HPE Hyper Converged vs VMware vSAN comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

VMware vSAN and HPE Hyper Converged compete in the hyper-converged infrastructure market. HPE Hyper Converged seems to have the upper hand with its comprehensive feature set and superior customer support.

Features: VMware vSAN offers robust integration with VMware environments, high performance, and simple management. HPE Hyper Converged provides greater scalability, advanced data protection, and a more extensive array of functionalities.

Room for Improvement: VMware vSAN needs more competitive pricing, simplified complex features, and better support for non-VMware environments. HPE Hyper Converged could enhance support services, improve cost efficiency, and simplify licensing.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware vSAN features straightforward deployment within VMware environments and reliable customer service. HPE Hyper Converged offers even simpler deployment processes and proactive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: VMware vSAN has competitive initial setup costs and satisfactory ROI. HPE Hyper Converged has higher setup costs but delivers greater long-term value and ROI.

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HPE Hyper Converged vs. VMware vSAN

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Hyper Converged

Ranking in HCI

13th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware vSAN

Ranking in HCI

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

234

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of HPE Hyper Converged is 2.4%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware vSAN is 7.7%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware vSAN	7.7%
HPE Hyper Converged	2.4%
Other	89.9%

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PAOLO DESPERATI

IT Project Manager at Intesa Sanpaolo

Has enabled me to simplify complex infrastructures and support virtualization projects with efficiency

In HP, I have been on board on a project study until 2018 and we studied the server rack model that supports HPE Hyper Converged board and Windows configuration. HPE Hyper Converged is excellent because it can avoid the usage of storage area network. For example, if you have three servers in parallel in a battery, a cluster, you can share the local storage for each server in a hyper-converged virtual storage without the storage area network. The architecture here has a simple physical structure. The logical configuration is complex, but the physical infrastructure is simpler than the old legacy cluster with the storage area network. The possibility of issues is minor. There is a very high level of redundancy and very high level of performance distribution and parallel usage of resources. It functions as a grid configuration. HPE Hyper Converged can be improved by replacing the old infrastructure based on legacy clusters and old servers. It can replace and dispose of legacy storage that is very expensive to maintain and has great dimensions to manage. You can dispose of big storage to have a battery of local servers with local storage in a hyper-converged architecture. This is not the future, it is the new technology. It is probably the best solution for cloud service and also for companies that require several virtualized environments. The foundation for using the hyper-converged solution is virtualization. First, every company must switch from physical setup to virtual configuration. Second, HPE Hyper Converged is a technology upgraded to avoid local big storage, storage area network, and complex fiber cabling from server to storage. You can eliminate everything and just manage the battery of servers in hyper-converged configuration as they share and are able to share the local storage as main big storage area network.

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ShyamikaThamel

Associate Tech Specialists at Seatrium

Managing mixed RAID workloads has improved data protection and delivers strong performance

VMware vSAN can be improved in certain areas. In cases involving our large data stores with large VMs, we experience some latency, not during normal operation, but during database backup operations. We observed latency due to buffer issues from the top-of-the-rack switches. These issues are mostly network-related because all storage data traffic travels through the network. I have recently used Nutanix, and I observed that Nutanix provides better performance than VMware vSAN due to its data locality features. VMware vSAN is now providing data locality, but we did not use that option. If VMware vSAN provides additional features in the next release, such as the VM balancing feature called DRS on the cluster that VMware previously had, it would be beneficial. With DRS, VMs can move easily from one node to another within the same cluster. Nutanix does not provide that flexibility. When placing a VM on a cluster in Nutanix, the placement uses a balancing component. After that, the VM remains on the same host. If any contention occurs on the CPU or memory side, the VM stays in place until contention happens. If issues occur, the VM migrates to another host while transferring all objects to the same host. This is how their data locality is maintained. When a VM moves to any host, it moves with all VM objects. VMware vSAN does not currently offer this option. If a VM moves to another host, it accesses the disk object through the network, which increases latency. VMware vSAN now offers an option to select data locality, but it does not function like Nutanix. This is why some latency remains. If VMware vSAN can improve this feature, it would be very helpful and VMware would regain its top position.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It helped our business continuity, for example, if you have a failed disk or you have some errors, the system keeps running and you have time to fix it."

"What I really like about this program, is that it needs little space and it works really fast, so it saves us time."

"The features I've found most valuable are manageability, integrated backup solution SimpliVity, and deep integration."

"HPE Hyper Converged is excellent because it can avoid the usage of storage area network."

"It is a scalable solution."

"There are multiple advantages. Typically, being an all-flash storage, which is available through either SimpliVity or dHCI, the performance is much better because the IOPS goes high, so it's more powerful in terms of performance. Secondly, if I'm talking of SimpliVity Hyper Convergence solution from HPE, unlike the competition, even if three hard drives fail, you are still running the solution."

"One of the solution's strong points is the deduplication capabilities of SimpliVity."

"The solution has many good features."

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"The initial setup is straightforward and it's very easy to implement in any X86 server so anyone can use it in their existing environment."

"As a function of our core business, it's a sought after tool that helps us provide analytical support across a wide spectrum of client needs."

