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

"The storage system is its most valuable feature. It has eliminated our entire need for having to worry about storage. We were storing a lot of syslog data and using a lot of templates in our data center. With the storage system, we are now saving an enormous amount of space."

"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."

"Cisco technical support is very skilled. From what I've had to access, there were quick responses and the necessary escalation."

"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."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance."

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

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

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

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

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

"vSAN ReadyNodes offer easy scalability, which has proven beneficial for storage needs."

"The support was very good."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"The setup was complex, especially since we usually do all the planning, sizing, and workflows before integration."

"Unlike other options, you need to pay a subscription to Cisco yearly instead of paying for the hardware outright, which makes it more expensive in the long run."

"We would like to have the ability to not have to reboot while doing updates. Being able to work through updates with as minimal amount of impact to users."

"I would have liked it to be able to back up the system to a cloud, to be able to work from any other place."

"A stretch function is really needed. This is a needed feature, the cluster feature, and we'd also like to see a possibility for ROBO offices."

"We would like HyperFlex to connect the storage directly into Fabric Interconnect along with the features of the solution. We have enough ports in HyperFlex. We don't want to buy another set of switches to connect to Fabric Interconnect, complicating the solution."

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

"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."

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

"The solution doesn't scale."

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

"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."

"The solution doesn't scale."

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"It's much more expensive than rack servers. It was an issue, but when you compare it to the number of people who were administrative assistants before, it's on the positive ROI side. It's much cheaper."

"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."

"Comparable solutions with switches, storage, and services are cheaper than HyperFlex. It should be cheaper."

"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."

"The product could be cheaper."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."