We performed a comparison between HPE SimpliVity and SteelFusion based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"The available GUI is excellent for monitoring and operating the system in an easy and direct way."
"It's quite easy to install."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"As a point for optimization on our infrastructure, it works great for us."
"The whole backup capability, where we are able to create backups and restore backups in typically 40 to 50 seconds, has been great."
"Its performance and availability are most valuable."
"The solution's simplicity is its most valuable feature. The usability is also good."
"Looking at the way that our infrastructure team works now, we don't think about infrastructure, storage, or compute anymore. The solution just works. It is same with the backup and replication side of things, as it just works on schedule. We don't have to manage it tightly, like we used to."
"In terms of HPE SimpliVity's most valuable features, its backup integration is a good thing. Its performance is very good as is the whole integration."
"There is no single feature that's the most valuable. All of SimpliVity's components work together to make daily operations easier for our customers."
"It has lessened our burden on multiple different products, so they are under one umbrella. This has been economically good."
"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."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"For the StarWind VSA vSphere solution, I would like to see a simpler and automated virtual machine installation process in terms of network settings."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"It would be helpful if StarWind provided more precise and detailed documentation explaining how to configure the solution in various scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages of each."
"They require more media visibility."
"SimpliVity has little to no integrations."
"Let us populate the entire node; right now, there are 24 slots in a server and you're only allowed to populate 14."
"Product doesn't scale."
"When it comes to performing backups, the dashboard is not intuitive and not user-friendly."
"I do not see the product really working in productivity at the moment with real loads."
"I wish to see an improved compute node selection, to allow us to select something other than merely the two socket system."
"The local support in Argentina is not good. This is a new technology and HP doesn't have a lot of technology specialists here in Argentina. It's very hard to find the specialist here."
"Scalability is something that needs to be improved because if you need more storage then you have to add more nodes."
"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."
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HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews while SteelFusion is ranked 26th in HCI. HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6, while SteelFusion is rated 9.0. 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 SteelFusion writes "Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices". HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas SteelFusion is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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