We performed a comparison between StarWind Virtual SAN and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"It eliminates the use of expensive physical shared storage."
"The vSAN provides full redundancy for storage while reclaiming some rack space."
"StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability and data resilience features to prevent data loss if hardware fails."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"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."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that the storage is integrated with the VxRail so I don't have to go in between systems when I have to monitor my storage."
"The tool's price is competitive and it is easy to use."
"There is no in-depth config involved nor third-party needed, saving us time and money."
"I like that there is a dependency on the storage controller."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"VxRail can manage the whole cluster at the same time, so it's easy to expand. VxRail has more features vSAN ReadyNodes that make it easier to implement from scratch."
"Homogeneity is most valuable. The truth is that having everything in a single cluster helps a lot."
"VxRail's feature that we found most valuable was its really good performance. That was one of VxRail's advantages."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"While StarWind.com excels in numerous areas, there are a couple of notable functionalities that it currently lacks. One of these is duplication, which could be an invaluable feature for data redundancy and backup purposes. The ability to duplicate data across different storage locations can be crucial for safeguarding against data loss, and its absence is a minor limitation in an otherwise stellar offering."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"This is a great product."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"There is limited support for SAP HANA with this solution."
"Sometimes during implementation, you can some scripting errors. And there are some issues when we update the version. There are some issues like the version will not get updated or stable at some time. Dell needs to resolve these problems, we don't waste time fixing them."
"if we're looking at costs, Nutanix will win because it allows flexibility in the type of hardware you can use."
"The solution is okay to scale vertically but a bit difficult to expend horizontally. For example, increasing RAM."
"I would like to have a unified platform where I, for example, can manage my 50 stores from a single portal in VxRail and be able to apply all the updates at once. I want to unify them into a centralized console."
"The search feature isn't good."
"We would like to see integrating with Nutanix. Currently, we are working on integrating the two to see if there is any value in doing so."
"Deployment was not initially straightforward for us. We had an incompatibility issue that was very difficult for Dell Professional Service to solve."
StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series. See our StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VxRail report.
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