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

"The most valuable feature is full integration with Cisco API and UCS, which means you can have complete networking and storage from Cisco."

"The workload can handle anything and has an extended capacity."

"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."

"It is scalable and easy to use."

"It's very easy to use and quite a mature product."

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

"By configuring networks, we are saving power."

"The solution can scale up and out."

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

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

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

"It is easy to install."

"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."

"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."

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

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

"Does not support the stretch cluster, and the interface is not good."

"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."

"The initial setup could be faster, due to the prerequisites."

"One aspect that really needs to be looked at, is to fix the bugs issue."

"The initial setup can be complex."

"The product needs work in the area of deduplication which currently is inefficient."

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

"There should be the opportunity to create more than one div group"

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"This product is not sufficiently scalable."

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

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

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

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a bit pricier compared to other brands in the market...There is a need to make additional payments towards the maintenance and support of the solution."

"The product could be cheaper."

"There is a license required to use this solution."

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

"It is highly priced compared to other vendors."

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

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

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

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

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"We have a four-year contract to use Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes."