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

"Cisco provides the ability to configure BIOS, something that no one else can do, on a remote basis. That's really helpful sometimes. The bus-snooping alteration tool for BIOS is fantastic. That's one of the game-changing features that Cisco alone has at this point."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions on the storage side by having one big storage space for hosting VMs."

"Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all."

"It is a complete package; for any kind of on-premises hyper-converged solution, we usually have to separate networks, but Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a complete solution with its own network and storage, and the storage part is the most valuable feature."

"While it has a lot of things to improve, it is a good solution."

"The most valuable feature is that it is something small that can be more easily deployed than a full data center set of servers."

"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."

"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."

"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."

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

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload."

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

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

"The cost is higher compared to non-Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, but when compared with external storage solutions, there are significant benefits."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

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

"The additional feature I would like to see included in the next release of this solution is more security. We want to add more data servers to all the hosts all over the world. We have 140 hosts that connect to one data center in Manila."

"One aspect that really needs to be looked at, is to fix the bugs issue."

"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."

"The platform itself is very stable and robust, but when it comes to upgrading the system, it's not stable."

"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."

"HyperFlex could be improved by reducing the minimum number of nodes supported from three to two."

"You have to get the same servers with the same storage; they need to be identical. However, in vSAN or in VMware we don't have to do that."

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

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

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

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

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

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

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

"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."

"Its price is high. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Nutanix or VMware are cheaper products, and they provide almost the same functionality. Its price is a big road blocker when we are working with an end customer, and Nutanix and VMware are in competition. If they can reduce its price, it is actually a better choice for customers."

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

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

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

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

"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 are on an annual subscription and the price is fair."

"The cost is expensive, but there is a chance to save money in the future."

"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."

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

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

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