"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"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."
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"They offer top-tier support."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"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."
"It is easy to use for management and operations teams because the tools are in one place."
"The easy way everything can be configured and ready to run in less than a day is great."
"The hosts came preconfigured, and it was plug-and-play."
"It is a safe, fast, and cost-effective storage system that improved our systems to have zero downtime."
"Being able to log on to the GUI to see specific data and usage statistics, executing clones, starting and stopping VMs, etc., is great."
"Servers came pre-configured for our environment and as soon as they were in the rack, Starwind got them up and running."
"The setup was easy to deploy, and management is simplified compared with traditional SAN solutions."
"Their support team is extremely helpful, and they are pretty friendly and knowledgeable."
"The pricing and discounts given by Starwind on the hardware were unmatched."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"The StarWind Management Console is available only for Microsoft Windows/Windows Server, and should also be available for Linux and macOS, as it would reduce implementation costs."
"The gathering of monthly consumption and performance reports for future dissemination to concerned parties is very important. Unfortunately, StarWinds vSAN doesn't offer this functionality."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"The logs can also become very noisy when there is an issue, which is very infrequent."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"Although minor, some of the documentation could be rewritten to be clearer."
"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."
"Licensing restrictions can be frustrating."
"The installation is complex."
"We've had some issues around the licensing."
"We have to pay for support, which is high-end support. That can be expensive, at least for us."
"The monitoring and reporting console can be improved in the sense that it can have more information on it."
"Shipping options should be explained in detail and offer more white glove delivery options even if it comes at an additional cost for some SMBs without docks."
"We struggle a little with capacity management with the StarWind Hyperconverged appliance."
"An emphasis on security can be improved."
"I honestly cannot think of anything else to be improved, as I rarely have to interact with the Starwind product."
"The only issues are when Hyper V itself has limitations and I'd love to see support or enhancement in the area of direct-attached GPU cards."
"Updates need improvement."
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Dell PowerFlex is ranked 13th in HCI with 4 reviews while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 6th in HCI with 37 reviews. Dell PowerFlex is rated 7.8, while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.8. 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 StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Flexible and easy to set up with excellent support". Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, whereas StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware vSAN, NetApp HCI and HPE SimpliVity. See our Dell PowerFlex vs. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance report.
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