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

"The solution scales extremely well."

"The main value is it brings the total solution, so you don't need to worry about storage and also networking."

"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."

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

"We have been using this product for a while, we wanted to use our current equipment and have been very excited with the results of our projects."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the connectivity, consistency, and that we now have fewer vulnerabilities on the network."

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

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

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

"The tool's most valuable features are compression and its usage in Kubernetes."

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

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

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

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

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

"Here in Brazil, our point of view about the cost to implement or buy this kind of solution is that it is very expensive."

"The initial setup of the Cisco HyperFlex HX platform was medium-level difficult. It's a little bit different from traditional servers."

"It is not a stable solution."

"Stability is really poor, especially the storage stability. We lost data."

"Cisco's technical support originally was outstanding, but it has declined over the last 12 months."

"The initial setup of the Cisco HyperFlex HX platform was medium-level difficult. It's a little bit different from traditional servers. It takes getting used to the learning curve."

"The pricing is pretty expensive."

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

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"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."

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

"Its price is rather fair when compared with other solutions like VxRail, vSAN, and HPE SimpliVity. We got a fair amount of discount from Cisco for Cisco HyperFlex. It is cost-effective. We have renewed storage till next year, and we have already paid the vendor. When we talk about HyperFlex or any HCI solution, storage is the part where we can reduce a lot of costs. At the current moment, we are already using NetApp storage, which did not allow us to go for a full Cisco HyperFlex setup. We are planning to go to a larger scale next year. Then we will be able to see how cost-effective it really is for us."

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

"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."

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

"There is a 30 percent additional premium that all the companies are charging for Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series because of the lack of chips and bottlenecks in the market. The cost of the solution is high right now."

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"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."

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