We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies and others in HCI."The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"The fact that the solution is vendor-agnostic allows it to be used with any virtualization vendor while remaining a powerful abstraction over storage."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"They offer top-tier support."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"VxRail can manage the whole cluster at the same time, so it's easy to expand. VxRail has more features vSAN ReadyNodes that make it easier to implement from scratch."
"It improved from an operations standpoint as we have reduced failures compared to a previous vendor. The hardware that we previously used had a lot of issues with components failing regularly."
"VxRail has given us a lot of tools in a one-stop-shop environment."
"VxRail is a simple, efficient solution. It's easy to upgrade and scale the solution. If we increase our user base, we can easily scale it out. We have several thousand using it now."
"The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case; I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand."
"VxRail's technical support is very good."
"The major advantage is the blueprint. You do not need to separately manage the sand or network part because it all gets virtualized."
"The stability of VxRail is good, we have not had any issues."
"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 would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"There is no IPv6 support. That is our only issue at this time."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"Perhaps more reporting features on the utilization, usage, and performance of the configured high-availability images and underlying physical disks would be helpful."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"The initial setup was not that easy, it was a medium difficulty level."
"Supply chain capabilities are certainly hurting us. We're in the process of placing a large order for more VxRail nodes right now."
"We have some issues, but they are possibly out-of-the-box issues. There was a host that was dead on arrival, and there were some file issues on other hosts. We're currently working actively with Dell to resolve all these issues. Once they are resolved, the product should be stable."
"The configurations of VxRail can be difficult. However, it has improved in the newer version. From version 6 to 7, there has been a lot of changes."
"The upgrade packages require a lot of bandwidth. This could be reduced for an improved experience."
"The cost is quite high. It's a very expensive solution to run."
"The solution is vendor-locked and Dell is the only supplier of VxRail."
"The update for the graphics integration and the media drivers isn't included in the VxRail update."
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 20th in HCI with 1 review while VxRail is ranked 3rd in HCI with 49 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "It's built on platforms that have been in the industry for more than 15 years, so it's very stable". Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and VMware vSAN, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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