"One of the valuable features for us is the ability to restrict the performance capacity per client. Other solutions don't have this feature."

"The lower skill cost of maintaining it meant that we could do more with the people that we had."

"My advice is if someone is interested in VMware vSAN it is a good solution; it is stable, supportive, and compatible with many solutions, and customers have to consider when choosing VMware that they receive a lot of features, such as replication backup, and if they went with another solution it would be more expensive."

"VMware vSAN has benefited our company mainly from the flexibility and redundancy, as we have a two-node cluster where if one of the servers goes down, we will still be in operation and it provides high availability."

"The most valuable feature is fhe flexibility, the ability to move the machines around without hesitation."

"To me, VMware is a leader of the visualizations. I think everyone just follow VMware."

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Cons

"Some improvement is required in the availability of the data and performance. The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower."

"Installation and setup could be easier."

"Its technical support services could be faster."

"If the solution could further compress the data, it would use less storage."

"I think the solution could be more secure and more economical."

"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."

"I would like to see more flexibility in the offered configurations. For instance a software-only version of the solution, without the hardware, would be nice."

"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."

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"When designing the implementation for vSAN, I have noticed that it requires a minimum of six nodes, and this creates a problem when it comes to maintenance. If, out of the six nodes, I put one node in maintenance mode, then vSAN does not create other VM components."

"They should make the software updates easier. We should be able to upgrade it more easily."

"Better options would be clustered nodes, or even cloud configuration. There is room for improvement in cloud configuration, we typically do web browsing for management."

"The interface is a little complicated, it could be simplified with more graphical gadgets. We have many servers, and the built-in functions, such as rate configuration, are a bit complex."

"It is not a good price for small and medium-sized businesses."

"It is a memory intensive app, which should be improved."

"Its installation should be easier, and its price should be cheaper. It would be good for the product if they can include the data locality feature."

"I would like to see a little bit more documentation on the initial setup, and a little bit more explanation on the expandability: How to extend out your vSAN much more simply through the console because, a lot of the time, you have to do it through the command line."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"With this solution, I buy everything together, pre-packaged, pre-installed, and in just 15 minutes, it's installed."

"We have a very good return on investment due to data savings through compression and deduplication methods. It simplifies IT management and enhances security, including the end-to-end security of the IT data engine. The product is complete, simple, and provides visibility."

"It is an expensive solution, however. If they could adjust the pricing, that would be helpful."

"If I'm comparing with Dell, HPE Hyper Converged is definitely cheaper in my experience."

"The solution is expensive - not only the hardware costs but server costs too. And the more you scale, the more expensive it gets."

"The price per value compared to other solutions, like Nutanix and SimpliVity. (We made the deal before approval of HPE SimpliVity deal)."

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"In comparison with other solutions, such as HP or Cisco, I find the solution to be quite pricey."

"The cost of VMware vSAN is reasonable."

"Due to recent changes in VMware's licensing approach by Broadcom, the cost has increased significantly, making it less attractive from a cost perspective."

"The only problem I have with VMware is the price. It is a good product, but it is expensive."

"With vSAN, we didn't find the market that competitive."

"I would like to use more advanced models of the solution but the price needs to be reduced. There are some extra costs for this solution including a license."

"If they could reduce the cost, it would be better. Licensing costs are something that they could take care of. If you are a smaller and strong IT team, then VMware vSAN is a very good product. If you want to expand in the service provider space, then you will have to go for an open-source solution like OpenStack. We are now looking at OpenStack because we sell licensing costs. We are a service provider, so the IT component data is a substantial component in our overall costing. We feel that OpenStack might help us to cut down the licensing cost. Therefore, we are looking at SAS storage instead of vSAN. SAS is open source, but it is not wise to have open source without having the backend support. We are using RedHat SAS, and it is an open-source solution. You can also have a free version, but we are using it with support from RedHat so that we have somebody to back us up in case we have a problem. If you do normal business, then IT expense is 1% or 2% of the total turnover. The higher licensing costs sometimes don't make difference to the big companies who are not service providers and are using it only for their internal use. For them, the IT cost is 1% or 2%, but for an IT service provider, the IT costs will go up to 15% to 16% of the total cost of the operations. This is where the licensing costs become irrelevant. For example, the licensing cost of using VMware, VC, and vSAN is 8% of my monthly revenue. Every month, I pay about $35,000, and, with the revised plan, it will be something like $50,000 or revenue of 600k per month, which means almost 8% of the revenue is going into VMware licensing. In a very competitive world, 8% as a cost element is huge. So, if I can bring it down to 2%, I save 6% in revenue expenditure. In terms of profit, 6% of 30% is something like another 25% increase in my profit. My profit can be almost 25%. It would be 20% to 25% in case I am able to handle the licensing costs and bring them to a very low level. Because these IT costs are substantial for us, that is why we are going with OpenStack. OpenStack has a limitation that it requires more hardware. There will be some increase in the hardware cost, but overall we will save 5% to 6% of our licensing cost by using OpenStack."

"It is not that expensive, and it is not even cheap. If it is designed in a proper way, it has good pricing, but if you do oversizing, the price will be high. There are different licensing models."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	102
Midsize Enterprise	58
Large Enterprise	135

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Hyper Converged?

