We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."
"We have been able to use more on-prem hardware to reduce cost and also use old disks that we do not trust enough for ordinary RAID or usage."
"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."
"Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"It provided the much-needed HA on an extremely low budget."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"Scaling is a piece of cake. We have been able to scale up in our Asia-Pac region. We even are doing site-to-site replication of certain systems that we need to have high availability on."
"The ease of managing this system."
"It is a stable solution."
"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware."
"SimpliVity works well in a UAT environment.."
"Valuable features include ease of use, disaster recovery, and reliability."
"HPE SimpliVity is scalable. Some 200 people at my organization are using this solution at present."
"The compression and deduplication ratio."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"The most valuable feature is the three nodes and the free hypervisor."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"The solution provides a single management console."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"Sangfor is user-friendly and simple to upgrade."
"It is flexible like a hyper-convergence system. You can add nodes, and you can scale to have better performance and stability. I also like the backup feature, the recovery system, and the web interface GUI to handle everything."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"One main thing this product needs to work on is reporting."
"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"While StarWind.com excels in numerous areas, there are a couple of notable functionalities that it currently lacks. One of these is duplication, which could be an invaluable feature for data redundancy and backup purposes. The ability to duplicate data across different storage locations can be crucial for safeguarding against data loss, and its absence is a minor limitation in an otherwise stellar offering."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"I would like to see it be a truly hybrid-cloud solution where I could take my on-prem SimpliVity environment and have replication to a cloud install."
"It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity."
"I have a free project with SimpliVity deployment in the next three months. What can be improved is that in one or two of these projects, I need a cloud backup for the infrastructure and data. As for the infrastructure of the product as it relates to customer size, it is not very good at this moment in Peru. I need a solution for the cloud. In Peru, it's a three or four solution provider for cloud services."
"The initial setup is not that easy."
"A lot of our customers are using VMware and also are using Hyper-V. Hyper-V is not very stable on the HP SimpliVity."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"When we make some upgrades to the platform, it does take time to stabilize the structure again."
"File level restores work well, but indexing will help make the process faster."
"The solution could improve by including backup capabilities."
"We have had issues while integrating VMware with Sangfor HCI. The tool should be also faster in terms of customization."
"The documentation and support from the community are not as good or as mature as VMware or Hyper-V."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
"The migration process could be easier."
"Currently, when we need to do capacity planning, we have to rely on Sangfor's support team for assistance. However, if there were dedicated tools available, we could handle it ourselves and increase efficiency."
"There are certain aspects of sizing of the solution that need improvement."
"Sangfor HCI has room for improvement in terms of integration. So, the integration with Sangfor HCI is not as extensive as in Nutanix."
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HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 149 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Rubrik, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Hyper Converged and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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