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

"Support is very responsive."

"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 price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."

"The compression and deduplication are very high. Therefore, we can use the size of the product more efficiently than other storage solutions."

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

"Most of our users are Cisco customers, so it fits in within the suites we use. Primarily for me, as a solution architect, it's the technology and architecture that is the most valuable. I know from my technical colleagues that it's easy to use and for the customer, the up-time is the most valuable asset. It's running, has low failure, and so on which is why we use it."

"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."

"Cisco provides the ability to configure BIOS, something that no one else can do, on a remote basis. That's really helpful sometimes. The bus-snooping alteration tool for BIOS is fantastic. That's one of the game-changing features that Cisco alone has at this point."

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

"The product is useful for DR and other things."

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

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"

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

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

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

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

"The pricing is pretty expensive."

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

"When it comes to customer needs, the licensing price could be better."

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

"The primary improvements should be made in the cluster storage controller VMs so that they don't break the upgrade process."

"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."

"The solution could improve by having more customization."

"You have to get the same servers with the same storage; they need to be identical. However, in vSAN or in VMware we don't have to do that. We can just add storage and manage it in the same server."

"We have experienced some issues with performance."

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

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."

"The solution doesn't scale."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"I would like the pricing to be cheaper."

"The product could be cheaper."

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

"Its price is rather fair when compared with other solutions like VxRail, vSAN, and HPE SimpliVity. We got a fair amount of discount from Cisco for Cisco HyperFlex. It is cost-effective. We have renewed storage till next year, and we have already paid the vendor. When we talk about HyperFlex or any HCI solution, storage is the part where we can reduce a lot of costs. At the current moment, we are already using NetApp storage, which did not allow us to go for a full Cisco HyperFlex setup. We are planning to go to a larger scale next year. Then we will be able to see how cost-effective it really is for us."

"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."

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

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

"Comparable solutions with switches, storage, and services are cheaper than HyperFlex. It should be cheaper."

"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."

"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."

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