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

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

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

"I find the usability very valuable."

"Deduplication is a valuable feature available in Cisco HyperFlex."

"Great integration with backup software."

"The initial setup was straightforward. With our partners and the consultancy that we had, we knew what we wanted to do. Therefore, we didn't have any problems with the installation and parametrization."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"The product is useful for DR and other things."

"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."

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

"We'd like the product to offer better integration with other products."

"It needs more detailed documentation."

"I would like a lighter product; something which can be carried by a mere human. The typical size still looks like a stack of data center-sized servers, which is typically fine, but not so good if you want to carry it around."

"They can't get a POC to work because there are big latencies between the two sites we have. Even though we have a private fiber connection and everything else works well, they can't get the two products to talk to each other. They are not able to build it up. It looks like it's a firmware issue. They said it isn't but now it's looking like it is. I hope we can sort it out."

"The primary improvements should be made in the cluster storage controller VMs so that they don't break the upgrade process."

"We had a bit of complexity to think about how to migrate our legacy infrastructure into Cisco HyperFlex."

"The architecture separates data, computing, memory, and storage into different parts."

"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."

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

"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."

"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."

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

"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."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"Upgrades are carried out manually."

"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"Initially HyperFlex was a little costly, it was higher, but Cisco wanted to get into our company, so they gave us a fair discount."

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

"There is a recurring cost for the VMware license and the HyperFlex licenses."

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

"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."

"I would like the pricing to be cheaper."

"Our licensing costs are large, but it is combined between all of the Cisco products that we have."

"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."

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

"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."