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

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

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

"We are providing this solution for the customer or converting the customer from a traditional environment to a hyper-converged environment which consolidates all management and support on a single port. This is the main benefit of using the hyper-converged versus the traditional."

"Support is very responsive."

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

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

"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability, performance, and reliability. It scales well inside of a large data center."

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

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

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

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

"It is easy to install."

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

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

"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."

"Cisco HyperFlex should decrease the amount of memory needed from the Controller VM that controls the physical discs. They control the discs by using the virtual VM over every ESXi host and the VM consumes memory and consumes more hardware resources. They have to improve that by decreasing the amount of required memory and CPUs to control this disc on the server."

"We would like to see better integration in the next release of this solution."

"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."

"The additional feature I would like to see included in the next release of this solution is more security. We want to add more data servers to all the hosts all over the world. We have 140 hosts that connect to one data center in Manila."

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

"In the next release, Cisco should add more integration and management capabilities as well as some tweaks to the dashboard that make it more user-friendly. They could also add support for multiple hypervisors."

"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."

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

"Sometimes we experience performance issues and disk failure issues frequently. Sometimes it impacts another disk group situation."

"I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a great improvement."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

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