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 #4 with an average rating of 9.3. Huawei holds a 2.5% mindshare in HCI, compared to StarWind’s 2.0% 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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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

4th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

200

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is 2.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StarWind Virtual SAN is 2.0%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
StarWind Virtual SAN	2.0%
Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure	2.5%
Other	95.5%

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Featured Reviews

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 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 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 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 fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."

"The feature I have found most valuable in VSAN is its high availability capability."

"The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure."

"StarWind Virtual SAN can improve an organization's storage infrastructure by providing high availability, scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and ease of use."

"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."

"The price was right."

"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."

"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."

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Cons

"The solution currently does not have cloud integration."

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

"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 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."

"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."

"It would be helpful to have a little more insight into what kind of performance the VSAN cluster is utilizing; something that would be more proactive on our side, versus their ProActive Support."

"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 don't really have any issues with this product."

"It could have a dashboard so that you can check all servers' SAN health and performance."

"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."

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

"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."

"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 rate Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure's pricing a six out of ten."

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

"The pricing is more than reasonable."

"We are happy with the price."

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

"Once you buy the license, you are free to build your own hardware solution based on your needs."

"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."

"I think that purchasing StarWind Virtual SAN Professional Edition would be optimal for most."

"This solution is very accessible and the pro-level for support is well worth the cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

17%

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	162
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?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for StarWind Virtual SAN was okay.

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What needs improvement with StarWind Virtual SAN?

An improvement for StarWind Virtual SAN would be to have an updated admin console.

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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

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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