We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS and VxRail 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."It has never fallen out from under us when we were trying to do a critical push."
"It's amazingly scalable. It just works. It can expand to large MetroClusters and keep expanding."
"DR has been tremendously easier."
"It's all converged into one consolidated platform, which works well together."
"We got the product and we have a small environment, but it was able to be scalable to when we started to grow."
"Backup, restore, and ease of deployment are the most valuable features."
"From the integration standpoint, it is a lot easier to integrate than a lot of people initially felt. Being able to leverage either block or file capabilities of the storage is something that has been beneficial."
"It is easy to add-on to the tool. If we need to add a new switch, a new server, or a new chassis for Blades, it is easy. It is not disruptive. You just do it."
"VxRail is an agile solution with easily scalable, simplify operations with software driven automation and lower operational cost."
"What I like the most in terms of features is the fact that the VxRail update can be done in one week. It takes much less time to do a whole server upgrade and an infrastructure update as well."
"It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability."
"The pricing is very, very good."
"Homogeneity is most valuable. The truth is that having everything in a single cluster helps a lot."
"I have found that the admin deployment, monitoring off-premises, and the many services important features. Additionally, the solution has good integration."
"The stability is very nice. We haven't had any issues with the cluster. The cluster is very stable. No problems with slowness. Everything has been stable. It was well-architectured."
"The most valuable features are ease of management and ease of applying updates."
"We don't see the much DR capability within the FlexPod so for that, we have to maintain our own DR capability with DSRM."
"They could improve their technical support team. They need to have a specific phone number for you to call in for the FlexPod solution. Some of the partner support knows if it is for FlexPod, they will get you to the right department."
"There is a lot of documentation that has to be reviewed before you go through an upgrade. It is not as straightforward as some other solutions."
"Sometimes, when the newer versions of any of the partners’ firmware or software come out, there's still sometimes a lag of the partners to support all of those new components."
"We would like more security features."
"A progress bar would...be pretty cool."
"It would be nice to have something like an automated, upgrade solution The tasks needed to upgrade the hardware within FlexPod are still quite behind compared to some of its other aspects. That's more on the Cisco side."
"One touch upgrades would be nice."
"It still has some maturity to grow. It needs to be more tightly integrated with its own family of products. It has shown that it is open with the other products within the market, through its stack, but it needs to have the proof in the market (with use-cases), and it has to have the scalability with the integration."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The initial setup was not that easy, it was a medium difficulty level."
"There could be better documentation and they should allow everyone to access the simulator."
"Pricing could be improved."
"The SCL database sends out a warning and you have to download the adjacent file from the Dell website. You have to upload it and retest it. We cannot always connect our systems to the internet which means we sometimes miss these important updates."
"The licensing costs are too expensive. They should work on their pricing model."
"We would like to see integrating with Nutanix. Currently, we are working on integrating the two to see if there is any value in doing so."
FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 115 reviews. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Oracle Exadata, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell VxBlock System and Dell PowerEdge VRTX, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series.
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