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."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability, performance, and reliability. It scales well inside of a large data center."

"It is a stable and scalable solution."

"The solution can scale up and out."

"The scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is simple to use, user-friendly and has been best for our purposes."

"The compression and deduplication are very high. Therefore, we can use the size of the product more efficiently than other storage solutions."

"The solution is stable."

"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."

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

"Dell's technical support is generally very good."

"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."

"vSAN ReadyNodes offer easy scalability, which has proven beneficial for storage needs."

"It is easy to install."

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

"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 would like to see them expand onto the cloud."

"If we could have just a single pane of glass, where everything can be managed through that one app, rather than have multiple apps, it would be great."

"Lacks some integration and documentation could be improved."

"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."

"There are sometimes issues with memory failure."

"We would like to move off the GUI."

"The initial setup can be a bit complex."

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

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

"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."

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."

"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 must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

"It's much more expensive than rack servers. It was an issue, but when you compare it to the number of people who were administrative assistants before, it's on the positive ROI side. It's much cheaper."

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

"The price is a bit too high."

"Pricing is better if you buy more Cisco products."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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