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Product is very robust and very easy to deploy, and once it's deployed it will run forever without any issues. Most importantly the local snapshot feature where you can stay as you want and update the process through LCM which is great.

VMware vSAN is a very powerful platform designed for companies with a full stack hyperconverged infrastructure solution which can provide multiple features like virtualization, combined storage and infrastructure management in one platform. Because of VMware vSAN's reliability and scalability in the market, many companies use it. VMware also provides a centralized network management environment which helps IT department to easily monitor storage issues, virtualization matters and networking through a single dashboard. Overall, VMware vSAN's main focus is on storage, but it also works excellently with VMware's networking solutions like routing and other network related matters. VMware vSAN also provides businesses with an excellent feature in the shape of microsegmentation. This feature allows companies to create customized security policies for every person, workload, and virtual machine. It helps businesses save themselves from relying on traditional network level security.

We started on the Free VirtualSAN and while it met our initial needs we realized we needed more control. After purchasing the software StarWind's support reached out to set up an implementation and a Knowledge Expert walked me through the entire process. Since then it has run flawlessly and I have not had to really touch any part of it.

A solid release that prioritizes security and hybrid-cloud functionality, feels incredibly stable for hosting our .net applications and managing local infrastructure successfully bridging the gap between on premise hardware and Azure cloud services.

Before Simplivity, our backup and DR processes felt fragile and time consuming. Now, they're quietly dependable. Policy-based replication gives us peace of mind, and those sub-minute VM restores have been a lifesaver during maintenance windows. Our VMware admins adopted it quickly because it didn't feel like learning a whole new platform. Storage savings from deduplication were better than we expected.

The usability of tje product is a little morr confusing at times than it needs to be. The hardware however performs very well.

Perfect solution with an affordable price that permits usage of small VMWare infrastructure without dedicated storage.

We recently transitioned from a well-established market leader to Sangfor HCI. While the initial decision was driven by cost optimization, the proof-of-concept phase and detailed technical evaluation revealed that the platform offers a robust and mature features. From an architectural and operational perspective in our scenario, Sangfor HCI has proven to be highly effective in managing multiple HCI clusters across low-bandwidth and remote sites. The SCP (Sangfor Cloud Platform) provides centralized management, monitoring and reporting capabilities that integrate seamlessly with the underlying HCI infrastructure. Overall, the Sangfor HCI along with SCP delivers strong stability, scalability and centralized manageability without the complexity or licensing overhead compared to typical enterprise HCI solutions.