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    Azure Stack HCI

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers hyperconverged infrastructure solutions via Azure Stack HCI. Azure Stack HCI provides a variety of preferred hardware solutions for building a hybrid cloud infrastructure, allowing the user to run virtual machines on hyperconverged systems and use Windows Admin Center to connect to Azure for cloud services.

    $29

    per month

    HPE SimpliVity

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AHPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. HPE acquired SimpliVity for its Omnicube line of products in January 2017.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Stack HCIHPE SimpliVity
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29.00
    per month
    Standard
    $100.00
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000.00
    per month
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    Azure Stack HCIHPE SimpliVity
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Azure Stack HCIHPE SimpliVity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    5.5
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Stack HCIHPE SimpliVity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    It will be effective for an organization that is planning to deploy the application on the cloud and as well as on-premise. Organizations planning to work on hybrid-based can go for it blindly If looking for security it's an ultimate solution, being it is hybrid-based security is well enhanced.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I only know what I know...which is my IT world. Having two datacenters that were physical servers attached to a SAN that "attempted" to replicate and then migrating. For a SMB small IT shop that happens to have two datacenters already in place...this has been ideal. I can have a generalist maintain the system and we have a private cloud for DR with hardly any effort...the biggest gain by far!
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Azure Stack HCI operating system
    • Windows Admin Center
    • Hyper-V-based compute resources
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Deduplication and Compression - SimpliVity keeps the space consumption to a minimum. We currently have 60 servers running virtually and we still have room to grow. This really helps with the backups as we can have longer retention.
    • Backups - Ability to keep backups for longer and to create multiple backup policies for a VM is a breeze. You can have a backup policy for each datastore as well as a separate backup policy for the same VM.
    • Creating Datastores is very easy. No more messing around with LUNS and iSCSI. Just go to the SimpliVity tab and select create datastore and it's done. You can also increase the datastore on the fly as well as have a datastore bigger than 2TB.
    • File level recovery is included as well. The whole backup process in SimpliVity can help you do away with other software.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Interruptions are there when the connection is low.
    • Improvement needed on Integration feature.
    • A lot of issues were faced while implementing.
    • Documentation should be clear and straightforward.
    • Improvement needed on Documentation.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • UI can be less than intuitive at times
    • reporting on the actual amount of space utilised can be misleading
    • Upgrading to additional storage if not specc'd correctly can be very expensive.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It sits nicely ontop of VMWare and is easy enough to use. Some improvements to the UI could be done, such as placing buttons where it is expected to have them not in unusual places, so you have to hunt for them. The backup and restore is intuitive and makes things super easy if you need to do a quick rollback. Space savings on multiple VMs and backups means we are backing up more than we need which gives us confidence in what we do. Updating the system is also fairly easy and their support has always been fantastic. They will contact us if they detect any issues, usually before we notice them!
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Support is very good. With proactive support, you are supported by an engineer in North America who answers the phone and immediately begins assisting with your issue. The folks I have dealt with in the last several years have been very skilled and it is rare to have a ticket open for more than a day or two. Issues affecting production are dealt with appropriately and are escalated within the support organization.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We can deploy the application into windows and Linux virtual machines in the datacentre, Azure service. It provides the latest security, performance, and hybrid capabilities, which now include Azure Arc enablement and new management scenarios through the Azure portal. GPU enablement and maximizing performance of we can go virtual desktop infrastructure.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We have decided to sign with Nutanix. We feel they are improving technology and are just a better software now.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The upside is the integration feature.
    • Pricing is a little higher.
    • When compared with another platform, Azure Stack HCI is performing/ functioning brilliantly.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HPE SimpliVity provided us with the ability to replace our existing infrastructure with a solution that provided better backup and recovery, and an off-site DR solution, at a lower price point than other solutions.
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