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"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"Starwind made it easy to deploy fully redundant, highly available storage at a low cost."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"StarWind vSAN has a lot of great features and is a perfect solution for mirroring internal disks and flash between servers."
"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX is that it is self-contained."
"Deduplication is a valuable feature available in Cisco HyperFlex."
"Scalability is easy and simple."
"Cisco technical support is very skilled. From what I've had to access, there were quick responses and the necessary escalation."
"You can administer things easily. E.g., if you need more power, you can add a system."
"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."
"It has reduced the time it takes to put the servers in production by half the time."
"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"It is easy to install."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"The product is useful for DR and other things."
"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards in future versions."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"Unlike other options, you need to pay a subscription to Cisco yearly instead of paying for the hardware outright, which makes it more expensive in the long run."
"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."
"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."
"There are sometimes issues with memory failure."
"Deployment scripts can be improved since several clans need to be created before the deployment effectively works."
"The solution's price could be affordable."
"You have to get the same servers with the same storage; they need to be identical. However, in vSAN or in VMware we don't have to do that. We can just add storage and manage it in the same server."
"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."
"The solution doesn't scale."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in HCI with 14 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, whereas Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure.
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