We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and HPE Hyper Converged 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."StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"It has given the company an almost zero possibility of downtime."
"StarWind vSAN has a lot of great features and is a perfect solution for mirroring internal disks and flash between servers."
"StarWind support has been great in helping resolve other issues not caused by their software."
"It's quite easy to install."
"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."
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"It is easy to install."
"The product is useful for DR and other things."
"You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable features are resiliency and data protection."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"What I really like about this program, is that it needs little space and it works really fast, so it saves us time."
"The most valuable features of this solution are fast deployment, security, and it is easy to upgrade."
"Our storage and IT are now at an enterprise level with all the necessary controls and restrictions being enacted."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"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."
"The documentation could be better."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"In the next release, they could make some graphs of the real-time loading, speed of storage, and interfaces. Of course, these can be viewed in other places. But, in the event of a malfunction or troubleshooting, this would be convenient."
"In all areas the product could be made faster."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."
"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"Could be more secure and more economical."
"Scalability requires using additional nodes."
"The solution is not very stable."
"We've had to do a power cycle to bring it all the way down, bring it back up for power outages, A/C shut-downs of our DC office, but it hasn't presented a problem."
"The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases."
"In the Hyper Converged environment, some of the brands only support the OS VMware and not Hyper-V from Microsoft or even Red Hat or KVM."
"The storage efficiency is weak and needs to be improved."
"Providing local technical support and improving the price are areas this service needs to consider improving."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 12th in HCI with 14 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE Hyper Converged report.
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