"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The fact that the solution is vendor-agnostic allows it to be used with any virtualization vendor while remaining a powerful abstraction over storage."
"The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"StarWind support has been great in helping resolve other issues not caused by their software."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance."
"The solution is stable."
"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."
"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer."
"The solution is easy to use and to learn. It is well integrated with VMware."
"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."
"I find the usability very valuable."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The consolidation of the management in one control point is the most valuable. The whole infrastructure management is consolidated in just one console point. The documentation is also pretty good."
"I like that you can add other types of services."
"Both the scalability and stability of this solution are excellent."
"I would like to see different levels of support offered."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"The logs can also become very noisy when there is an issue, which is very infrequent."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"Deployment on-prem was quite difficult."
"Cisco HyperFlex should decrease the amount of memory needed from the Controller VM that controls the physical discs. They control the discs by using the virtual VM over every ESXi host and the VM consumes memory and consumes more hardware resources. They have to improve that by decreasing the amount of required memory and CPUs to control this disc on the server."
"If we compare it with VMware, the VMware product is basically very open, and it can be easily integrated with any platform. VMware product is also available on the cloud and is not an appliance-based product, whereas Cisco HyperFlex is an appliance-based product. Companies that want to use HCI as a platform or as a service would prefer something without an appliance. A SaaS-based product is better for a customer who is using the cloud and has multiple resources, workflows, and devices on the cloud and wants to go for a hyper-converged solution. This is where improvement is needed. In addition to an appliance-based product, Cisco should provide a SaaS-based product. Its price should be lower. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Its price is a big road blocker when competing against Nutanix and VMware, which are its main competitors."
"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."
"There should be the opportunity to create more than one div group"
"The pricing is pretty expensive."
"In the next release, I would like to see them able to connect to the public cloud."
"The main issue is the initial investment. It is an expensive product, and it should be cheaper. It should also be easier to use and manage. The professional service for this solution is quite complex and expensive."
"It is not user-friendly, and it is very difficult to operate. You have to have a deep understanding of the technical details of the infrastructure to implement it. When you compare it with VMware, it is totally different because the graphical user interface is not that easy to understand. It is not intuitive. To use it, you have to read a lot of documentation and even understand what is going on behind the solution. It is not for someone who has a little bit of knowledge. Currently, it is too complex. I need something that is easy to implement. It should have a basic configuration as well as a complex configuration."
"The cloud deployment could be improved."
"It should be more user-friendly, in my opinion."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is ranked 8th in HCI with 24 reviews while Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure is ranked 20th in HCI with 4 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is rated 8.0, while Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series writes "An all-in-one option that is stable and offers good management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure writes "Consolidated management and good documentation but very complex and difficult to operate". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is most compared with VxRail, Nutanix Acropolis AOS, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, whereas Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Sangfor HCI, Nutanix Acropolis AOS and HPE SimpliVity. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure report.
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