We performed a comparison between HPE StoreVirtual and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."It's very stable and it's easy to use."
"All of the administrative tasks are easy and everything is centralized."
"A very flexible solution."
"The network RAID feature gives us maximum availability, since we cannot afford any downtime, even for a second."
"The initial setup is straightforward, not a complex procedure."
"I guess on the top of the list is certainly ease of use."
"StoreVirtual is that it is our software-defined solution and it's everywhere."
"Simplicity of not having to buy FC or FCoE SAN. Instead, we buy servers with their own storage."
"This product has given us clear visibility into what we need technology-wise to grow."
"Being able to perform upgrades and check the system through the VxRail Manager has been very helpful."
"I like the new releases that Dell EMC is doing with VMware. They are allowing for flexibility across the hybrid cloud. This allows organizations to use containers and to be able to move into the public cloud, but also not have lock-in. They can come back to the private cloud when they want to, so it's creating a lot of flexibility across the stack."
"We like the design and that it meets data storage needs."
"It is scalable. When you are buying it, you have to buy a minimum of three nodes. After that, if you want to add more nodes, you can buy can buy them. You can also add-on additional compute and storage."
"VxRail alleviates the operational constraints within an organization."
"The stability is very nice. We haven't had any issues with the cluster. The cluster is very stable. No problems with slowness. Everything has been stable. It was well-architectured."
"We have seen ROI using this solution. It has simplified the work of the staff that we have which allows us to do more work with the same number of people, without having to incrementally grow the staff. The reliability of the product has been exceptional."
"In our country, Qatar, most of the industry isn't using too much HP. StoreVirtual doesn't move fast. It's not a popular product."
"It would be nice if there were more parts available in Brazil and HPE could swap out faulty equipment quicker."
"The initial setup could be simplified to make it easier for new users."
"The GUI is a bit old-fashioned. It should be updated."
"The product is coming to end-of-life in the next three years."
"The penalty for the availability is performance. So, you have to balance or choose between the availability and the performance."
"User interface could be improved."
"f you're doing the 10Gb adapters, SFPs don't come with it, but it doesn't say that. It might say that somewhere else, but it's not clear."
"Supply chain capabilities are certainly hurting us. We're in the process of placing a large order for more VxRail nodes right now."
"You have to buy a new server if you want to scale up."
"The solution could improve by having more storage performance because in some other solutions you can have a file system that can be mounted at several places at one time."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
"Next release, we would like to see online applications."
"The licensing is a bit too costly."
"The solution should offer more integration with other virtual software. VxRail runs just with VMware, however, maybe it should integrate with Hyper-V or with KVM as well."
"The initial setup is very complex."
HPE StoreVirtual is ranked 13th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 50 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. HPE StoreVirtual is rated 8.2, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE StoreVirtual writes "Using this platform, we were able to provide virtual desktops (VDI) to our end users across WAN, to help alleviate some of the problems that we’ve had with bandwidth". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". HPE StoreVirtual is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, DataCore SANsymphony and StarWind Virtual Tape Library, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series.
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