We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series 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."Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"This software lets us maintain storage redundancy across both of our Hyper-V hosts, so if one goes down the environment fails over to the other and we have minimal to no downtime."
"StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"StarWind Virtual SAN can improve an organization's storage infrastructure by providing high availability, scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and ease of use."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"The workload can handle anything and has an extended capacity."
"Easily facilitates remote work opportunities with storage and compute resources."
"It is scalable and easy to use."
"The implementation process is okay."
"The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors."
"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."
"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."
"The solution's most valuable features are scalability, easy migration, easy recovery, and flexible backup possibilities."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The provisioning is very fast. It’s not a problem for us to achieve the goals of the client."
"I've found the data protection features the most valuable."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"It provides unmatched performance, productivity and reliability."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Hyper Converge is easier to manage and performs better than traditional infrastructure."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"The product can include a more simple way of synchronization after a forced shutdown as the current process has a few more steps to check that hosts have synchronized and this can be automated."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."
"There are sometimes issues with memory failure."
"There should be the opportunity to create more than one div group"
"The price could be better. I think it's more expensive than VxRail. In the next release, I would like to see a better level of protection and availability with six clients."
"The solution could improve by having more customization."
"Lacks easy integration with other vendors."
"I would like for them to develop integration with other technologies, like SD Access. It's still lacking an enhancement management player."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"We have faced some challenges when upgrading. With Hyper Converged, you have to fully upgrade because there are no incremental upgrades available in this solution. For example, let's say we have two nodes. If we want to upgrade storage, we also need to upgrade computing. That means a full upgrade EME."
"If the solution could further compress the data, it would use less storage."
"The solution is not very stable."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"In my country, the biggest issue is probably pricing."
"The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better."
"The price can be improved. We would like to see support for some open source virtualization technology like for example KVM."
Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is rated 8.0, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". 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". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. HPE Hyper Converged report.
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