We performed a comparison between Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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."It is a smart solution for virtualization"
"You can get almost all the features of the tool at a low cost. The tool also has built-in backup mechanisms. It also has a physical firewall for internet management which other competitors lack."
"Very user-friendly and simple."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"It was not expensive at all."
"Their GUI interface is a bit easier than VMware's."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"Sangfor HCI is a one-stop solution that enables you to store and centrally manage your VMs."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"The biggest benefit was that it allowed us to provide SAN services on a limited hardware budget."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"The most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"I've been really impressed with it so far. I think it's pretty great, actually. It does exactly what we need it to do, and it does it well, so I would recommend it. Plus, the support has been very good."
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
"One question that has come up frequently in the last week is whether or not the renewal cost for Sangfor's HCI solution is too high."
"Sangfor HCI could be improved with certification and the right ecosystem for ISVs like Oracle and SAP."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"There are certain aspects of sizing of the solution that need improvement."
"It should have object storage. It already has network virtualization and micro-segmentation, but it is missing object storage. It does not have object storage. vSAN also does not have object storage, but Nutanix has object storage, and it is natively integrated into its HCI. So, if you pay for the object storage license, you have that module pre-built."
"As far as I know, no hyper-convergence solution includes security, so you have to buy security from another brand. For example, you buy SimpliVity or Nutanix. They don't really have a security solution inside the product. It would be good if there is a security solution inside this solution so that it is not only for the virtualization of CPU, RAM, disk, and network but also for security."
"I would want the product to include Continuous Data Protection (CDP) which can help to easily retrieve the data."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"I see no need for major improvements but there could be some improvements in the form of notifications and the simplifying of maintenance mode."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"It would be helpful to have a little more insight into what kind of performance the VSAN cluster is utilizing; something that would be more proactive on our side, versus their ProActive Support."
"I would like to see different levels of support offered."
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Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 4th in HCI with 182 reviews. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and StorMagic SvSAN, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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