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

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance."

"Overall, the solution is extremely easy, flexible and secure."

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

"I like Cisco Intersight."

"The flexibility is its most valuable feature; the ability to quickly deploy a number of help machines. It is not constrained by what we want to do."

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

"By configuring networks, we are saving power."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the integration with everything in a much smoother, such as in physical and virtual environments. VMware NSX is a simpler solution but, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is more robust compared to VMware NSX."

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

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

"It is easy to install."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"Its price could be better."

"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."

"The deployment could be made a little bit easier, as we still seem to struggle with it a little bit for a day or so to get it running."

"Lacks easy integration with other vendors."

"The initial setup can be a bit complex."

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

"The architecture separates data, computing, memory, and storage into different parts."

"I would like a lighter product; something which can be carried by a mere human. The typical size still looks like a stack of data center-sized servers, which is typically fine, but not so good if you want to carry it around."

"Upgrades are carried out manually."

"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."

"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 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."

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

"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."

"When customers want to expand capacity but all the drive slots are full, they are forced to buy new servers or nodes which adds more costs with licenses and hardware, rendering it less scalable than other storage setups."

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

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

"The price is a bit high. It could be better, but the product is worth the cost."

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

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

"We have a yearly license."

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

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

"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."

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"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."

"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."

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

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