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Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software

Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software Reviews and Ratings

What is Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software ?

Gartner defines full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure software as the market consisting of complete software solutions that include virtualized compute, storage and networking from a single instantiation designed to run on-premises or in a colocation environment. It consists of those vendors that develop and sell hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software comprising the vendor’s own server virtualization, software-defined storage and network management tools. The full-stack software solution may also be integrated with a hardware stack, as a complete offering spanning both software and hardware. Recently, this market has been heavily influenced by the positioning of storage virtualization and private cloud infrastructure looking to revirtualize compute and providing alternatives to incumbent vendors.

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Scale Computing Platform

By Scale Computing

4.7
(643 Ratings)

Scale Computing is an edge-first platform company, positioned to power the AI-driven future of distributed enterprises. Providing edge computing, managed network security, re-virtualization and hyperconverged solutions, Scale Computing delivers an integrated infrastructure that adapts and scales from one to 50,000 locations. Thousands of organizations around the world rely on Scale Computing to power critical applications with ease.

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Nutanix Cloud Platform

By Nutanix

4.7
(527 Ratings)

Nutanix is a provider of cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. Nutanix is focused on reducing complexity and simplifying operations to allow organizations to focus on their business outcomes. Nutanix has built upon their experience in the hyperconverged infrastructure space, now supporting businesses globally with consistent, simple, and cost-effective deployments for hybrid multicloud environments.

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VMware vSAN

By Broadcom (VMware)

4.6
(441 Ratings)
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Windows Server 2022 Edition

By Microsoft

4.5
(432 Ratings)

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement.

Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

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StarWind Virtual SAN

By DataCore (StarWind)

4.7
(425 Ratings)

StarWind is a prime mover in the domain of storage virtualization and hyperconvergence technologies, having been involved with the development and implementation of IT infrastructure optimization solutions before virtualization became mainstream. The company's unique development, StarWind Virtual SAN, is a software-defined storage solution which removes the need for physical shared storage like SAN and NAS. It works with any hypervisor, making it quite versatile. The company has added value to businesses across different sectors by offering enterprise features without hefty price tags, thanks to the development of the StarWind HyperConverged Appliance. This combines storage, computation, networking, and StarWind software into a hyper-converged platform. StarWind's solutions, including the Virtual SAN, have been certified for use with different systems like Windows Server and Citrix XenServer. Since its inception in 2003, many businesses globally have opted for StarWind's solutions.

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HPE SimpliVity

By Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

4.4
(305 Ratings)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, known as a global edge-to-cloud company, concentrates on a range of technology and innovation services to connect, protect, analyze, and act on all data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, focusing on addressing business challenges through technology.

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Dell VxRail

By Dell Technologies

4.6
(232 Ratings)

Dell Technologies helps organizations build their digital futures and individuals transform how they work, live, and play. It provides customers with a broad solutions portfolio for the data era, including traditional infrastructure and extending to multicloud environments. Dell's integrated solutions help customers modernize their IT infrastructure, manage and operate in a multicloud world, address workforce transformation, and provide critical solutions that keep people and organizations connected. It helps customers accelerate their digital transformations to improve and strengthen business and workforce productivity. With an extensive portfolio and a commitment to innovation, Dell offers secure, integrated solutions that extend from the edge to the core to the cloud, and offers software-defined and cloud native infrastructure solutions.

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StorMagic SvSAN

By StorMagic

4.5
(171 Ratings)

StorMagic is a company with a focus on solving edge data problems. They offer a range of data solutions, referred to as Forever Data solutions, that aim at keeping data protected and easily accessible regardless of its type or location. Their products include StorMagic SvSAN, a high-availability two-node virtual storage area network intended for hyperconverged edge sites, and StorMagic SvKMS, an encryption key manager designed for varying environments including the edge, data centres, and the cloud. Founded in 2006, StorMagic designs its software specifically for demanding environments in which resources, space, and budget are limited, aiming to liberate businesses from the cost and complication of physical storage area networks and other legacy hardware. Their ultimate goal is to simplify the landscape of storage and security.

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SMTX OS

By SmartX

4.9
(139 Ratings)
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Cisco Hyperflex

By Cisco Systems

4.3
(126 Ratings)

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

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Sangfor HCI

By Sangfor Technologies

4.8
(123 Ratings)

Founded in 2000, Sangfor Technologies is a multinational vendor of cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and cloud computing solutions. The company invests at least 20% of annual revenue in R&D and has a corporate mission to Make Digital Transformation Simpler and Secure. Sangfor serves over 100,000 customers and operates more than 60 branches across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

The company offers a range of cybersecurity products, solutions, and services, including a next-generation firewall (NGFW), endpoint protection platform (EPP), secure web gateway (SWG), network detection & response (NDR), secure access service edge (SASE), anti-ransomware, extended detection & response (XDR), and managed detection & response (MDR).

Its IT infrastructure and cloud computing products, solutions, and services include hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), software-defined storage (SDS), hybrid cloud, disaster recovery (DR), and managed cloud services (MCS).

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Pivot3 Surveillance Series

By Quantum

4.2
(73 Ratings)

Quantum technology, software, and services provide the solutions that today's organizations need to make video and other unstructured data smarter – so their data works for them and not the other way around. With over 40 years of innovation, Quantum's end-to-end platform can orchestrate, protect, and enrich data across its lifecycle, providing enhanced intelligence and actionable insights. Leading organizations in cloud services, entertainment, government, research, education, transportation, and enterprise IT trust Quantum to bring their data to life, because data makes life better, safer, and smarter.

