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

"The most valuable feature for our company is that it works internally. We have a lot of internal projects for optimization."

"It is helpful as a backup solution."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is simple to use, user-friendly and has been best for our purposes."

"Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer."

"The solution is stable."

"Cisco HyperFlex is helping us to put everything in centrally so that we can manage in one place."

"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."

"Support is very responsive."

"The benefit of using vSAN is that it's easy to manage on vCenter, you can see if there are issues, get recommendations, and overall, it's highly fault-free which is beneficial because we want to minimize downtime."

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

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

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

"It is easy to install."

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

"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."

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

"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."

"With the cache disk fails in Cisco, the whole node fails, and the workload goes down."

"Sometimes when there are multiple technologies involved in a support case, this is when there is a bit of a lag."

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

"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."

"It needs improvements in terms of I/O. Sometimes I have felt it is slightly slow while we are trying to provision VMs or access VMs."

"Some of our customers do not want to adopt the Cisco ACI solution. They want to manage Cisco HyperFlex by integrating it with their own management solution."

"I would like to see them expand onto the cloud."

"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 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."

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

"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."

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

"The solution doesn't scale."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."

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

"The product could be cheaper."

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"Pricing is better if you buy more Cisco products."

"Our licensing costs are large, but it is combined between all of the Cisco products that we have."

"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 expensive. It's a standard license, and we pay for it yearly. I think we pay about 700."

"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."

"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."

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

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

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