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

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Categories and Ranking

Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converg...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Springpath [EOL]

Average Rating

4.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Featured Reviews

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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it_user693828

Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This product has a lot of room to improve: Competitors have a much larger feature-set, stability during installations/upgrades is a big issue.

During my first installation (Version 1.7) I ran into problems, took about 3 weeks for me to fix. During the upgrade to version 1.8 I ran into another problem: I had to escape all VM’s to another storage solution and had to restart the complete installation, which also failed miserably. The upgrade from 1.8 to 2.0 was going OK, but then I received a message from Cisco that they ran into problems with this upgrade (and so they didn’t recommend this upgrade). In short, upgrades and installations cause a stability issue. If Cisco Hyperflex/Springpath is running, it is stable.

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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 is the three nodes and the free hypervisor."

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

"Their GUI interface is a bit easier than VMware's."

"It was not expensive at all."

"Sangfor HCI has a strong GUI interface in terms of graphical representation for management purposes."

"The product is very easy to manage, the cost is a lot cheaper than VMware, the solution is stable, and it's scalable."

"Sangfor HCI's best features are the ability to scale to a bigger size and the roadmap, whereby if they need to replicate their production to disaster recovery, they can do so on the same platform."

"Sangfor is user-friendly and simple to upgrade."

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"Integration with vCenter WebClient services and Cisco UCS Ecosystem, as it gives a Single Pane Of Management which lowers administration-cost (improving TCO)."

Cons

"We have had issues while integrating VMware with Sangfor HCI. The tool should be also faster in terms of customization."

"The cost must be improved."

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

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

"I would like Sangfor to have a presence on some public cloud offerings, such as Azure or AWS, to build disaster recovery sites."

"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand."

"The migration process could be easier."

"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."

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"Stability during installations/upgrades is a big issue."

"With version 1.7 and 1.8 the installation was a nightmare, there were many manual steps to take and if there was something wrong with the installation you had to restart by re-entering all settings (if you didn’t use a .XML file)."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Considering the capabilities provided, the product is expensive."

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

"Sangfor needs to be more aggressive because this is a new market or territory for Sangfor. Nepal is a very price-sensitive market, so Sangfor needs to be a little more aggressive with its pricing. I would rate them 3.75 out of five in terms of the price."

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

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

"The solution is affordable."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Overview

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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Springpath is the pioneer in hyperconvergence software, turning standard servers of choice into a single pool of compute and storage resources. The Springpath Data Platform eliminates the need for network storage and intuitively integrates into existing management tools to maximize operational efficiency. Using adaptive scaling capabilities, customers can grow compute, caching or capacity resources independently, depending on their changing business needs. Springpath proactively monitors your infrastructure to ensure resilient, always-on availability. Using data management and optimization capabilities, Springpath customers experience transformative levels of resource utilization, accelerating the adoption of DevOps in their organization with truly agile IT infrastructure.

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