We performed a comparison between Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and HPE SimpliVity 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."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 management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"It includes every feature that a traditional SAN offers and so much more."
"It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"This solution has a very good user interface, with simple administration/management."
"Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"The whole backup capability, where we are able to create backups and restore backups in typically 40 to 50 seconds, has been great."
"Its performance and availability are most valuable."
"Stability is pretty good. We have no complaints as it has been running seamlessly with no downtime."
"The most valuable feature is the quick restore."
"The performance is good. It's stable and easy to operate."
"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware."
"The most valuable features are replication and backup."
"I like SimpliVity because it can be adapted for small clients or the biggest ones. It's flexible."
"This product could be improved with the inclusion of new health check procedures."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"I would like to see some additional, and possibly clearer, implementation videos with some slower and possibly more detailed descriptions of what the various steps of implementation are for someone who is unfamiliar with high availability and failover clustering in Windows."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"The cluster configuration is time-consuming and tedious."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"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."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"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."
"This product is not sufficiently scalable."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."
"We would like to have more security with the solution."
"Our customers are always looking or a discount on the product."
"While it has been a while since HPE acquired SimpliVity, there is a lack of understanding/awareness about the product. In short, it took me time to actually make them understand they had a product named SimpliVity, which as you can imagine does not instill a great deal of confidence."
"The price is quite high. The system could also be more scalable."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"I would love it if the solution would auto data balance within the cluster. It is possible, and eventually, it will be likely that certain nodes within the same cluster will hold more data than the other nodes."
"Not being able to apply ESXi patches as needed has always been a concern, but it has not become a big issue."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 12th in HCI with 14 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 148 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. 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 SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Rubrik. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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