We performed a comparison between SteelFusion and Vblock [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget."
"The ability to run the software virtually on every virtualization platform and the ability to eliminate all storage vendor locking are the most valuable features."
"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"StarWind Virtual SAN offers high availability and data resilience features to prevent data loss if hardware fails."
"Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices. All services that need to be local to the user exist on local servers. Users run applications and access data locally while the data is constantly being synced to Central, and protected. If an edge device fails, we can recover quickly."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"UCS Manager worked well for net/blade management and has allowed fairly easy use of dedicated bare-metal blades."
"Systems run solidly."
"It's an integrated box Mac solution, so it's a plug and play. The deployment and build is pre-made and ready to deploy. It makes it easy to apply."
"VMware NSX: Provides the ability for our organisation to deliver true DR."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"The component integration means I don't have to worry about technology mismatches."
"We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users."
"I would like additional documentation regarding possible networking configurations with 10GbE switching."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"In all areas the product could be made faster."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"The documentation could be better."
"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."
"Setting up disks for use is a multi-step process that could use some refinement. Setting up a core-to-core replication or DR strategy is also cumbersome."
"Improve the patching process and timeliness of updates/releases."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
"The implementation and support could be better."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."
"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."
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SteelFusion is ranked 27th in HCI while Vblock [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI. SteelFusion is rated 9.0, while Vblock [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SteelFusion writes "Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Vblock [EOL] writes "The VCE VBlocks came along and it was the best combination of an all-in-one virtual data center in a box Converged SAN, Network, and Compute that used VMware to drive the whole package". SteelFusion is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas Vblock [EOL] is most compared with .
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