We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and HPE Nimble Storage dHCI 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."I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"Having the ability to scale horizontally if needed is a huge plus for future growth."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"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."
"It has great free trials that allow end users to test a large variety of their products before deciding to buy the full product."
"The ability to pool the storage to leverage thin-provisioning is a huge saving in space and costs."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its versatility, with there being support for all new hardware technologies and platforms, disc mirroring and very effective auto tiering."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"I found the solution to be very stable."
"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."
"The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."
"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."
"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."
"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"I love InfoSite. That gets you a lot of good detailed information."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"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."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."
"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."
"It would be ideal if they were providing archive licensing with the ability to create a second pool on existing storage nodes."
"Right now, the version used is run on Microsoft Windows Server. Having a Linux version or even an appliance would be better as it would eliminate the use of additional licensing for another piece of hardware."
"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."
"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."
"SANsymphony is missing some features that vSAN has. For example, vSAN has a special feature called continuous data protection. It provides the ability to go back in time to a given moment. You can see what was on your disk in the past up to two weeks. That's a great feature because ransomware attacks are increasingly common, and that provides you some kind of protection."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"The only issue I'm really running into is we have a SQL server that we're having a lot of high IO latency on one of my drives and it's my data drive from my SQL server. It's not really giving me any good information as to where that latency is coming from, so that's what I'm trying to track down and troubleshoot."
"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."
"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."
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DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 14 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 10 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.4, while HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Provides HA virtualized storage independent of storage type or vendor". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI writes "Scalable with good memory management and helpful technical support". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Pure Storage FlashArray, StorMagic SvSAN and IBM Spectrum Virtualize, whereas HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is most compared with HPE SimpliVity, VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StorMagic SvSAN. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. HPE Nimble Storage dHCI report.
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