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Maxta Hyperconvergence Software

By Huayun Data Group

4.7
(54 Ratings)

Established in 2010, Huayun Data Group Co., Ltd. upholds a framework of autonomy, safety, and controllability to deliver stable and secure cloud computing and big data solutions. The company operates more than 20 cloud data centres through offices set-up in several locations such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Linyi. Huayun Data Group serves by covering networks of China Telecom, China Unicom and the company's own BGP. With focus on customer service business, the company takes measures to understand industry specifics better to cater to the requirements of security, reliability, stability, sustainability, and efficiency when businesses use the cloud. Huayun Data Group has created model cases across several industries such as medical care, education, transportation, finance, government enterprises, and development parks. It's broad scale private cloud and industrial cloud projects have received wide recognition.

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SANsymphony

By DataCore Software

4.8
(46 Ratings)

DataCore Software delivers flexible, intelligent, and powerful software-defined storage solutions for the core, edge, and cloud. We help customers navigate through their data journey across any combination of these storage centers in alignment with their evolving business goals. With a comprehensive product suite, intellectual property portfolio, and unrivaled experience in storage virtualization and advanced data services, DataCore has helped over 10,000 customers worldwide modernize how they store, protect, and access data. Perifery, a division of DataCore, brings precise focus and ingenuity to high-growth markets, such as media and entertainment, by creating and developing a portfolio of innovative solutions that streamline and enhance digital workflows. Through a series of strategic acquisitions, relationships with key partners and truly understanding the needs of our customers, our product team is on the cutting edge of product development.

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ArcherOS

By Anchao Cloud Software

4.8
(38 Ratings)

Archos Technology, Inc. is an entity committed to streamlining the process of technology navigation for its clients. The company's primary focus lies in the field of Information Technology and it essentially addresses the business challenge of understanding and applying evolving technology with efficacy. The range of solutions offered encompasses various facets within Information Technology.

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Azure Local

By Microsoft

4.6
(32 Ratings)

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement.

Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

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Dell PowerFlex

By Dell Technologies

4.7
(24 Ratings)

Dell Technologies helps organizations build their digital futures and individuals transform how they work, live, and play. It provides customers with a broad solutions portfolio for the data era, including traditional infrastructure and extending to multicloud environments. Dell's integrated solutions help customers modernize their IT infrastructure, manage and operate in a multicloud world, address workforce transformation, and provide critical solutions that keep people and organizations connected. It helps customers accelerate their digital transformations to improve and strengthen business and workforce productivity. With an extensive portfolio and a commitment to innovation, Dell offers secure, integrated solutions that extend from the edge to the core to the cloud, and offers software-defined and cloud native infrastructure solutions.

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Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure (Legacy)

By IBM (Red Hat)

4.5
(22 Ratings)

Red Hat specialises in offering enterprise open source solutions. The main business problem it addresses lies within the domain of Linux, hybrid cloud, edge, and Kubernetes technologies. It operates using a communal collaboration method which allows it to provide efficient technological solutions. Its dedicated professionals play an integral role in the idea generation process and problem-solving, resulting in significant advancements in the field.

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FusionCube

By Huawei

4.2
(21 Ratings)

Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions. The company's main focus is to enrich human progress through innovative technologies. Huawei aims to ensure that connectivity is a basic need, emphasizing the importance of access to ICT and the benefits it can provide to a wide audience. The firm specializes in creating customer-focused innovations and establishing strong partnerships, developing capabilities across carrier networks, enterprise, consumers, and cloud computing sections. With operations in over 170 countries, Huawei has a significant global presence. The company's objective is to digitally connect every person, home, and organization in order to achieve a comprehensive connected, intelligent world. Through this, Huawei works to narrow the digital gap, facilitating access to broadband services.

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ZeroStack Intellgent Cloud Platform (Legacy)

By ZeroStack

4.7
(8 Ratings)

ZeroStack is a firm that provides a Cloud Platform that focuses on simplifying the process of constructing and maintaining a private cloud.

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Features of Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software

Updated May 2025

Mandatory Features:

  • Network management tools, including centrally managed virtual switches, platform-native microsegmentation, clusterwide network virtualization, distributed routing, service chaining and network visibility.

  • Server virtualization, including features such as live migrations, load balancing, affinity and antiaffinity rules

  • Software-defined storage

Peer Lessons Learned for Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software

Published October 2024

These lessons focuses on the responses to the questions: “If you could start over, what would your organization do differently?” and “What one piece of advice would you give other prospective customers?”

Peer Lessons Learned for Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure SoftwareLessons learned by your peers shared on Gartner Peer Insights for Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure SoftwarePeer Lessons Learned for Full-Stack HyperconvergedInfrastructure SoftwareLesson 1LESSON1Determine Business Requirements and AssessInfrastructure for Implementing the HCI SolutionLesson 2LESSON2Evaluate the HCI Solution Through a POC;Choose a Simple Solution to Reduce AdditionalCostsLesson 3LESSON3Create Migration Plan for Data; StreamlineConfiguration for Efficient Use of the HCISolutionLesson 4LESSON4Optimize Data and Configure Storage toEnhance Efficiency and Accessibility of the HCISolutionn = 203Source: Reviews (203) submitted to Gartner Peer InsightsID: 5874211Gartner ®
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