The product is intermediate in price, neither expensive nor cheap. We are talking about an on-premises solution without licensing for years. Currently, licensing is required for VMs and CPU cores. ...

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What needs improvement with HPE Hyper Converged?

The initial setup of HPE Hyper Converged requires study and a comprehensive understanding of virtualization. The second step is to follow instructions step by step, as it can be complex to understa...

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What is your primary use case for HPE Hyper Converged?

I have several years of experience in storage area network and IT infrastructure, working with Pure Secure, Pure Secure Storage, EMC Square, HP, and Lenovo storage and other brands, several other b...

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What Is The Biggest Difference Between vSAN And VxRail?

While both run on the vSAN technology from VMware, vSAN needs to be deployed on vSAN ready nodes while VxRail is an engineered system. The choice to choose which technology depends on two major fac...

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How does HPE Simplivity compare with VMware vSAN?

HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that is primarily geared to mid-sized companies. We researched VMware vSAN but found HPE was a better option for us. HPE SimpliVity has ...

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How does VMware vSAN compare with Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct?

We found VMware’s vSAN was easy to set up, configure, and manage compared to other solutions we considered. It is best suited for small- to medium-sized organizations. It is easy to create load bal...

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Also Known As

HPE Hyper Converged 380, HPE Hyper Converged 250, HPE Hyper Converged 250 for Microsoft CPS

vSAN

Overview

HPE Hyper Converged is a flexible, scalable, and user-friendly infrastructure solution that reduces server count and energy consumption while providing enhanced reliability and security for data center management.

HPE Hyper Converged is renowned for its seamless integration with infrastructure management tools and supports rapid scaling and efficient backup systems. Its AI-driven capabilities simplify infrastructure administration, making it an ideal choice for data center consolidation and hybrid cloud environments. Users gain from its cost efficiencies and comprehensive toolsets, which facilitate deployment and management. Although beneficial, users identify room for improvement, particularly in cost reduction, enhanced integration with hypervisors, and interface simplicity. The management interface and upgrade processes require more clarity and ease, and better documentation and pricing would appeal to a broader audience.

What are the key features of HPE Hyper Converged?

Flexibility and Scalability: Easily adapts to growing infrastructure needs.
Integrated Storage Management: Simplifies data handling and enhances speed.
Security Features: Offers deduplication and compression for secure data protection.
AI-Driven Capabilities: Enhances efficiency in infrastructure management.
Rapid Deployment: Facilitates quick setup for faster operation.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Energy Savings: Reduction in server count lowers energy consumption.
Cost Efficiency: Comprehensive tools offer competitive advantages.
Ease of Use: Simplified updates and management streamline operations.
Improved Reliability: Enhanced architecture boosts performance dependability.
Enhanced Backup System: Ensures data safety and recovery solutions.

HPE Hyper Converged is widely implemented across industries for data center consolidation and infrastructure management. Companies, particularly in banking, employ it for core banking solutions and VDI environments, benefiting from its seamless compatibility with Hyper-V and Windows Server configurations. Its performance and sustainability make it a preferred choice for settings with limited data center space.

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VMware vSAN is renowned for scalability, speed, and management ease. Its performance equals traditional SANs, offering fast speeds with diverse disk types at a reduced cost, ensuring VM access amidst hardware failures, and integrating effortlessly with VMware tools for straightforward setup.

As a leader in virtualization solutions, VMware vSAN offers high-performance storage comparable to traditional SANs, allowing SSD-like speeds with a mix of disk types. It integrates into VMware tools, leading to easy setup and policy-driven management, leveraging diverse storage policies, deduplication, and compression for enhanced efficiency. It's especially valued for its ability to scale storage and applications affordably, supporting growth without heavy initial investments. Despite the advantages, areas for improvement include encryption, UI, hardware compatibility, and affordability for SMBs, with notable resync and performance monitoring challenges. Compatibility issues with non-VMware environments and complex updates and support are critical points highlighting a need for improved management interfaces and troubleshooting to enhance user experience.

What are the key features of VMware vSAN?

Scalability: Allows easy scaling of storage and applications without significant initial investments.
Speed: Rivals traditional SANs, offering SSD-like speeds.
Management: Seamless management through integration with VMware tools and policy-driven frameworks.
Resilience: Ensures VM access during hardware failures.
Efficiency: Offers deduplication and compression to optimize storage use.

What benefits or ROI should organizations consider in reviews?

Cost-Effectiveness: Supports horizontal and vertical growth without heavy costs.
Integration: Enhances cloud infrastructure and VDI with easy integration.
Automation: Provides automation for storage and compute consolidation.
Availability: Ensures high availability for VMs and workloads.
Performance: Known for strong performance suited for diverse workloads.

VMware vSAN is implemented across industries for virtualization and cloud infrastructure enhancements, being a cornerstone for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and the management of VMs. It supports major workloads like ERP and hyperconverged infrastructure, widely respected for its performance, seamless integration into VMware's ecosystem, and cost-efficiency, particularly appealing to small and medium businesses without extensive storage infrastructure investments.

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