We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and StarWind Virtual SAN 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."Best for companies just starting out."
"The most valuable aspect of the HPE SimpliVity is the DL380 G10. We have mostly been using VMware and Hyper-V. On one side we have Hyper-V and the other side we have the VMware."
"Improves backup time and DR solution."
"We really enjoy the virtualization that the solution offers."
"The way it does backups is its most valuable feature. It replicates snapshots with very low bandwidth. We only have a 50 megabit link to that site, and it doesn't really use much of it at all. Therefore, it is a really good fit for getting our backups done."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The whole backup capability, where we are able to create backups and restore backups in typically 40 to 50 seconds, has been great."
"The configuration capabilities are good."
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"It has a nice, simple control panel. You can clearly see the state and health of storage along with the synchronization."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"This software lets us maintain storage redundancy across both of our Hyper-V hosts, so if one goes down the environment fails over to the other and we have minimal to no downtime."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"There are some small changes that can be made to the interface to improve it but it typically works well."
"The product is expensive."
"When it comes to performing backups, the dashboard is not intuitive and not user-friendly."
"The solution could improve by adding better support of the VMware add-ons and a more intuitive user interface for administrators."
"I have some worries about the support after the acquisition. The support was better before HPE acquired SimpliVity."
"In terms of what I would define as a perfect solution, I am looking for one that is easy to manage, has a real user-friendly interface, and something that is not too complex."
"The product should be competitive with other brands."
"While it has been a while since HPE acquired SimpliVity, there is a lack of understanding/awareness about the product. In short, it took me time to actually make them understand they had a product named SimpliVity, which as you can imagine does not instill a great deal of confidence."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"One main thing this product needs to work on is reporting."
"It is hard to find adequate technical documentation on their support website."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"A great feature would be a wizard and to include a new disk in the SAN. At the moment, including a new disk requires several steps - some that must be done at the OS level and others in each node."
HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and VxRail. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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