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

"Their customer service is very efficient."

"It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors."

"It allows us to authorize our residents to come in using their own personal devices to access any of our clinical applications and ensure that the PHI is secure and protected."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX is that it is self-contained."

"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."

"The UCS, which is by far the best management tool there is on the market, regardless of vendor. It's the only tool I see that gives you the opportunity to size and scale all the assets and capacity you have in your data center, from a unified view."

"Initial it costs much but it will pay back with its scalability feature and performance."

"It is a complete solution for proper software-defined data centers with hardware, software, and everything else."

"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."

"The benefit of using vSAN is that it's easy to manage on vCenter, you can see if there are issues, get recommendations, and overall, it's highly fault-free which is beneficial because we want to minimize downtime."

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

"It is easy to install."

"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."

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

"There could be an increase in performance to improve the solution."

"I wouldn't recommend HyperFlex."

"You cannot just apply the VSXi updates. You are dependent on Cisco HyperFlex for metric services, analytics, and everything else. I don't like that dependency."

"Cisco's technical support originally was outstanding, but it has declined over the last 12 months. I've heard they're trying to do better, but I haven't been overly impressed with their support recently for HyperFlex."

"I would like for them to develop integration with other technologies, like SD Access. It's still lacking an enhancement management player."

"The initial setup can be complex."

"The storage layer seems to be a little better on the VMware than on HyperFlex side."

"In terms of the stability, we can't get it to work."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"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 solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."

"HyperFlex is a little pricey."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is expensive. It's a standard license, and we pay for it yearly. I think we pay about 700."

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

"We negotiated with Cisco and we got some price benefit from that."

"Our licensing is Hybrid. We have all of our applications for billing and outage management through this."

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

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

"There is no additional licensing cost other than the cost for each part."

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

"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."

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."