We performed a comparison between HPE Hyper Converged and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series 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 support has been great in helping resolve other issues not caused by their software."
"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"It eliminates the use of expensive physical shared storage."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"It's quite easy to install."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"One of the solution's strong points is the deduplication capabilities of SimpliVity."
"HPE Hyper Converged is stable."
"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."
"The most valuable features of this solution are fast deployment, security, and it is easy to upgrade."
"The scalability of this tool is very good. You can basically add more storage and seamlessly expand the current storage that you have."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"I would like to see a more intuitive, user-friendly UI."
"The solution is not very stable."
"Installation and setup could be easier."
"The storage efficiency is weak and needs to be improved."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"We have faced some challenges when upgrading. With Hyper Converged, you have to fully upgrade because there are no incremental upgrades available in this solution. For example, let's say we have two nodes. If we want to upgrade storage, we also need to upgrade computing. That means a full upgrade EME."
"The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."
"Support could be better."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 11th in HCI with 34 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 16th in HCI with 4 reviews. HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is rated 8.6. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and FlexPod XCS, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE SimpliVity. See our HPE Hyper Converged vs. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series report.
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