We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS and IBM PurePower System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."FlexPod's native integration with hyperscalers is one of the reasons we chose to look at it and NetApp. That is one of the key components of our infrastructure. That native integration is very important."
"The ability to converge a lot of different data and platforms into a single common platform, then scale horizontally and vertically."
"The solution has decreased the unplanned downtime incidents in our organization by 25 to 30 percent."
"Our footprint is lower than it used to be."
"When you open the box, they give you a very nice diagram. Which was my initial guide through setting up any NetApp SAN. It worked itself out pretty well."
"Provides unified support: Being able to get a vendor from one company or another company on the line without having to go back through the call queue."
"One of the most valuable aspects is its integrated convergence infrastructure, particularly the LAN and SAN cloud features that offer a unified fabric."
"The most valuable feature is the one call number for support and the fact that all the documentation comes with it. They have all of the preprepared plans for the deployment model and we can just choose which one we want for VMware, etc. The hardware is all listed. We buy that and away we go. It's called validated design."
"We never have any issues or glitches."
"I would like to see a more centralized support model."
"Something that we struggle with because we're a relatively small scale organization and the administrative effort is spread across so many different pieces of infrastructure, it would be nice to have a set of tools that enables us to get a little bit more information out of our system."
"The initial setup for FlexPod is complex."
"The networking configurations with UCS need improvement."
"It is not as easy as a hyperconverged solution, but you are going to have a hard time finding that anywhere, where you can just plugin and run a deployment app."
"I would like to have the installation of the top virtualization on its own rather than doing it through the admin. For example, if FlexPod is configured after the configuration of the host, the ESXi is installed also, but it should be part of it rather than doing it as a separate system."
"I would like to see increased performance."
"NetApp has some tools that you can purchase to do performance management, or you can go with another vendor and buy a product which does the same thing. It would be nice if there was more of these features with the product, not add-ons."
"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."
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FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while IBM PurePower System is ranked 11th in Converged Infrastructure. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while IBM PurePower System is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PurePower System writes "Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues ". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle Exadata and Dell VxBlock System, whereas IBM PurePower System is most compared with .
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