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

"The ROI we have seen from the high performance that has saved us time and money."

"We are providing this solution for the customer or converting the customer from a traditional environment to a hyper-converged environment which consolidates all management and support on a single port. This is the main benefit of using the hyper-converged versus the traditional."

"From an infrastructure level you achieve the highest availability, I am talking about 100% availability from a storage perspective."

"It increases efficiency, decreases the cost, and manages the network in one single way. That's the most important thing."

"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."

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

"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product."

"It has reduced the time it takes to put the servers in production by half the time."

"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."

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

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

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

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

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

"We previously used the old traditional type of file storage and we switched because there was almost no difference in cost but we got a product with much better features."

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

"Cisco is a bit more challenging to setup. You need to be knowledgeable in order to implement the solution."

"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."

"This solution is lacking in replication and backup abilities that I would like to see in a future release similar to HPE SimpliVity."

"Cisco technical support often makes things too complicated."

"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."

"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."

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

"What happens is, if it's poorly architected, that if something's screwed up, everything is screwed up."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."

"I think the upgrades could be improved. If you compare it to other HCI solutions, like VxRail, the upgrade process is fully automated whereas on vSAN ReadyNodes it's a bit complicated and we have to do it manually."

"The solution doesn't scale."

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

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."

"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."

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"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."

"I would like the pricing to be cheaper."

"The product is expensive. Other solutions are cheaper."

"Here in Brazil... it is very expensive. It's very hard for almost all companies to buy even the small version of this solution."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"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."

"The price is a bit too high."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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