We performed a comparison between Rackspace OpenStack and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."
"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."
"The solution is stable."
"It created a reusable library with OpenStack features."
"The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful."
"The update capability of VxRail is crucial for us."
"There is a single vendor with the hardware, software, and maintenance. Thus, there is a single vendor with whom we can contact."
"The assurance that my systems would not suffer a performance drop no matter where they are is valuable. I do not need any extra hardware."
"For me, VxRail's most valuable feature is its life-cycle management."
"The most compelling aspect of VxRail lies in its unwavering guarantee of sustained performance for my systems, regardless of their geographical distribution."
"It's a simple product, fast, and reliable."
"First and foremost, I would advise people to purchase this solution mainly for the simplicity of the system. And it's all managed in one place, which is nice compared to Nutanix where you had to administrate multiple places. And, the support now is so good."
"I like that there is a dependency on the storage controller."
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."
"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."
"The line migration is a problem."
"OpenStack is difficult for the novice in terms of beginning to use cloud tools."
"VMware has a side-to-side replication feature, which is still more mature than Rackspace OpenStack's which can't be used in a production environment."
"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases)."
"It would be an improvement if VxRail could be integrated with some other hypervisors and not just with VMware."
"Sometimes during implementation, you can some scripting errors. And there are some issues when we update the version. There are some issues like the version will not get updated or stable at some time. Dell needs to resolve these problems, we don't waste time fixing them."
"Next release, we would like to see online applications."
"We have some issues, but they are possibly out-of-the-box issues. There was a host that was dead on arrival, and there were some file issues on other hosts. We're currently working actively with Dell to resolve all these issues. Once they are resolved, the product should be stable."
"I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution."
"Having a native replication would be an improvement."
"You have to buy a new server if you want to scale up."
"In the next release, I would like to see our graphical user interface allow us to manage VxRail clusters and everything on a single pane of glass where I can monitor and shut down the server, similar to a VxRail manager."
Rackspace OpenStack is ranked 6th in Converged Infrastructure with 9 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. Rackspace OpenStack is rated 7.8, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Rackspace OpenStack writes "A scalable open-source solution that needs some improvement with its ecosystem". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Rackspace OpenStack is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series.
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