We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and HPE SimpliVity 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."We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"StarWind allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget."
"The fact that the solution is vendor-agnostic allows it to be used with any virtualization vendor while remaining a powerful abstraction over storage."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable feature is that the product has an inborn backup."
"A very small package but with lots of memory and CPU."
"We like the backup feature, which is inbuilt."
"Best for companies just starting out."
"I like HPE SimpliVity's hard disk compression capabilities. The data is compressed into very little space or volume. I think that the principal value of HP SimpliVity is its capacity to compress the data, and I'm saving a lot of disk space using SimpliVity."
"The scalability is its most valuable feature. It's also able to do stretch clustering."
"The HCI concept by itself is the most valuable feature of the solution. It is a full-fledged HCI. It is the main component. I think this is what makes the project valuable."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"They require more media visibility."
"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 to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"An area for improvement would be the flexibility of server configuration."
"The technical support is weak. It is a layered product. It has a software solution on top of the SimpliVity solution, which is built on top of the hardware of the HPE DL380s. When we call for a problem that we know is related to the DL380, we get a SimpliVity guy trying to solve a SimpliVity problem. If it is not a SimpliVity problem, it's a hardware problem. So, it takes awhile for them to figure out which part of the organization should really be helping us."
"The installation process could be simplified. It's a bit technical for non-IT users."
"It would be better if we could deploy a hybrid cloud integrated to SimpliVity."
"The solution's price could be lower, but it holds good value for the money. The VMware licensing costs have skyrocketed since Broadcom's takeover."
"The setup was complex, as it has multiple integrations with multiple orients."
"A lot of our customers are using VMware and also are using Hyper-V. Hyper-V is not very stable on the HP SimpliVity."
"SimpliVity's data management could be better. Nutanix's interface is a bit more user-friendly."
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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI while HPE SimpliVity is ranked 5th in HCI with 151 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while HPE SimpliVity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE SimpliVity writes "Provides a unified management interface that allows administrators to manage all aspects of the infrastructure". Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, VMware vSAN and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas HPE SimpliVity is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE Alletra dHCI and Scale Computing HC3. See our HPE SimpliVity vs. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series report.
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