"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."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"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."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"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."
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"Our clients are very comfortable with the single management of the complete stack. The creation of VM systems is also very fast."
"Backups happen very quickly."
"The HPE SimpliVity disc compression is very valuable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the backup rate and the backup transfer."
"SimpliVity's console is useful."
"I find the replication feature valuable."
"I like HPE SimpliVity's hard disk compression capabilities. The data is compressed into very little space or volume. I think that the principal value of HP SimpliVity is its capacity to compress the data, and I'm saving a lot of disk space using SimpliVity."
"The solution is very stable."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"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."
"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."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"Although minor, some of the documentation could be rewritten to be clearer."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
"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."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"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 solution doesn't scale."
"It would be better if it could integrate more easily with other vendors."
"The product is expensive."
"In the next release of the solution, they should make updating the solution easier. Currently, we have HPE doing it for us but I would like to be able to do it."
"Not a lean architecture in terms of anything."
"The local support in Argentina is not good. This is a new technology and HP doesn't have a lot of technology specialists here in Argentina. It's very hard to find the specialist here."
"The installation is quite easy but it could still be improved."
"The interface is good but takes some time to get used to."
"Scalability is something that needs to be improved because if you need more storage then you have to add more nodes."
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Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 6 reviews while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 4th in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 60 reviews. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.0, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "A unified support structure is an important asset; manual upgrades should be automated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Phenomenal deduplication and compression, good support, and works on its own". Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Nutanix Acropolis AOS, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, Nutanix Acropolis AOS, VMware vSAN, HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and NetApp HCI. See our Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs. HPE SimpliVity report.
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