We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and VMware vSAN 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."The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"The fact that the solution is vendor-agnostic allows it to be used with any virtualization vendor while remaining a powerful abstraction over storage."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"It's quite easy to install."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"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."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."
"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."
"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."
"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"The solution is useful for taking storage snapshots, has high performance, and the CASL architecture is good for optimizing workloads."
"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."
"There is not a lot of maintenance required."
"The installation is very easy."
"We had very good access to technical support."
"The most valuable feature is the fast performance."
"The vSAN features we've found most helpful are live application migrations and storage policies. It has storage, policies, application, and DRS policies. Automation is there."
"I like the tolerance of VMware vSAN."
"Its ease of use is most valuable. It is easy to configure, and there is a unified interface, which makes things slightly easier."
"The technical support is good."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"The only point they should improve is the amount of documentation available for the user, especially in the first preliminary phase in which we were testing the product on our own."
"StarWind Virtual SAN architecture is slightly complex and requires the team to carefully identify and study how the solution integrates with VMware vSphere."
"They require more media visibility."
"A central management console may be nice to see all nodes."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"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."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."
"This year 2022, we have the possibility to include new kinds of storage with a high disk availability, such as Alletra 6000 and Alletra 9000. Those are the new storage available. If we would like to improve the quality and the capability and the high availability of these products, we can choose between different costs. This is another benefit from this HPE Nimble Storage dHCI solution of hyper-converged."
"Cost-wise, this solution is slightly more expensive than other hyperconverged solutions."
"The integration could be improved. I would like to see integration with other platforms."
"They can improve the manageability of the solution to make it more simple. It is not that complicated, but it will be good if they can make it more simple."
"The only thing that can be improved is the cost."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered some intelligent monitoring."
"I have used the VMware Replication but I can't get it to work properly. The process should be simplified."
"Integration could be better."
"While I like the replication and compression features, there is a problem with them running too slowly."
"In a future release, they could add micro-segmentation or security level features integrated into vSAN."
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HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is ranked 12th in HCI with 10 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 3rd in HCI with 78 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is rated 8.2, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI writes "Scalable with good memory management and helpful technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Gives us a lot of advantages when we need to expand resources". HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is most compared with HPE SimpliVity, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our HPE Nimble Storage dHCI vs. VMware vSAN report.
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