We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers."
"Compared to other storage vendors, the solution is quite convenient to use."
"We like the design and that it meets data storage needs."
"The ease of deployment and management of the solution are the most valuable aspects of the product."
"VxRail has improved our organization by providing our admin team with an easy-to-use interface."
"VxRail is an agile solution with easily scalable, simplify operations with software driven automation and lower operational cost."
"You don't need to think about compatibility of components."
"Valuable features for us are the VDI, UCC, and HCI."
"The compute is good and we have not had any issues with the vSAN."
"VxRail is a simple, efficient solution. It's easy to upgrade and scale the solution. If we increase our user base, we can easily scale it out. We have several thousand using it now."
"I would like to see more baseline replication and integration with the operating system between Vmware and IBMI."
"The solution could have a better built-in performance monitor."
"VxRail could improve by having domain protection."
"One area of the product that could be improved is the support."
"You cannot install another operating system such as Microsoft or Hyperflex or Nutanix. We have also had a hardware problem."
"This solution needs to have the capability where even older versions of hardware can be seamlessly utilized and additional expansion becomes so much easier."
"When it comes to maintenance, it takes 16 hours to upgrade a 12 node VxRail plus. This could be improved in the system."
"The upgrade packages require a lot of bandwidth. This could be reduced for an improved experience."
"They need to keep upgrading the environment and improving automation so that the solution keeps getting better and better."
"My customers want more storage for university databases."
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 2 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 34 reviews. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 9.0, while VxRail is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Virtualize writes "A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "It's built on platforms that have been in the industry for more than 15 years, so it's very stable". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, IBM Spectrum Scale, DataCore SANsymphony and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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