We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and HPE Alletra dHCI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."
"I find the usability very valuable."
"Cisco HyperFlex is helping us to put everything in centrally so that we can manage in one place."
"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."
"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."
"Scalability is easy and simple."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"The product is easy to manage and flexible for upgrading without major changes."
"Very good in-line compression."
"So far, the solution's performance is very good."
"Nimble DHCI is really user friendly and not complex"
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has the most valuable features for performance, resilience, and scalability."
"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."
"The nice thing about it is that it truly integrates with the cloud, so I can move my volumes bi-directionally in and out of the cloud."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."
"There should be publicly available tutorials on YouTube or other platforms that help the users to integrate this solution with other platforms, for example."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"The gathering of monthly consumption and performance reports for future dissemination to concerned parties is very important. Unfortunately, StarWinds vSAN doesn't offer this functionality."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"The software monitoring should be web-based to be reachable from any VLAN workstation."
"The product does not have a cloud version...The product should be made more flexible in terms of integration capabilities."
"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."
"Deployment scripts can be improved since several clans need to be created before the deployment effectively works."
"We had a bit of complexity to think about how to migrate our legacy infrastructure into Cisco HyperFlex."
"They can't get a POC to work because there are big latencies between the two sites we have. Even though we have a private fiber connection and everything else works well, they can't get the two products to talk to each other. They are not able to build it up. It looks like it's a firmware issue. They said it isn't but now it's looking like it is. I hope we can sort it out."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"We would like HyperFlex to connect the storage directly into Fabric Interconnect along with the features of the solution. We have enough ports in HyperFlex. We don't want to buy another set of switches to connect to Fabric Interconnect, complicating the solution."
"The solution's price could be affordable."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."
"The product does not support file services."
"It can be made cheaper."
"Nimble Storage's integration with the management software could be better."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."
"The solution must be hypervisor-agnostic."
"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."
Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is ranked 8th in HCI with 90 reviews while HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is rated 8.0, while HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Dell PowerFlex. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. HPE Alletra dHCI report.
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