StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA): What's in the BOX?
Overall Satisfaction with StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA)
I recently did a hardware refresh and I moved from StarWind VSAN (I have reviewed previously) to StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA). Since this was during a hardware refresh it was obviously to replace old hardware. I chose StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) because of the good performance and support I had gotten when running StarWind VSAN on our own hardware. I went from a three-node cluster running VMware Horizon View to a two-node cluster with StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA). One of the key upgrades with the HCA was moving to all SSD.
Pros
- It is extremely easy to set up, it comes with most options pre-configured for you. But the support group will walk through your entire setup and migration.
- It is monitored by StarWind 24x7. Instead of issues being reactive with the monitoring I'm hoping things will be more proactive.
- The performance has been outstanding. I think disk was our main limiting factor with our hold hardware.
Cons
- I prefer HP hardware to Dell hardware but that's just me.
- The documentation is a bit sparse.
- Performance has been very positive. Of course this was a hardware change so a lot of that was to be expected.
- I don't track ROI - but I do like that this was a complete package, hardware, software, support and monitoring. I think it was a huge cost savings to almost any other solution.
Because I was using StarWind VSAN previously I had no intention at looking at other products.
Do you think StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA)'s feature set?
Yes
Did StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) again?
Yes
StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
Yes, we purchased the premium proactive support. But honestly I don't know why you wouldn't choose that. It's very cost effective.
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