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Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 94% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of NetApp users who would recommend it.
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes
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94% willing to recommend
NetApp HCI [EOL]
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    88% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    Dell vSAN Ready Nodes
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.3
    Number of Reviews
    21
    Ranking in other categories
    HCI (10th)
    NetApp HCI [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    5.6
    Number of Reviews
    32
    Ranking in other categories
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    Featured Reviews

    HH
    Humphrey Hlatshwayo
    Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
    Virtual environment achieves seamless management and reduces downtime through improved fault tolerance
    With regards to storage area networks versus virtual SAN, vSAN is better off. It is much faster because the disk is within, utilizing NVMe type disks running SSD for the OS and capacity, making it easier to expand storage. It is stable, and similar to any issues on a standalone machine, there's resilience; if we lose one host, data will not be lost because of the technology on vSAN that allows us to free up that host into maintenance mode without issues. 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. Operationally, we perform well enough during the week; the only time we are highly operational on vSAN is when we do switch upgrades on the MX7000 switches and firmware, which we schedule outside of business hours.
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    MB
    Massimiliano Bartolozzi
    Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.
    Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022
    Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.
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    Quotes from Members

    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Pros

    "They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
    "We previously used the old traditional type of file storage and we switched because there was almost no difference in cost but we got a product with much better features."
    "The best feature about any type of storage related to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is its ease of scaling, and with a converged infrastructure platform, you can easily add a storage node or a compute node to the stack and grow in smaller increments compared to getting a whole new array or upgrading controllers."
    "The tool's most valuable features are compression and its usage in Kubernetes."
    "Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
    "The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."
    "I rate vSAN ReadyNodes as a nine out of ten."
    "We are selling the product and we are happy with it."
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    "When you are doing lifecycles for your equipment, you can just swap out pieces of equipment. We used to do one big iron to another big iron, and that's a major migration hassle. Whereas, with this environment, you can go with small nodes, one at a time, and do a refresh."
    "The most valuables features of it are the deduplication and the compaction because the ratios are much better than what we normally get on our FAS storage."
    "It offers the ability to scale on demand which is important to the burst capability of scaling up and scaling down."
    "This is a strong product and it works very well, and the processes around it continue to grow and mature."
    "Stability is one of the things we absolutely have to have, because if the HCI is down, our assembly lines are down, and that could potentially lead to our customer being down. If our customer is down, that's $10,000 a minute; and any time the assembly line is down, that could potentially lead to overtime. We don't get to charge one and a half times for something we billed just because you happened to build it on overtime. Any technology we bring in, has to be built for what I call "three in the morning." It can't be built for whenever everybody's in the plant, everybody can watch it, and everybody can babysit. It has to be built for three a.m. when you've got a skeletal staff there, and you just have to know that it's just running. As I stand here, right now, I don't have to check my phone, I don't have to check my email. I know it's running. Period"
    "In my opinion, HCI is a good product, easy to use and scalable."
    "NetApp HCI is used for enterprise-scale hybrid cloud infrastructure and we are using the standard version."
    "Where we lost nearly 75 percent of our infrastructure due to a malicious attack and were able to recover two and a half hours into it due to the integration, it saved us and all of our customers."
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    Cons

