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

"This is a robust product that we can rely on."

"The technical support has been helpful. We are always able to get through to the right person."

"We used to have a single customer-facing data center, which was vulnerable to failure. This product has allowed us to create high availability between two private data centers."

"On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional."

"The most valuable feature is full integration with Cisco API and UCS, which means you can have complete networking and storage from Cisco."

"I really highly recommend Cisco due to its stability and scalability, and also the performance of the equipment."

"It's a very scalable product because they have about 150 commercial services, so the scalability is very high, and the uptime is great."

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

"We are selling the product and we are happy with it."

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

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

"The best feature about any type of storage related to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is its ease of scaling, and with a converged infrastructure platform, you can easily add a storage node or a compute node to the stack and grow in smaller increments compared to getting a whole new array or upgrading controllers."

"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."

"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."

"You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."

"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is the flexibility of the nodes. Additionally, if there are any critical issues they update us through emails. The issues are taken care of remotely on the system."

"The solution could improve by having more customization."

"If we compare it with VMware, the VMware product is basically very open, and it can be easily integrated with any platform. VMware product is also available on the cloud and is not an appliance-based product, whereas Cisco HyperFlex is an appliance-based product. Companies that want to use HCI as a platform or as a service would prefer something without an appliance. A SaaS-based product is better for a customer who is using the cloud and has multiple resources, workflows, and devices on the cloud and wants to go for a hyper-converged solution. This is where improvement is needed. In addition to an appliance-based product, Cisco should provide a SaaS-based product. Its price should be lower. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Its price is a big road blocker when competing against Nutanix and VMware, which are its main competitors."

"The problem is that we always have to keep an eye out for new releases to make sure that the version we're running is up-to-date."

"Unlike other options, you need to pay a subscription to Cisco yearly instead of paying for the hardware outright, which makes it more expensive in the long run."

"Their technical support is very bad. We had an issue where instead of an engineer we got a PDF "doctor" that didn't know anything about our problem which was very frustrating."

"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."

"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."

"There is a VMware plugin for HyperFlex, which sometimes it hangs up in our environment, and doesn't function well."

"Although vSAN ReadyNodes work well, a faster firmware lifecycle with the release of validated firmware catalogs more quickly would be a desired improvement."

"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."

"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."

"The price of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes could be better, it is a little expensive."

"The solution doesn't scale."

"The licensing is perpetual and the only thing that you may need to pay for on a monthly basis is if you're going to use their cloud-based management features."

"The product could be cheaper."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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

"Cisco is quite expensive, but not in the initial first buy."

"We currently have a perpetual license, which is kind of unlimited, so we don't have the normal licensing cost, yet."

"Our licensing is Hybrid. We have all of our applications for billing and outage management through this."

"When we negotiated with Cisco for the HyperFlex solution, they gave us a good price because they wanted to break into the market in Portugal for the first time. However, in general, I think it's a very expensive solution. It's a huge amount of money to acquire this kind of infrastructure."

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"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."

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