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Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vs StarWind HyperConverged Appliance comparison

Huawei and StarWind are both solutions in the HCI category. Huawei is ranked #16 with an average rating of 10.0, while StarWind is ranked #14 with an average rating of 10.0. Huawei holds a 1.8% mindshare in HCI, compared to StarWind’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of StarWind users who would recommend it.
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure both compete in the hyper-converged solutions market, offering distinct advantages. StarWind seems to have the upper hand in pricing and customer support, making it attractive for more budget-conscious buyers, whereas Huawei is superior in advanced features and hardware integration, appealing to those needing comprehensive capabilities.

Features: StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is known for seamless integration with IT infrastructure, data protection, and resource efficiency. Huawei FusionCube emphasizes scalability, high performance, and robust data processing, catering to larger IT environments with complex demands.

Room for Improvement: StarWind could enhance its offering by increasing scalability and integrating more advanced hardware capabilities. Huawei may benefit from simplifying its deployment process and expanding customer support to match its complexity. Both could also refine their management interfaces for better user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is recognized for its straightforward deployment and exceptional customer service, well-suited for organizations needing quick, supportive setup. Huawei FusionCube, with its advanced capabilities, requires more specialized deployment knowledge, although Huawei does offer a comprehensive support system to assist with this complexity.

Pricing and ROI: StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is highlighted for its cost-effective setup and fast ROI, attracting small to medium-sized businesses. Huawei FusionCube may demand a higher initial investment but offers long-term benefits and strong ROI potential for enterprises prioritizing performance and scalability.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Con...
Ranking in HCI
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
StarWind HyperConverged App...
Ranking in HCI
14th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is 1.8%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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VISHWAJITSHAH - PeerSpot reviewer
Combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place
I want the product to be used more efficiently and for our system to connect easily with cloud services like AWS, Oracle, and IBM. We can also improve by adding advanced features like snapshots, replication, and encryption, allowing for more growth. Introducing features such as data duplication, data analytics, and AI-driven insights will improve its deployments. I've noticed a slight impact on performance, especially with high-end computing virtual machines for SAP HANA. While I don't have concrete data to support this observation, customers have raised concerns about discrepancies in performance.
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Russ Le Puill - PeerSpot reviewer
Proactive support with improved speed and resilience
There was a long delay with shipping, which we weren't expecting, but we were kept updated throughout. It wasn't made clear to us that we needed to provide our own SFP modules to connect to our infrastructure, so that could have been a bit clearer. It would be amazing if there was, perhaps, a more automated process for updating the hosts themselves, although the maintenance mode works well. Our StarWind command center doesn't seem to have all the options available currently, which support is investigating for us.
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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

"The most valuable feature of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is the relocating of resources."
"The pricing of the solution is excellent. It's one of the main reasons a customer chooses Huawei. It's much, much better than VMware."
"The product is very reliable. We haven't had any major issues with the product since we bought it."
"The best thing about the solution is that it combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place. Unlike the traditional three-tier setup, you don't need to buy separate devices for each part. This makes it much easier to control and manage everything in one go without switching between different places for different tasks."
"The solution is stable and everything is taken care of through the Huawei support center. They ensure everything is running smoothly. It's been very good."
"High-availability is what I bought it for."
"The easy way everything can be configured and ready to run in less than a day is great."
"Servers came pre-configured for our environment and as soon as they were in the rack, Starwind got them up and running."
"We no longer need multiple staff members performing small, mundane tasks."
"We also opted for 24-hour support monitoring for any issues. They are extremely quick to respond on issues we even cause ourselves such as bumping a network cable."
"The hosts came preconfigured, and it was plug-and-play."
"Having this all backed up by pro-active support gives us good peace of mind."
"The software is great. It's very easy to understand. I've not delved into any of the command-line stuff, but there's no real need to script it. Since it went in, pretty much the only thing that I have needed to do is increase device image sizes and that process is very straightforward."
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Cons

"Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure could improve the security of the solution. However, we are comfortable using it. Additionally, there could be more information provided for the solution and the interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution currently does not have cloud integration."
"Technical support needs improvement. There's a lot of language barriers."
"t would be helpful if the solution was able to collaborate or integrate with other well-known monitoring tools. Right now, you have to work hard to get it configured. It would be a good selling point for them if they could open up their solution to more integrations."
"I want the product to be used more efficiently and for our system to connect easily with cloud services like AWS, Oracle, and IBM. We can also improve by adding advanced features like snapshots, replication, and encryption, allowing for more growth. Introducing features such as data duplication, data analytics, and AI-driven insights will improve its deployments."
"The StarWind Command Center web portal could use some work."
"I honestly cannot think of anything else to be improved, as I rarely have to interact with the Starwind product."
"Multi cluster support for their Command Console would be very beneficial. Currently, you can only work with a single cluster at a time. The console is new so I expect much growth in this area in the near future. The other area that could be improved is the tech support locale."
"The response time is usually several hours after the issue occurred."
"The management console could use a facelift."
"The only issues are when Hyper V itself has limitations and I'd love to see support or enhancement in the area of direct-attached GPU cards."
"I would request that the terms and conditions be reviewed and made more acceptable to corporate security so that we could finally turn on the proactive support feature, as it is included with our support agreement."
"The only thing that can use improvement is the StarWind Management Console and Command Center."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure's pricing a six out of ten."
"The price of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is very good. There is a perpetual license for the solution, there are not any additional costs for the hardware. We have a license in case there is any new functionality that is required."
"I honestly feel that there's no one else in the market doing what they're doing for the price point that they're doing it at. That's why I asked them about investing in their company. I think that the options they're providing and the software that they have is sort of revolutionary for the price point... The total cost was $24,400."
"We didn't have any issue with pricing or any of the sales process."
"Its cost was reasonable."
"Our entire package was around $35,000 for everything, including three years of support."
"This was all completed at an affordable price point for an SMB, which was also a key element for an NPO."
"The HCA price is all-inclusive (setup, hardware, support, warranty), except for your standard Microsoft Server licensing."
"The other solutions we were looking at were priced much higher than this and they didn't necessarily have full redundancy... Nutanix and VxRail were in the final running... but it came down to our price point."
"The Nutanix piece was about $45,000, getting close to $50,000 with all the licensing involved, whereas the StarWind was less than half of that, after Microsoft licensing and such."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure?
The best thing about the solution is that it combines network, storage, and compute functions in one place. Unlike the traditional three-tier setup, you don't need to buy separate devices for each ...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure?
I rate Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure's pricing a six out of ten.
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What needs improvement with Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure?
I want the product to be used more efficiently and for our system to connect easily with cloud services like AWS, Oracle, and IBM. We can also improve by adding advanced features like snapshots, re...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StarWind HyperConverged Appliance?
It's not the cheapest, however, the solution works incredibly well and is so simple to licence and maintain.
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What needs improvement with StarWind HyperConverged Appliance?
There was a long delay with shipping, which we weren't expecting, but we were kept updated throughout. It wasn't made clear to us that we needed to provide our own SFP modules to connect to our inf...
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What is your primary use case for StarWind HyperConverged Appliance?
We desperately needed to update yet downsize our data centre. We had six hosts for only approximately 14 or so Virtual machines and two old SANs. All of this was running on 10+ year-old refurbished...
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Also Known As

FusionCube 6000, FusionCube 6000C, FusionCube 2000, FusionCube Virtual SAN-Ready Nodes
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Overview

Huawei FusionCube is a hyper-converged infrastructure, which consists of computing, storage, network, virtualization, and management systems.

Huawei

For SMB, ROBO and Enterprises, who look to bring in quick deployment and operation simplicity to virtualization workloads and reduce related expenses, our solution is StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA). It unifies commodity servers, disks and flash, hypervisor of choice, StarWind Virtual SAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct or VMware Virtual SAN and associated software into a single manageable layer. The HCA supports scale-up by adding disks and flash, and scale-out by adding extra nodes.

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance consists of StarWind Virtual SAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct or VMware Virtual SAN “Ready Nodes”, targeting those, who are building their virtualization infrastructure from scratch. In case there is an existing set of servers, we offer a “software only version”, which is essentially our years proven StarWind Virtual SAN. Basically, it’s the fuel powering StarWind HCA. 

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