"Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"The fact that the solution is vendor-agnostic allows it to be used with any virtualization vendor while remaining a powerful abstraction over storage."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"Product functionality and performance are wonderful."
"With StarWind's Proactive monitoring we can go about our day helping our customers and not have to worry about our cluster's health."
"It is the perfect solution for hyper-convergence at a fair price. Our customers have Hyper-V and VMware environments, with Windows servers and Linux."
"UI Options are simple and easy to find."
"Live migration between nodes was quick and simple."
"With proactive support, StarWind deploys and configures the solution for you."
"The presence of built-in storage saved the company from having to purchase a separate storage array and related network equipment."
"The most valuable aspect of StarWind is the all-in-one solution that they provide."
"I would recommend VxRail, it works for most of the use cases."
"We deploy VxRail systems to provide our customers with a distributed information solution. The customer was impressed because we delivered a serious data reduction. For example, we showed them that 10 terabytes on their traditional storage solution could be reduced to 1.5 terabytes in the VxRail systems. That's why the customers also like it so much,"
"One beneficial feature is that the solution can handle complex environments."
"VxRail is easy to deploy and easy to scale up."
"VxRail can be used for application modernization."
"The stability is very nice. We haven't had any issues with the cluster. The cluster is very stable. No problems with slowness. Everything has been stable. It was well-architectured."
"It has a valuable deduplication feature."
"VxRail performs well in the VDI environment."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"The console is something that I feel could be improved. There is nothing technically wrong with it, but it can be jazzed up and/or made to be a little more intuitive."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"The StarWind Management Console is available only for Microsoft Windows/Windows Server, and should also be available for Linux and macOS, as it would reduce implementation costs."
"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."
"Product shipments did have a few bumps along the way, but that's to be expected when using any shipping company."
"Not much can be improved, to be honest."
"Perhaps the initial configuration and documentation could be a little clearer and simpler to follow."
"The only area that the product could improve would be user training."
"Possible new features could be CSV-level snapshot capability, Veeam integration, and maybe a more straightforward setup. Granted, you don't have to worry about setups with the HCA, but if you want to implement StarWind vSAN in a lab to test it is a tedious setup process."
"A possible thing is perhaps a customer portal to schedule a time with support online via a calendar."
"The overall product documentation and knowledgebase articles could use some rewriting and clarification."
"The web-managed interface (a separate VM) could be better."
"It could be improved by having more information on the integration portion of ACI."
"Right now, it's difficult for a non-technical person to participate in using the product. It could be made more consumer-friendly."
"It would be nice if the update process was shortened and that patching would be simpler."
"I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution."
"if we're looking at costs, Nutanix will win because it allows flexibility in the type of hardware you can use."
"VxRail could improve by having domain protection."
"I would like to see Dell take a crack at simplifying the process of moving from a node to a cluster and assembling everything into the appliance. It would be great if Dell could provide a pathway where a customer could actually install it without the certifications. Of course, I can't say how you would dumb down something so complex."
"The solution should offer more integration with other virtual software. VxRail runs just with VMware, however, maybe it should integrate with Hyper-V or with KVM as well."
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StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 6th in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 33 reviews while VxRail is ranked 3rd in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 84 reviews. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.8, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Flexible and easy to set up with excellent support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Good automation makes this solution practical". StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with Nutanix Acropolis AOS, VMware vSAN, NetApp HCI, StorMagic SvSAN and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Dell PowerFlex and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series. See our StarWind HyperConverged Appliance vs. VxRail report.
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