HVE-VDI Appliance vs. Infinio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HVE-VDI Appliance
Score 9.4 out of 10
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HVE ConneXions (a Sphere 3D company based in Texas) offers HVE (hybrid virtual engine) virtual desktop infrastructure, an appliance supporting desktop virtualization. The product line includes a non-converged VDI appliance and converged VDI appliances.N/A
Infinio
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Infinio is VMware Caching Software, from Ignite Technologies. Infinio is designed to deliver lightning-fast I/O for any storage — for the world's fastest VMs.N/A
Pricing
HVE-VDI ApplianceInfinio
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HVE-VDI ApplianceInfinio
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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User Ratings
HVE-VDI ApplianceInfinio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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10.0
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User Testimonials
HVE-VDI ApplianceInfinio
Likelihood to Recommend
Sphere 3D
HVE-VDI is well suited in just about any environment were desktops and servers need to be managed. Schools, Government institutions, Banks, Churches etc. If you are needing to run virtual desktops and just not sure on how to do so. HVE inc is for sure the company that you need.
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Ignite Technologies
Infinio is best suited for infrastructure that has high-latency read IO performance challenges. It does nothing to help write IO, so keep in mind the type of workload for which you need to reduce latency. If you have traditional SAS or SATA storage, Infinio has a tremendous impact on the response time of many applications. You can build your cluster's caching pool from either available RAM or an internal drive inside each host. This flexibility helps Infinio to be suitable across many types of environments.
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Pros
Sphere 3D
  • Customer service is through the roof. 5-Star all the way!
  • They keep it affordable without slacking on speed and functionality.
  • Super fast installs and response time to your issues. Always on top of things, even sometimes before you even know you have an issue.
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Ignite Technologies
  • Citrix system boot time and application opening much faster
  • SQL database efficiency
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Cons
Sphere 3D
  • Maybe price. They do a really good job in their pricing... But sometimes it is still little about the price range for some small schools.
  • Choosing vendors. In my area, they have partnered with a small tech company that does not have a great track record. To be able to choose who I can purchase from would be great. But, they have worked with me to help with this.
  • Maybe easier to get onsite support. Most of the time a remote connection is how support works. To get on site is a little tough. But again, HVE has always come through. I'm just having to be very picky.
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Ignite Technologies
  • The interface needs a way to allow for RBAC so everyone is not an admin.
  • Alerts should be configurable whenever a VM or host is not functioning correctly.
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Support Rating
Sphere 3D
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Ignite Technologies
Support has always been helpful and responsive. Upgrades can be guided and scheduled so you can be confident that things will go smoothly. The product issues have been minimal and the support team has always done a great job at getting back to me with the recommended fixes that solved my problems.
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Alternatives Considered
Sphere 3D
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Ignite Technologies
Infinio has no real market competition. There was a tool called Pernix FVP that did both read/write acceleration that I evaluated that became end-of-life while it was in POC. It was more complicated to deploy and remove than Infinio and required downtime for each host. Also, the fact that it was no longer supported made the decision to choose Infinio easy.
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Return on Investment
Sphere 3D
  • They have made us one of the leading schools in our area for sure.
  • We were able to role out Texas Online State Testing with little to no problems. THIS IS HUGE!!
  • Less downtime... Their server solutions are one of the most stable in the business. I rarely ever have server issues. When you do, you can be back up and be going in Minutes.
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Ignite Technologies
  • Positive impact has been delaying large storage refresh purchases.
  • Positive impact has been improving read latency without having to add infrastructure.
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