Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vs StarWind Virtual SAN comparison

Huawei and StarWind are both solutions in the HCI category. Huawei is ranked #15 with an average rating of 10.0, while StarWind is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.4. Huawei holds a 2.2% mindshare in HCI, compared to StarWind’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of StarWind users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

StarWind Virtual SAN and Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure are competing solutions in the storage category. StarWind Virtual SAN seems to have an upper hand in pricing and support satisfaction, while Huawei FusionCube's robust features justify its cost for many.

Features: StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability, data replication, and a simple management interface. Huawei FusionCube provides comprehensive hyper-converged capabilities, integrated compute and storage resources, and advanced data protection.

Room for Improvement: StarWind Virtual SAN could enhance its scalability options, add greater integration with non-Microsoft environments, and improve automation features. Huawei FusionCube could streamline its setup process, enhance its user interface, and offer more competitive pricing.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StarWind Virtual SAN is recognized for its straightforward setup and excellent customer service, which is appealing to organizations with limited IT resources. Huawei FusionCube, while offering a more complex deployment, provides extensive support services to aid implementation and manage complex infrastructure.

Pricing and ROI: StarWind Virtual SAN delivers a cost-effective solution with a lower initial investment and faster ROI, making it attractive to budget-conscious businesses. Huawei FusionCube, despite a higher setup cost, offers long-term value through scalability and integrated features. The choice may depend on immediate budget versus long-term infrastructure benefits.

To learn more, read our detailed Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vs. StarWind Virtual SAN Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Con...

Ranking in HCI

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

StarWind Virtual SAN

Ranking in HCI

5th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

198

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is 2.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StarWind Virtual SAN is 1.9%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
StarWind Virtual SAN	1.9%
Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure	2.2%
Other	95.9%

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VISHWAJITSHAH

Sr. Cloud Architect at Intuitive Technology Partners

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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Vladimir Simion

Pre Post Sales Engineer at Logiccomputer

Achieving seamless cost-saving implementation with exceptional support

The best features that StarWind Virtual SAN offers include the price because comparing to other virtual SAN solutions, this one is the best, and it also has a great support team behind it. My experience with their support has been positive, as their guides regarding the integration are very useful. They have some awesome guides online that show you exactly how to configure the product, how to do the initial setup, and you can speak with them directly. They will be able to connect and verify your setup, run its parameters and see exactly what's working and what is not, and they really help you with that. StarWind Virtual SAN has positively impacted my organization and my customer through initial cost saving. They use this product in a dark site, so I'm not able to provide any additional details about this, but they were really glad about it, they're still using it, and they asked for extending the capacity for it and the support. They really want to use it and are enjoying using it.

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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 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."

"The product is very reliable. We haven't had any major issues with the product since we bought it."

"StarWind Virtual SAN has positively impacted my organization by saving money in skill set development, and certainly minimal downtime across all of our installations, where they maintain almost zero downtime in their 24/7 operations."

"The most valuable feature is the fact that the nodes are Active/Active, and allow us to do upgrades on any node without any downtime."

"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."

"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"

"It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."

"The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."

"As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."

"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."

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Cons

"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."

"Technical support needs improvement. There's a lot of language barriers."

"The solution currently does not have cloud integration."

"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."

"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."

"I would like to see some additional, and possibly clearer, implementation videos with some slower and possibly more detailed descriptions of what the various steps of implementation are for someone who is unfamiliar with high availability and failover clustering in Windows."

"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."

"With data verification, I would like to know how does the solution perform validation of data being synced between two VSANs."

"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."

"A great feature would be a wizard and to include a new disk in the SAN. At the moment, including a new disk requires several steps - some that must be done at the OS level and others in each node."

"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."

"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."

"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."

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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."

"The licensing is straightforward, with free and trial versions available."

"The Price/Performance ratio for this solution is outstanding!"

"It's priced fairly. It was definitely cheaper than the competition. The licensing terms are straightforward and reasonable."

"The license is reusable. We can always rebuild it and apply the license. Then, boom, we get new servers, apply the license, and we're back up and running."

"The support contract is well worth it. The price for it was very reasonable and their team has been very engaged whenever we reach out."

"Licensing is easy and the whole package is cost-effective."

"The free version is great to use for labs or test environments."

"The pricing is fine for the work that it does."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	159
Midsize Enterprise	54
Large Enterprise	33

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?

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What do you like most about StarWind Virtual SAN?

It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” acce...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StarWind Virtual SAN?

I had experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing through using the free version of StarWind Virtual SAN for testing purposes, so there was no cost involved during my evaluation. That made i...

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What needs improvement with StarWind Virtual SAN?

One area for improvement regarding StarWind Virtual SAN is the lack of a full-feature trial. At the time I tested it, I had access only to the free version, which required using PowerShell scripts ...

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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.

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StarWind Virtual SAN provides high availability and fault tolerance for virtualized environments without the need for dedicated SAN hardware. It allows for real-time replication between servers, shared storage for Hyper-V clusters, and enables vMotion and High Availability features for VMware vSphere. The solution reduces costs and leverages existing hardware while providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure. Valuable features include ease of use, scalability, top-tier support, hardware agnosticism, and the ability to use off-the-shelf standard servers to increase storage space. StarWind VSAN has helped organizations improve performance, data availability, and data security while reducing downtime and providing cost-saving storage options.

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