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

"The product is stable; no one complains about the stability, which is fabulous."

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

"On the architectural side of it, there's the single pane of glass, and in the hyper-converged space there is that validated design approach of having all of the components which should work together, the solution is stable, and technical support is better than most."

"The solution is fantastic for VDI usage."

"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."

"We have better computing power, better uptime, and easier management of the infrastructure due to it being a single unit."

"It is a good system to run our virtual machines and services on for high performance and high availability."

"I like the stretch cluster, it's a feature that allows us to warranty a service for the customer that has to be 100% uptime."

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

"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 most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."

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

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

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

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

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

"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."

"A disadvantage is the higher costs involved in using this product."

"When it comes to customer needs, the licensing price could be better."

"Having a small infrastructure that includes Nexus and fabric interconnects is costly, which is something that should be improved."

"I would like to see more flexibility in the storage."

"I would like it to be easier to manage the server, create VMs, and manage the VMs on the client."

"Their technical support is very bad. We had an issue where instead of an engineer we got a PDF "doctor" that didn't know anything about our problem which was very frustrating."

"We have not had a good experience with the support. They were not very helpful with the cosmetic error we were receiving."

"The solution doesn't scale."

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

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

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"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."

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

"It is highly priced compared to other vendors."

"Its price is high. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Nutanix or VMware are cheaper products, and they provide almost the same functionality. Its price is a big road blocker when we are working with an end customer, and Nutanix and VMware are in competition. If they can reduce its price, it is actually a better choice for customers."

"The cost is expensive, but there is a chance to save money in the future."

"We have a yearly license."

"When we negotiated with Cisco for the HyperFlex solution, they gave us a good price because they wanted to break into the market in Portugal for the first time. However, in general, I think it's a very expensive solution. It's a huge amount of money to acquire this kind of infrastructure."

"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."

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

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

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