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

"You can administer things easily. E.g., if you need more power, you can add a system."

"One of the big benefits of using this solution is security, as 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."

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

"Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all."

"The management from the switches to the hyper-convergence solutions are quite good and well-developed."

"The automation is a valuable feature, it's interesting."

"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 scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset."

"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."

"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."

"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."

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

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

"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 is the set of user tools that are available."

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

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

"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."

"The initial setup is very complex because there were some issues. It is not clear to how set up this solution."

"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."

"The infrastructure team thinks that there are a lot of issues."

"The initial setup of the Cisco HyperFlex HX platform was medium-level difficult. It's a little bit different from traditional servers. It takes getting used to the learning curve."

"If we compare it with VMware, the VMware product is basically very open, and it can be easily integrated with any platform. VMware product is also available on the cloud and is not an appliance-based product, whereas Cisco HyperFlex is an appliance-based product. Companies that want to use HCI as a platform or as a service would prefer something without an appliance. A SaaS-based product is better for a customer who is using the cloud and has multiple resources, workflows, and devices on the cloud and wants to go for a hyper-converged solution. This is where improvement is needed. In addition to an appliance-based product, Cisco should provide a SaaS-based product. Its price should be lower. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Its price is a big road blocker when competing against Nutanix and VMware, which are its main competitors."

"Cisco is quite expensive but not in the initial first buy."

"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."

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

"The solution doesn't scale."

"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."

"Currently, it's like a black box that only Dell technical support knows how to handle."

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

"The solution doesn't scale."

"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."

"For customers in the private sector, this product can have a very high return on investment."

"We currently have a perpetual license, which is kind of unlimited, so we don't have the normal licensing cost, yet."

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

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

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

"It is relatively expensive, but it can easily return value by freeing up other resources."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."