    "Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
    "The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
    "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."
    "This product is not sufficiently scalable."
    "I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a great improvement."
    "When comparing Dell VxRail and Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes, I have found that when managing and expanding Dell VxRail is much better."
    "The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
    "Although vSAN ReadyNodes work well, a faster firmware lifecycle with the release of validated firmware catalogs more quickly would be a desired improvement."
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    "The problem is that it needs to be much more stable, for example, when I want to do the upgrade to 1.7 that just released, I also need to issue a ticket to the support guy in India and he asked me to deploy another mlock. There are a lot of manual steps compared with other products."
    "Its stability is very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crash."
    "The price of the solution is okay but could improve."
    "The product needs better support for installing the operating system on the machine."
    "I'd like to see some additional graphics capabilities because I'd like to look at some virtual desktop integration for CAD software."
    "I would like to see a better upgrade process, like the one that ONTAP has."
    "It is difficult to get acclimated to all the new features quickly. The onboard process could be improved to bring clients up to speed faster."
    "The initial setup is very painful. It's not straightforward, requires a lot of knowledge to get it going."
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "My company makes yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."
    "The price of the solution was reasonable."
    "We have a four-year contract to use Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes."
    "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."
    "There is a problem, which is the lack of an integrated price structure."
    "The solution is more expensive than a traditional array. The prices are skyrocketing."
    "Its price is comparable to the competitors in the market."
    "This solution saved our organization time (35 percent) and money. We have a hefty group of developers, and if you multiply that by 30 to 35 percent, that is quite a bit of money."
    "This solution reduced our maintenance costs. We were going to have to pay one to two million dollars to put in compute nodes. We are avoiding those costs."
    "The licensing fees are renewed annually."
    "The price of the solution is okay but could improve."
    "Its price is aligned with the market. In addition to the standard licensing fees, there is an integrator cost."
    "There are the overall infrastructure costs. Even though the initial costing was higher, we calculated for year-to-year for five years. That brought us into a position where we decided, we have to go for HCI rather than having distributor systems."
    "Where we lost nearly 75 percent of our infrastructure due to a malicious attack and were able to recover two and a half hours into it due to the integration, it saved us and all of our customers. Because we were able to recover so fast from the attack, the solution paid for itself right there."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Manufacturing Company
    17%
    Government
    8%
    Healthcare Company
    7%
    Educational Organization
    7%
    Construction Company
    23%
    Financial Services Firm
    10%
    Marketing Services Firm
    9%
    Comms Service Provider
    9%
     

    Company Size

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    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business8
    Midsize Enterprise3
    Large Enterprise12
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business8
    Midsize Enterprise9
    Large Enterprise19
     

    Questions from the Community

    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    There is no specific licensing model for vSAN ReadyNodes as it is linked with Broadcom VMware's solutions rather than Dell's. As a group under Comcast, we receive very good pricing from Dell due to...
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    What needs improvement with Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a grea...
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    What is your primary use case for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    I am familiar with VMware Workstation, but we don't actually use a workstation. We only use ESXi because we're running a big organization. We have people that are responsible for a Citrix farm that...
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    July 2026
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    Also Known As

    vSAN Ready Nodes
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    Overview

    Dell vSAN Ready Nodes provide high availability, flexibility, and ease of deployment with integrated storage management designed for seamless VMware integration and IT modernization.

    Dell vSAN Ready Nodes excel in managing workloads with enhanced storage availability and adaptability. They allow single-team administration, minimizing dependency on multiple vendors and offering robust performance and stability. The user-friendly interface ensures ease of deployment and management, enhancing data protection and operational efficiency. Despite these strengths, challenges like automation, complex upgrades, and licensing limitations affect scalability and cost-efficiency compared to competitors.

    What are the key features of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    • High Availability: Ensures continuous operations with minimal downtime.
    • Scalable Architecture: Allows seamless expansion to meet growing demands.
    • Integrated Storage Management: Streamlines storage operations for ease of use.
    • User-Friendly Administration: Simplifies management with straightforward policies.
    • VMware Environment Integration: Enhances IT modernization and security protocols.
    What benefits should users look for in reviews?
    • Cost-Effectiveness: Economical options despite encountering pricing rigidity.
    • Technical Support: Offers strong support services albeit needing improvements in alert systems.
    • Performance Stability: Reliable performance with enhanced availability.

    Organizations deploy Dell vSAN Ready Nodes for general virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure, and private cloud setups. They are primarily installed on-premises for managing critical servers, allowing expansion into cloud environments. Popular in sectors like government, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, and insurance, they support VMware vSphere, ERP applications, and virtual desktops efficiently.

    Dell Technologies

    NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

    NetApp
     

    Sample Customers

    Rackspace
    American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology
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