Does anyone have any experience with Arcfra?
Posted by DrAtomic1@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 2 comments
Hi Guys,
Does anyone have any experience with the infrastructure solution named Arcfra? I found it through an article on theregister, it looks solid and interesting on paper. But the big question begs how does it hold up in practise? Also, some indicative pricing information would be welcomed.
Cheers!
Winter_Engineer2163@reddit
Haven’t seen much real-world usage of Arcfra yet, it’s still pretty new and mostly marketing at this point.
On paper it’s basically another hyperconverged / private cloud stack, kind of in the same space as Nutanix, VMware vSAN, Azure Stack HCI, etc. So the idea is solid, but the question is maturity.
From what people usually run into with newer platforms:
limited community and documentation
fewer integrations compared to big players
support quality can be hit or miss early on
So yeah, it might be interesting tech-wise, but I’d be cautious putting it into production unless you have strong vendor support and a clear use case.
Pricing is usually not public with these vendors, but if it’s competing in that space, expect it to be somewhere in the “enterprise but trying to undercut VMware” range.
If you’re seriously considering it, I’d push for a proper POC and test things like:
backup/restore
updates and upgrades
failure scenarios
integration with your existing infra
Right now it feels more like something to evaluate, not blindly trust in production yet.
DrAtomic1@reddit (OP)
Thanks, most certainly the direction I was leaning.
I literally tripped over them never having heard of them before and I do know my fair share of solutions. I know they claim to have a 50% better TCO over VCF but I was more wondering if they are truly an enterprise compete or more entry level market / commercial alternative to Proxmox like.
Maturity wise it is said they are forked of SmartX (which is a HCI product and well established leader in the Chinese market). But again, not 100% certain on this.
No matter how hard I searched I fail to be able to find anyone naming a pricing point publicly.
Anyway appreciate your response, which is great advice when evaluating any new (even if just to your organisation even) tech.