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Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed."
"The performance of the solution is accurate and concise."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"It's quite easy to install."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team."
"The multi-vertical aspect is what is most valuable for us. The main reason we wanted a multi protocol was because Amazon was not able to provide us with access to the same data as we could get from Linux and Windows lengths. That was our value proposition for this solution."
"The most valuables features of it are the deduplication and the compaction because the ratios are much better than what we normally get on our FAS storage."
"Simple setup and having the storage and compute right on one deployment is the most valuable aspect of this solution. They're able to get set up and ready to go and start having their DevOp team deploy to that environment."
"The ability to size the available space in a way that matches our company's needs is most valuable. For instance, you can decide if you want 80/20, 70/30, or 60/40 space. Redundancy depends on your needs without changing the appliance. You just add space and decide the percentage of space that you need free and the percentage of space that you need for backup. It is all automatic, and you don't have to do anything. You just add space, and the system automatically configures itself with the chosen option."
"We like SnapMirror and we've been using it for many years. We also like the object storage tools, as well as cloud sync for customers wanting to integrate between the cloud and local."
"NetApp HCI is a stable solution."
"The solution integrates well with all the other applications that we use on our environment."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the SolidFire interface."
"You don't need to think about compatibility of components."
"This is a good solution for medium-sized installations especially when it will be coupled with VMware."
"This solution optimizes our clients' resources."
"We are very happy with the purchase, and it works well. It is fast. We went with the full-flash version, meaning that we have SSDs. So, we can build a Windows virtual machine in two minutes. We were surprised when we first tried to do that."
"The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case; I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand."
"My customers use it for VDI. It has been very usable and very fast to use with VDI. On the VxRail side also, it has been very fast."
"The solution is really stable."
"The support has been excellent, especially if you compare it to IBM."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"To improve the product, they should make it more flexible."
"My biggest pain point is the installation part. I would like to see the appliance itself remove the entire switch that goes behind it and figure out how to do all the cluster interconnects within the box itself."
"I'm not a fan of how they don't log you out properly from some of their web tools for management."
"I'd like to see some additional graphics capabilities because I'd like to look at some virtual desktop integration for CAD software."
"It is easy to install now, but could potentially be even simpler."
"The deployment process has room for improvement. I would like for it to be a cookie-cutter deployment."
"There are some legacy applications which still cannot be migrated. That is why we have to keep two environments: legacy and the new one. We would like to see more compatibility to move stuff."
"At the moment, I am not looking for new features. Quality of Service (QoS) and capacity efficiency are the two things that I want to resolve in my customer's environment. QoS improves the performance of each tenancy, and with capacity efficiency, the customer can achieve more capacity as compared to the normal capacity."
"The full solution is not completely included as a bundle, such as we see with SimpliVity."
"We used an integrator team for the implementation of the solution. The one person who takes care of the maintenance of VxRail, such as upgrading the software. The upgrading takes too long. We have many nodes which takes a long time, they need to improve the speed of the upgrades"
"They should add automation and activation going forward."
"One area of the product that could be improved is the support."
"Obtaining support was hindered by the frequent changes to the hotline numbers."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"A more containerized approach in regards to the interface would be better."
"I would like it to tier to the cloud effectively, making sure that cold data can be pushed out to some sort of Bitbucket."
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NetApp HCI [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 32 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. NetApp HCI [EOL] is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NetApp HCI [EOL] writes "Ease of provisioning has allowed us to implement large installations in a very short time frame". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". NetApp HCI [EOL] is most compared with , 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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