growth."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its ability to manage VMs."
"In my hybrid cloud setup, there are three features I've found very efficient. The first is software-defined networking. Similar to Azure where you create virtual networks and software load balancing, Azure Stack HCI lets you configure them with a drag-and-drop experience on the on-premises cluster. That's one of the good feature."
"The solution has the latest processor."
"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."
"The most valuable feature was its time to delivery."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"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."
"Hyper Converge is easier to manage and performs better than traditional infrastructure."
"It is easy to manage; the administration is simpler. It saves a lot of rack space in the data center because you can consolidate 20 servers into three to five nodes. The client will be able to benefit from power savings and cost savings as well."
"The most valuable features are resiliency and data protection."
"If there was one feature I would like to see it would be a built-in subsystem for managing UPS backups shutdown procedures providing a way to initiate VM shutdown on all host servers, shut down the host servers, then put the fault-tolerant mirroring in standby, and finally shut down the StarWind SANs."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"The reconnection of the attached drives upon a reboot could be improved."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"It would be great if the Linux version of the management console offered the same features as Windows."
"The product's initial setup phase can be a bit complex, making it an area where improvements are required."
"We faced multiple problems with the product’s stability."
"There are a lot of areas for improvement. Since I've been working very closely with this product, there are many areas, especially in software-defined networking. We had to improve multiple areas because we depended on the service fabric cluster to manage the software-defined network. That means we're already running a hypervisor inside a VM, and we're managing the control plane of the software-defined network. That's another cluster. So, multiple layers make the complexity more. So, from an operational perspective, it's very difficult to manage."
"I would like to see more deduplication."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"I would like to see improvement in the hardware underneath it. Currently, it's a Gen9 DL380. One day, there will be a Gen10 DL380 and maybe they will have bigger or smaller sizes."
"The product must provide more storage capability."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"In the Hyper Converged environment, some of the brands only support the OS VMware and not Hyper-V from Microsoft or even Red Hat or KVM."
Azure Stack HCI is ranked 20th in HCI with 3 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews. Azure Stack HCI is rated 8.4, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Stack HCI writes "Performs well, provides good features, and has the latest processor". 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". Azure Stack HCI is most compared with VMware vSAN and VxRail, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and HPE Alletra dHCI.
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