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

"It's easy to get the tool started."

"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product, and we love its ease of use, ease of deployment, and combination with UCS."

"The compute storage and virtualization come all in one box."

"With our four HyperFlex HX hosts (consisting of processor, memory, and disk), the performance is very fast and we have no problems at all. In all of the five years that we have been using HyperFlex, we haven't needed to increase our budget to buy additional hosts."

"The most valuable feature was the backup - it was easy to back up. It was also very easy to administrate and manage the system; much easier and faster. Finally, it was easy to extend the disk capacities."

"The feature that we are most interested in is the scalability. When needed, we are able to add more nodes and scale it up further."

"The integration to the network is a great thing."

"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 most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."

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

"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."

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

"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is the flexibility of the nodes. Additionally, if there are any critical issues they update us through emails. The issues are taken care of remotely on the system."

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

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

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

"Its price could be better."

"We are moving further out with more cloud solutions, so we need HyperFlex to be more cloud-connected."

"It is not a stable solution."

"It was really painful, and we couldn't sort out the reason."

"We would like to move off the GUI."

"There is a VMware plugin for HyperFlex, which sometimes hangs up in our environment and doesn't function well."

"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"

"Its price could be better."

"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."

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

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

"I think the upgrades could be improved. If you compare it to other HCI solutions, like VxRail, the upgrade process is fully automated whereas on vSAN ReadyNodes it's a bit complicated and we have to do it manually."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"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."

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

"The product is expensive. Other solutions are cheaper."

"The product could be cheaper."

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

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

"I would like the pricing to be cheaper."

"One of the challenges we have with HyperFlex is that they have a subscription fee for the operating system that runs on it, and if I remember correctly, it costs approximately $15,000 USD per month."

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

"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 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."

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."