We performed a comparison between Dell PowerFlex and Scale Computing HC3 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 features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"Highly available storage is the most valuable feature. The entire rollout is hyper-converged and requires no extra storage further than the hosts in which Hyper-V is running. Another feature that has been great is the support from StarWind in general. We have their proactive support package on the main cluster that employs Starwind Virtual SAN."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"It is easy to use for management and operations teams because the tools are in one place."
"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."
"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."
"Saves us a lot of space in the data center."
"The most valuable features are the appliance-type feel and that you don't need additional licenses as everything is built-in."
"I rate Scale Computing support 10 out of 10. They're accessible and responsive."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Scale Computing HC3 is if one of the devices fails, you won't even notice, the service maintains operation. The customers don't have to waste two, or three days on delays. Additionally, you do not have to waste time with recovery software, it is a lot easier."
"The documentation is good yet is still lacking in a few areas."
"I would like an automated installation/configuration despite the fact that their service is very collaborative, a customer should be able to deploy the solution by themselves."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"Perhaps more reporting features on the utilization, usage, and performance of the configured high-availability images and underlying physical disks would be helpful."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"Licensing restrictions can be frustrating."
"The installation is complex."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
"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."
"The product struggles to cope with bigger workloads. In the next release, I'd like some backup solutions to be added."
"I would like bigger clusters with more than eight nodes."
"Scale Computing HC3 said in an announcement they were going to integrate with a backup service which would be good. If they could do this it would be beneficial."
"Scale HC3 improvements would involve literally fixing up the replication."
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Dell PowerFlex is ranked 13th in HCI with 4 reviews while Scale Computing HC3 is ranked 20th in HCI with 4 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 7.8, while Scale Computing HC3 is rated 7.6. 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 Scale Computing HC3 writes "Fast with excellent stability and fantastic technical support". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind HyperConverged Appliance, whereas Scale Computing HC3 is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware vSAN, VxRail, Sangfor HCI and StorMagic SvSAN. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. Scale Computing HC3 report.
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