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"Without the need for any downtime, enterprises can simply grow their storage infrastructure using StarWind Virtual SAN by adding new servers or disks to the current infrastructure."
"Support keeps track of alerts of the system and verifies with us if we need help to fix any issues. They have great and quick technical support."
"In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"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."
"We test live failovers every week, and so far, everything has been running smoothly without anything unexpected."
"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"The solution can scale up and out."
"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product."
"Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all."
"It is very scalable. It is also easy to scan."
"Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer."
"Cisco technical support is very skilled. From what I've had to access, there were quick responses and the necessary escalation."
"It is helpful as a backup solution."
"The product is stable. No one complains about the stability, which is fabulous."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"If there are domain controllers inside the cluster, there needs to be some sort of logic allowing them to boot independently so all the rest of the domain clients can gain the authority they need to come online."
"The most disappointing side of the application is the free edition. There used to be GUI attached. That has recently changed to only CLI management of the application."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"While it is possible to implement disk encryption in StarWind using Windows Bitlocker, such a solution can be a little tricky to manage."
"High availability for direct attached hardware drives could be useful for increasing the performance of a storage appliance."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"This solution is lacking in replication and backup abilities that I would like to see in a future release similar to HPE SimpliVity."
"The initial setup could be faster, due to the prerequisites."
"Lacks some integration and documentation could be improved."
"Cisco has to continue improve the management tools to provide a better command line interface with more functions. That would be better for administration."
"There should be the opportunity to create more than one div group"
"We would like to see better integration in the next release of this solution."
"The product does not have a cloud version...The product should be made more flexible in terms of integration capabilities."
"I haven't been too impressed with the Cisco HyperFlex HX, honestly. It's a hard concept."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is ranked 22nd in HCI with 1 review. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node writes "Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster ". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and VxRail.
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