Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs Dell vSAN Ready Nodes comparison

"Go ahead and do it."

"It is scalable and easy to use."

"It's a very robust solution; there are a lot of products on the market you can access, but this is an end-to-end compact solution for the end customer, it's good, and it's a high-end type of product."

"The software defines networking, storage, and processing."

"It is pretty easy to set up."

"This solution allows us to get up and running a lot faster than before, as instead of it being multiple days of cabling, multiple solutions, and getting the servers online, it now generally takes one full day to get it up and ready to go."

"The most valuable feature is to simplify management, as we can lower the need for people to work on the storage itself."

"The most valuable feature was the backup - it was easy to back up. It was also very easy to administrate and manage the system; much easier and faster. Finally, it was easy to extend the disk capacities."

"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."

"The most beneficial feature is the consolidated storage which is the vSAN. It handles most of the heavy work."

"The support was very good."

"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."

"I rate vSAN ReadyNodes as a nine out of ten."

"The product is useful for DR and other things."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

"We previously used the old traditional type of file storage and we switched because there was almost no difference in cost but we got a product with much better features."

"Technical support is very good. Not excellent, but good. There's still not enough data available on the web. For example, for the integration to VMware, I had a case recently and I searched for more information but didn't find any."

"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."

"It is not a stable solution."

"The product is expensive. Other solutions are cheaper."

"It is quite new solution, so it is not very stable."

"They should have more blade options and more configuration flexibility. Also, the price is expensive. It should be cheaper but it is worth the price."

"I haven't been too impressed with the Cisco HyperFlex HX, honestly. It's a hard concept."

"A disadvantage is the higher costs involved in using this product."

"The solution doesn't scale."

"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."

"I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a great improvement."

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes doesn't perform as well as IBM. There are significant limitations, especially with scalability and flexibility over time. For example, adding drives can be problematic if the specific drives aren't available with older nodes that are four or five years old. Unlike IBM, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes isn't as flexible and doesn't scale easily. Additionally, while present, features like deduplication and compression don't perform as efficiently as they do on IBM. Our experience shows that the tool isn't as robust or flexible as advertised."

"Upgrades are carried out manually."

"When comparing Dell VxRail and Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes, I have found that when managing and expanding Dell VxRail is much better."

"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."

"The solution doesn't scale."

"We negotiated with Cisco and we got some price benefit from that."

"HyperFlex is relatively expensive, but you get good value for money."

"For customers in the private sector, this product can have a very high return on investment."

"The price is a bit high. It could be better, but the product is worth the cost."

"The product could be cheaper."

"If you don't look at the costs of the systems, the scalability is quite good."

"I would like a clearer licensing model. It should explain a bit more what you receive if you buy the more expensive license rather than the standard one."

"We have a yearly license."

"There is a problem, which is the lack of an integrated price structure."

"We have a four-year contract to use Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes."

"The solution is more expensive than a traditional array. The prices are skyrocketing."

"The tool's pricing is competitive compared to others. The tool's licensing is based on annual subscriptions."

"Comparing the price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes to other solutions it is not expensive."

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"My company makes yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."