We performed a comparison between SteelFusion and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."You can turn your local disk storage into high-availability iSCSI storage."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"The most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"It eliminates the use of expensive physical shared storage."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"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."
"like VxRail because it's fully integrated. The other hyperconverged solutions are also well integrated. They are all highly similar to each other in that regard. But we prefer VxRail for its physical integrations or lifecycle management. It also has vCenter, which integrates the hardware lifecycle management."
"It's very easy to upgrade."
"The technical support is very helpful and answers questions whenever we have issues with the product."
"It is very powerful. We find that to be the most valuable aspect. The movement of devices between nodes is very easy."
"t's a very good solution with multiple options with VxRail series like based on customer requirements whether they're focused on compute, storage, scalability and high performance, etc. Whether a customer you are going to start your IT Infrastructure footprint with a limited budget, you have freedom of choice and non-disruptive expansion in the future, whether in the main data center or branches. Any idea coming in system admins mind to run this setup continuously and keep service 100% 24/7 is possible in this product line. Hyper-converged appliances allow a datacenter in a box approach, with G, E P, Vand P series."
"It's a simple product, fast, and reliable."
"One-click upgrade is valuable because upgrading an environment that is considered a traditional one is something that we never do or are never going to complete. It is very time-consuming for my team. With the one-click upgrade, it is much quicker. There are preparation stages, but it takes less time, so we are also saving time in the daily administration."
"The stability of VxRail is good, we have not had any issues."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"When StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere nodes go offline unexpectedly, the nodes have to re-sync disks fully which takes a long time. We had a power failure and when both nodes came online, VMware vSphere didn't see StarWind disks before I manually re-scanned them form ESXi administration console even though it should happen automatically"
"Geolocation could be better, for example, for site mirroring for DR purposes."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"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."
"The configurations of VxRail can be difficult. However, it has improved in the newer version. From version 6 to 7, there has been a lot of changes."
"What I find very valuable is VxRail's life cycle management. The life cycle management takes care of everything from firmware to the actual upgrading of the hypervisor and keeps everything up to level."
"The update for the graphics integration and the media drivers isn't included in the VxRail update."
"Technically speaking, the vCenter and the administration of the integration of the vCenter could be improved."
"A disadvantage is that the initial first deployment can be complicated."
"They're getting better with their one-click upgrade. The success factor is now between 85% to 87% with the latest release. They should just continuously improve on that one-click factor and make it more seamless."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
"There is a limitation on the number of nodes."
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SteelFusion is ranked 27th in HCI while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. SteelFusion is rated 9.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. 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 VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". SteelFusion is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series.
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