We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The available GUI is excellent for monitoring and operating the system in an easy and direct way."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"The performance of the solution is accurate and concise."
"It has allowed us to save a lot of time and money by letting us create a vSAN within a Windows VM on the environment it controls."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"The support team responds quickly."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."
"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."
"The integration with AWS is a valuable feature."
"The solution is scalable."
"Dell PowerFlex is a one-stop-shop solution. Storage, compute, network, application monitoring, and support cases are all combined into one solution. It's very easy to administer compared to when you have a reference architecture where you need to design and build everything yourself. You would also then have to work with multiple vendors."
"It is a smart solution for virtualization"
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the built-in recovery functionality. The migration is simple to do from other solutions, such as VMware."
"Sangfor HCI's best features are the ability to scale to a bigger size and the roadmap, whereby if they need to replicate their production to disaster recovery, they can do so on the same platform."
"Sangfor HCI has a bundle of security features that are easy to monitor on the HCI dashboard."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"The manageability feature is the most important aspect of the solution."
"The solution provides a single management console."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"It would be great to get earlier access to beta builds because we have to develop providers on our own. The APIs and enablers for custom automation could also be improved."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
"Licensing restrictions can be frustrating."
"Compared to similar solutions, Dell PowerFlex is not cost-effective and has room for improvement."
"The support of containers needs to be improved. At present, it is limited to VMware. There needs to be direct communication with the hardware rather than through a hypervisor."
"The storage capability must be improved."
"They should provide continuous support for data migration."
"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."
"There is a feature to upgrade multiple VMs simultaneously, but it crashes."
"There are certain aspects of sizing of the solution that need improvement."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
"Sangfor HCI could be improved with certification and the right ecosystem for ISVs like Oracle and SAP."
"Lacks network support."
"The cost must be improved."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
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Dell PowerFlex is ranked 10th in HCI with 7 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 22 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.0, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Stable with good technical support and the capability to scale". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "Low cost, great GUI, and helpful support". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Scale Computing HC3, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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