We performed a comparison between Cisco Hyperflex HX series and VxRail based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In our comparison, VxRail is the preferred solution. VxRail is easy to use and performs well without causing undue stress to operating systems. The competitive price and overall cost-effectiveness make it an easy choice for many organizations.
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"It's quite easy to install."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"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."
"I like Cisco Intersight."
"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network."
"Support is very responsive."
"The workload can handle anything and has an extended capacity."
"I find the usability very valuable."
"The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"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."
"The stability of VxRail is good, we have not had any issues."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"We have seen ROI using this solution. It has simplified the work of the staff that we have which allows us to do more work with the same number of people, without having to incrementally grow the staff. The reliability of the product has been exceptional."
"I like that there is a dependency on the storage controller."
"VxRail's technical support is very good."
"VxRail has high performance and has great efficiency. There is a single place for us to manage all of our virtual machines. The ability to right-size instead of overcommit VMs is a large benefit."
"This solution optimizes our clients' resources."
"VxRail has improved our organization by providing our admin team with an easy-to-use interface."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"The documentation is good yet is still lacking in a few areas."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"While it is possible to implement disk encryption in StarWind using Windows Bitlocker, such a solution can be a little tricky to manage."
"This is a great product."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"Lacks easy integration with other vendors."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could improve by having the documents be more readily available and the support could be more flexible."
"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."
"We need to be able to scale out and not just up. When you want to scale up or scale out, you are quite limited."
"Does not support the stretch cluster, and the interface is not good."
"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."
"The initial setup could be faster, due to the prerequisites."
"This solution is lacking in replication and backup abilities that I would like to see in a future release similar to HPE SimpliVity."
"I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution."
"Supply chain capabilities are certainly hurting us. We're in the process of placing a large order for more VxRail nodes right now."
"When it comes to maintenance, it takes 16 hours to upgrade a 12 node VxRail plus. This could be improved in the system."
"I wish for the performance environment to be improved."
"VxRail should try to improve the pricing."
"It could be improved by having more information on the integration portion of ACI."
"The most important thing that I want to be included in this solution is the VMware license. Its deployment time can be quicker so that instead of 40 minutes, it takes 10 minutes."
"You cannot install another operating system such as Microsoft or Hyperflex or Nutanix. We have also had a hardware problem."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is ranked 8th in HCI with 30 reviews while VxRail is ranked 3rd in HCI with 70 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is rated 7.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series writes "An all-in-one option that is stable and offers good management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Good automation makes this solution practical". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and FlexPod, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. VxRail report.
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