NetApp HCI [EOL] vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure comparison

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NetApp and Sangfor are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 88% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Sangfor users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp HCI [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converg...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (40th), HCI (15th)

Featured Reviews

Massimiliano Bartolozzi

Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.

Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022

Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.

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KashifAli

Project Head, Director of Sales and Operations at Core ISP Router

User-friendly GUI, capable technical support team but complicated license mechanism

Sangfor HCI's license mechanism is too complicated. The license agreement is a distributed license. Within the HCI platform, Sangfor HCI has multiple licenses in terms of services. Sangfor HCI has a separate license for the security services, a separate license for the Doctor services, and application services. They have multiple SKUs in separate forms. As per local market requirements, I think they need to couple up these or bundle up the license model.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"NetApp HCI solves predictability challenges with industry-leading performance capabilities that allow the granular control of every application."

"Our goal with NetApp HCI is to have no single point of failure."

"It has reduced our hypervisor footprint by around 20%."

"This is a strong product and it works very well, and the processes around it continue to grow and mature."

"In terms of helping us with storage persistence across private and hybrid clouds, we do store data internally and in Azure. It has allowed us to consolidate a number of workloads, across our old NetApp and a number of our older storage arrays, into a single unit and have that unit also working with Azure."

"The NetApp Deployment Engine that comes with it makes the actual deployment and usage very easy. That's our primary focus and it's hyper-converged. That's something that we want to use as well."

"Now you don't have to be a storage administrator to provision or do anything, and any VMware system administrator, with the ease of a button, would get storage provision, which makes their lives easier."

"In my opinion, HCI is a good product, easy to use and scalable."

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"The manageability feature is the most important aspect of the solution."

"Unlike VMware, Sangfor offers a straightforward solution with rich features and an easy-to-use interface. Its ease of management and strong integration capabilities make it a compelling choice."

"The solution provides a single management console."

"The Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature is one of the good features."

"The initial setup isn't hard."

"Overall, I am pretty satisfied with this product and I recommend it."

"The most valuable feature of Sangfor HCI is the native backup of their own VMs, which sets them apart from Nutanix and Dell's VxRail."

"Sangfor HCI has a really good GUI. It allows us to monitor the temperature of the server and many other things."

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Cons

"In the next version I would like to see bigger GPU types and insurance for including transparency."

"The fact that it doesn't have all the data points we need and all the historical data that I would like. I find that a lot of the performance analysis is done through support, where they have something that we don't have. It would be nice just to have all that on-prem."

"I would like to see a better upgrade process, like the one that ONTAP has."

"I'd like to see some additional graphics capabilities because I'd like to look at some virtual desktop integration for CAD software."

"The problem is that it needs to be much more stable, for example, when I want to do the upgrade to 1.7 that just released, I also need to issue a ticket to the support guy in India and he asked me to deploy another mlock. There are a lot of manual steps compared with other products."

"We went with a different solution and having run that for a while, I would say that there is a lot more than they could do to make it more streamlined."

"The NDE Engine needs to improve because it will suddenly crash and I need to call the support and take a look at that."

"The setup was a bit challenging because it's a fairly new product and I think some of the stuff is not quite well baked yet."

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"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand. For example, you buy SimpliVity or Nutanix. They don't really have a security solution inside the product. It would be good if there is a security solution inside this solution so that it is not only for the virtualization of CPU, RAM, disk, and network but also for security."

"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."

"Stability is also an area for improvement here as well."

"The initialization is not fully automated and has room for improvement."

"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."

"My company faced some issues with the product, as our virtual machines crashed, and we had to face some security issues."

"There are certain aspects of sizing of the solution that need improvement."

"The solution could improve by including backup capabilities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is aligned with the market. In addition to the standard licensing fees, there is an integrator cost."

"There are the overall infrastructure costs. Even though the initial costing was higher, we calculated for year-to-year for five years. That brought us into a position where we decided, we have to go for HCI rather than having distributor systems."

"You still have to pay for the licensing for VMware and Red Hat licenses separately. It's not all inclusive at this point."

"This solution reduced our maintenance costs. We were going to have to pay one to two million dollars to put in compute nodes. We are avoiding those costs."

"The price of the solution is okay but could improve."

"Licenses run on a yearly basis, and there aren't any additional fees other than the standard licensing fee."

"The licensing fees are renewed annually."

"Its pricing is lower than our previous solution."

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"Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is a reasonably priced product."

"It is in the middle range as compared to other hyper-converged infrastructure solutions. There is a three-year warranty on the hardware. The license also includes other features. Sangfor has included Continuous Data Protection (CDP) and a built-in firewall with the license. Other top brands, such as VxRail and VMware, require a separate license for such features."

"The solution is on-premise which does not have a subscription. However, there is a need to purchase support. The solution is on a perpetual license model. There is not any extra cost other than the standard licensing fees."

"The solution has a good initial cost but a high renewal cost."

"The price of Sangfor is cheaper than other competing products."

"The tool’s pricing is better when compared to VMware or Nutanix. The product’s licensing is on a yearly basis."

"From a business perspective, we use Sangfor HCI due to its competitive pricing compared to other competitors such as Nutanix."

"The solution is affordable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

19%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	3

Comparisons

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs NetApp HCI [EOL]

Compared 22% of the time

VxRail vs NetApp HCI [EOL]

Compared 12% of the time

VMware vSAN vs NetApp HCI [EOL]

Compared 12% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs NetApp HCI [EOL]

Compared 11% of the time

Dell PowerFlex vs NetApp HCI [EOL]

Compared 3% of the time

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VMware vSAN vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Compared 8% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Compared 7% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Compared 5% of the time

Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Compared 4% of the time

VxRail vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

NetApp

Sangfor HCI offers an efficient, user-friendly hyper-converged infrastructure solution with strong integration capabilities. It provides robust scalability, data recovery, and easy cloud support with competitive pricing.

Sangfor HCI delivers a hyper-converged infrastructure that integrates computing, storage, and networking into a single system. It features a user-friendly interface and seamless integration. The solution offers robust scalability, data recovery capabilities, and built-in backup. Organizations appreciate its single management console and high security through native firewalls. Migration from other platforms is simplified, and native cloud support broadens its appeal. Sangfor HCI allows infrastructure design with topology and comprehensive technical support. However, improvements are needed in command line availability, documentation, security features, performance, and cloud integration.

What are the most important features of Sangfor HCI?

Cost-effectiveness: Offers a competitive pricing structure.
Seamless integration: Integrates easily with existing systems.
User-friendly interface: Simplifies operations and increases efficiency.
Data recovery: Provides strong data recovery and built-in backup.
Scalability: Easily scales infrastructure as needed.

What are the potential benefits when evaluating Sangfor HCI?

Cost savings: Provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional systems.
Resource utilization: Maximizes existing resources effectively.
Management efficiency: Simplifies management with a single console.
Security enhancement: Native firewalls ensure high security.
Cloud readiness: Supports migration to cloud services smoothly.

Sangfor HCI is implemented across industries such as financial and manufacturing for virtualization, storage, and network management. It helps manage virtual machines and private cloud capabilities, supporting business applications like MES, ERP, SAP, and healthcare services. Organizations value its competitive pricing and cost-effective approach compared to other solutions, allowing workload shifts from conventional servers while maximizing resource utilization.

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Sample Customers

American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology

TOSHIBA TEC Singapore, J&T Express Indonesia, Crowne Plaza Vietnam, Hermina Hospital Indonesia

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