VMware vSAN Alternatives

4.6(442 Ratings)

Considering alternatives to VMware vSAN? See what this market VMware vSAN users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Scale Computing Platform

By Scale Computing

4.7

Overall everything has been working now for almost 5 years with only 1 item that arrived in a failed state and was promptly replaced.Read all insights and reviews for Scale Computing Platform

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2. Nutanix Cloud Platform

4.7

Nutanix has been our best partner to work with over the last 6 years. They are actively engaged with us on a daily basis. They help us collaboratively sell. They consistently continue to innovate.Read all insights and reviews for Nutanix Cloud Platform

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3. Windows Server 2022 Edition

4.5

I have been using Windows Server 2022 since upgrading from the 2019 version. I have been using it mainly for managing infrastructure, domain controls, even network file access as well as a variety of other things. Compared to the 2019 version, this one feels more refined and offers better stability. I especially enjoy its security features and hybrid cloud readiness. Read all insights and reviews for Windows Server 2022 Edition

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Easier to integrate and deploy
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4. StarWind Virtual SAN

By DataCore (StarWind)

4.7

I used the free version of StarWind Virtual SAN a few years ago to test some High Availability proof of concepts and then this year pulled the trigger on buying a 2-server node license. Both with the free version and the purchased one, I have been quite impressed with the product itself. Having an option for a virtual SAN hosted on servers is a configuration that not every organization might need. Many will go the route of just having hardware SANs. Whether utilizing existing hardware or if you want more granular control of your storage device utilizing this type of Virtual SAN can be a great option. In particular, with vendors pushing more and more "closed-box" server and storage systems where administrators cannot control the underlying architecture, an option like this is refreshing. With a 2-node setup we can utilize high speed server storage and cut out the need for more complex quorum arrangements and optical networking equipment. High Availability with just two servers and no additional hardware footprints to mix into my environment has been a major plus. Working with StarWinds support technicians (well just one technician, I've only talked to the same one each time I ask for help) has been a major plus as well. He was very knowledgeable and able to answer all of my questions. He even helped spot an underlying hardware issue with one of my devices while we were getting things setup. The only negative I have experienced so far is the difficulty at getting answers to my questions and setting up support calls in a simple expedient way. Communication with my sales rep can be slow at times and answers to my questions often end up forwarded through the rep, slowing and sometimes confusing the exchanges. Once a support call is set up though things go well. After two years of use now I can say that the product has continued to perform reliably and require almost no maintenance at all. The system has managed failovers without noticeable downtime when one of the hosts goes offline.Read all insights and reviews for StarWind Virtual SAN

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5. HPE SimpliVity

By Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

4.4

When it is working , it works fantastic. When it is not working, most of the time we need to engage HPe Engineer to work on it. Not working as in hardware failure (and then everything breaks) until need to rebuild the setup. However, to be fair, the issue only happen at a particular sites. So i am not sure if it is due to environmental factors such as high dust environment. Other than that, other sites are working flawlessly. Only complain is pretty hard to navigate HPe sites to obtain software for upgrade the appliance version.Read all insights and reviews for HPE SimpliVity

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6. Dell VxRail

By Dell Technologies

4.6

We replaced our prev solution with Dell Unity infrastructure with Dell Vxrail in early 2024. The implementation by Dell, was very straightforward and everything was up and running within a couple of weeks of getting delivered. Before we moved any production servers to the the Vxrail, we wanted to go through a firmware upgrade to make sure the "one button" upgrade worked as expected and there was no downtime. The "one button" upgrade worked perfectly, with no impact to the test systems that we had migrated to the environment. We have since gone through several upgrades with production servers running on the Vxrail without any operational impact. We had a Vxrail node have a hardware failure and the Vxrail migrated the workloads off the node and shut it down without any operational impact. Once the node was repaired, Vxrail balanced the workloads across all of the nodes without any operational impact. Overall, the Vxrail clusters have been incredibly reliable and resilient, resulting in no downtime due to the Vxrail. Read all insights and reviews for Dell VxRail

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7. StorMagic SvSAN

4.5

Perfect solution with an affordable price that permits usage of small VMWare infrastructure without dedicated storage.Read all insights and reviews for StorMagic SvSAN

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8. SMTX OS

4.9

SmartX hyper-converged products provide us with a favorable user experience. First, the overall complexity of the infrastructure, including network, storage, and disaster recovery, has been greatly reduced. We can focus more on business development without worrying too much about infrastructure operation and maintenance, expansion and fault recovery. At the same time, significant savings in operating costs have been realized, including the cost of cabinet space, technician costs and equipment costs.Read all insights and reviews for SMTX OS

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