We performed a comparison between StarWind HyperConverged Appliance and Veritas Access Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."However, StarWind HCA won us over in two areas: price and support. We were actually able to install an all-flash StarWind HCA for less than other vendors' spinning rust solutions! We were able to roll five years of warranty and support into the purchase price and still save thousands of dollars upfront."
"The option to deploy a hyper-converged system without an expensive storage switch was a benefit."
"High-availability is what I bought it for."
"The hosts came preconfigured, and it was plug-and-play."
"Overall, the solution has improved our system's performance. I was concerned about the physical-to-virtual conversion of our database server. It's actually much faster now, as a virtualized host on this Hyper-V cluster."
"We opted for 24-hour monitoring and support, which has already paid for itself."
"The customer service has been the most valuable feature of the product to me."
"The sales process is easy."
"It is a very stable program."
"Overall the solution works well."
"There is room for improvement in the setup and installation phase. We had massive problems connecting the StarWind appliances to our network infrastructure. That wasn't necessarily a StarWind problem. I don't know if their business partner in the UK wasn't used to having to deal with the supply of the cabling infrastructure, but that's where the problems started."
"The StarWind Command Center web portal could use some work."
"The only thing that can use improvement is the StarWind Management Console and Command Center."
"Product shipments did have a few bumps along the way, but that's to be expected when using any shipping company."
"I think that the pre-installation questionnaire was a little confusing and ambiguous."
"We'd like an easier setup for Windows updates on the Hyper-V servers so you don't have to use a script to ensure auto-updating is done."
"I had some initial difficulties understanding the solution which could have been solved via additional documentation aimed at newcomers."
"The only critique I might have is that the support is overseas in Eastern Europe and, on occasion, there has been a language issue. But in general, they're as good as can be..."
"The Veritas support for Access Appliance could improve. They are a pioneer in the industry, and they provide an enterprise-level solution. However, when comparing the storage, they can't compete with the NetBackup solution."
"I would like to see more platforms added."
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StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 5th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 65 reviews while Veritas Access Appliance is ranked 23rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS). StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.6, while Veritas Access Appliance is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good remote management and a simple GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Access Appliance writes "Overall functions well, stable, but technical support could improve". StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, VxRail and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas Veritas Access Appliance is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Veritas Access and LINBIT SDS.
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