We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and HPE Hyper Converged based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."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."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"It provided the much-needed HA on an extremely low budget."
"In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"We are running Hyper-V on twin servers in failover, and being able to manage servers from anywhere I need to, virtually, has been a game changer."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage the whole cluster from the traffic interconnect."
"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."
"Deduplication is a valuable feature available in Cisco HyperFlex."
"It is a solution that best suits thre needs of our organization."
"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."
"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer."
"The scalability of this tool is very good. You can basically add more storage and seamlessly expand the current storage that you have."
"The most valuable features of this solution are fast deployment, security, and it is easy to upgrade."
"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."
"The provisioning is very fast. It’s not a problem for us to achieve the goals of the client."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable aspect of the solution. We can avoid downtime when there's maintenance or updates needed. Also, we have homogenous hardware, so we have a lot of trust in the solution's reliability."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."
"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"
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"If there are domain controllers inside the cluster, there needs to be some sort of logic allowing them to boot independently so all the rest of the domain clients can gain the authority they need to come online."
"The Command Center, a free guest VM for management and monitoring, leaves something to be desired. It could have more accurate real-time information and better reporting visuals, which seem to be an afterthought."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"I would like to see them expand onto the cloud."
"The problem is that we always have to keep an eye out for new releases to make sure that the version we're running is up-to-date."
"Cisco's technical support originally was outstanding, but it has declined over the last 12 months. I've heard they're trying to do better, but I haven't been overly impressed with their support recently for HyperFlex."
"The pricing is pretty expensive."
"With the cache disk fails in Cisco, the whole node fails, and the workload goes down."
"It is quite new solution, so it is not very stable."
"The price could be better. I think it's more expensive than VxRail. In the next release, I would like to see a better level of protection and availability with six clients."
"I would have liked it to be able to back up the system to a cloud, to be able to work from any other place"
"We've had to do a power cycle to bring it all the way down, bring it back up for power outages, A/C shut-downs of our DC office, but it hasn't presented a problem."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases."
"The storage efficiency is weak and needs to be improved."
"The product must provide more storage capability."
"Some improvement is required in the availability of the data and performance. The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower."
"This solution is very costly."
"The solution's pricing for the hardware and support could be reduced."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2. 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 HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and FlexPod XCS, whereas HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra dHCI.
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