We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The compression and deduplication features are most valuable because they allow us to have a small footprint for storage. It is a very stable product, and we are also able to get all that we need in terms of reporting."
"The simple management comes in handy since a standard VMware admin can manage it."
"I have saved time and money by moving to the platform."
"We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO."
"Stability is pretty good. We have no complaints as it has been running seamlessly with no downtime."
"Best for companies just starting out."
"It is simple and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the quick restore."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"One of the most valuable features is the One-Click Upgrade. When I need to update the system, I do it with one click. This product is amazing because everything is easy to manage, from network management to snapshots."
"Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"Karbon is a must-have as it drastically simplifies the deployment of Kubernetes."
"To receive a performance enhancement by merely clicking the one button upgrade is the true value of the platform and what I look forward to the most."
"One major thing that comes up again and again is stability. Our downtime is literally based on hardware upgrades that need to be done. Acropolis is very, very user friendly. You don't have to physically have a super IT guy to manage the system. You can actually give it to a younger guy to manage and there won't be problems. And if he makes a mistake, it's very, very easy to fall back and sort out the mistake."
"The solution is very stable. We haven't had any issues."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"It has been extremely stable for the three years we've been running it."
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"There is room for improvement in that there is a need for so many Federation nodes. It would help if they increased that capacity so that we didn't have to have so much hardware in our secondary site."
"Integration with external solutions outside the HPE posed challenges."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"Its deployment should be easier."
"Once I am onto the SimpliVity environment, I always have to go with HP because I am somewhat blocked, like Apple. Secondly, if I want to increase only storage, I need to buy an entire computing node for that, an entire HCI node."
"An area for improvement would be the flexibility of server configuration."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by adding some NAS features, similar to the ones that are available in the NetApp solution."
"I'm not very technical, so I don't know if there are any features that are really lacking. Our customers seem pleased with it, and I haven't heard of any downsides."
"Compatible with third party hardware, but it's still very limited."
"As Nutanix Acropolis AOS is on the expensive side, one of its areas for improvement is the price. It would also be better if it can be integrated with other cloud providers, because currently, it's only for private cloud deployment."
"In the future, I would like Acropolis to add support for publishing external storage."
"The product needs improvement in the areas of SAN attachment for high capacity and high I/O profile workloads."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by having an auto-update feature. At this time I have to update each system manually. However, I bought the standard license and I did not buy the maximum license they have available. There could be a certain license that does the updates automatically."
"It would be ideal if it was more secure."
"This is a great product."
"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"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."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"Performance when in storage-separate configuration needs to be improved."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
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