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

"The management from the switches to the hyper-convergence solutions are quite good and well-developed."

"Overall, the solution is extremely easy, flexible and secure."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the integration with everything in a much smoother, such as in physical and virtual environments. VMware NSX is a simpler solution but, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is more robust compared to VMware NSX."

"The solution is easy to use and to learn. It is well integrated with VMware."

"Most of our users are Cisco customers, so it fits in within the suites we use. Primarily for me, as a solution architect, it's the technology and architecture that is the most valuable. I know from my technical colleagues that it's easy to use and for the customer, the up-time is the most valuable asset. It's running, has low failure, and so on which is why we use it."

"It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors."

"I like Cisco Intersight."

"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."

"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."

"It is easy to install."

"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."

"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."

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

"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 tool's most valuable feature is high availability."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

"Cisco is a bit more challenging in terms of deployment. The admin must be knowledgeable in order to complete the task. Without that knowledge, it will be difficult to complete."

"The pricing is pretty expensive."

"I would like it to be easier to manage the server, create VMs, and manage the VMs on the client."

"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."

"It needs improvements in terms of I/O. Sometimes I have felt it is slightly slow while we are trying to provision VMs or access VMs."

"The storage layer seems to be a little better on the VMware than on HyperFlex side."

"I would like to see more analytics. It could use better infographs in the HyperFlex Connect on how traffic is running in the network. If you were reaching any capacity issues on the Fabric Interconnects, it should be able to cool all of the servers and Fabric Interconnects, then possibly integrate it with, e.g., Nexus Series switches. This should all be available in a single pane of glass."

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

"Currently, it's like a black box that only Dell technical support knows how to handle."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

"Sometimes we experience performance issues and disk failure issues frequently. Sometimes it impacts another disk group situation."

"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."

"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."

"When customers want to expand capacity but all the drive slots are full, they are forced to buy new servers or nodes which adds more costs with licenses and hardware, rendering it less scalable than other storage setups."

"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."

"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."

"There is a license required to use this solution."

"We have a yearly license."

"It's roughly $30,000 per Hyperflex license, so that would be about $60,000 a year."

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

"It is relatively expensive, but it can easily return value by freeing up other resources."

"Comparable solutions with switches, storage, and services are cheaper than HyperFlex. It should be cheaper."

"The product could be cheaper."

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

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

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

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