Rackspace OpenStack vs VxRail comparison

The compared Rackspace Technology and Dell Technologies solutions aren't in the same category. Rackspace Technology is ranked #7 in CI , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 4.6% mindshare in the category. Dell Technologies is ranked #1 in HCI , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 17.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Rackspace Technology users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Rackspace OpenStack

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91% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Rackspace OpenStack

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Converged Infrastructure (7th)

VxRail

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

133

Ranking in other categories

HCI (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. Rackspace OpenStack is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 4.6%, up 2.5% compared to last year.
VxRail, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 17.0% mindshare, down 21.0% since last year.

Converged Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Rackspace OpenStack	4.6%
Dell PowerEdge VRTX	19.4%
HPE ConvergedSystem	17.7%
Other	58.3%

Converged Infrastructure

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VxRail	17.0%
VMware vSAN	14.4%
Dell PowerFlex	10.7%
Other	57.900000000000006%

HCI

Featured Reviews

Hai Dinh Van

Cloud Center Manager at FPT

Open-source nature enables seamless cloud management and customer transition

We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value. It allows for three-word cloud management, maintaining a stable customer…

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Rami Jadallah

Data Center Solution Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Streamline management and integration with seamless upgrades

The primary reasons customers choose VxRail include ease of management, ease of upgrades, and integration with VMware. The hyper-converged infrastructure simplifies software and hardware upgrades. Customers prefer the single pane of glass management and integration with VMware, which makes it easier for them to proceed with decisions involving VMware products.

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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

"It was a very flexible and scalable solution. It was very useful because we were not dependent on a single vendor's solution. Increasing the number of machines or changing the hardware configuration was very easy."

"It created a reusable library with OpenStack features."

"Rackspace OpenStack is stable and reliable, often compared favorably against other solutions."

"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."

"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."

"The solution is stable."

"The initial setup isn't too difficult."

"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."

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"You don't need to think about compatibility of components."

"It gives us tons of flexibility. We can create new machines, then destroy them if they don't work out. We test a lot of use cases that may or may not play out. We can build all types of scenarios into virtual machines that we may or may not use. If we don't use them, we just turn them off, no using up resources."

"VxRail is an agile solution with easily scalable, simplify operations with software driven automation and lower operational cost."

"I like the new releases that Dell EMC is doing with VMware. They are allowing for flexibility across the hybrid cloud. This allows organizations to use containers and to be able to move into the public cloud, but also not have lock-in. They can come back to the private cloud when they want to, so it's creating a lot of flexibility across the stack."

"The major advantage is the blueprint. You do not need to separately manage the sand or network part because it all gets virtualized."

"The most compelling aspect of VxRail lies in its unwavering guarantee of sustained performance for my systems, regardless of their geographical distribution."

"VxRail performs well in the VDI environment."

"It makes for easier deployments through automation and improved accessibility."

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Cons

"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"

"The deployment process could be easy."

"The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market."

"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."

"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."

"OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."

"The line migration is a problem."

"VMware has a side-to-side replication feature, which is still more mature than Rackspace OpenStack's which can't be used in a production environment."

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"This solution needs to have the capability where even older versions of hardware can be seamlessly utilized and additional expansion becomes so much easier."

"If they can provide deduplication compression through the traditional hard drives, as Cisco does in the HyperFlex system, it will be very cost-effective, especially when it comes to archiving workload. VxRail doesn't allow the mixing of old flash clusters and hyper clusters. When I'm starting with an old flash cluster and it comes to archiving workload, I will also need to attend the new cluster. So, I either manage two different clusters, or I pay and upload my work with the archiving mobile hard drive, which is not cost-effective at all. The main key is to allow mixing between two types of clustering, like Nutanix, or allow deduplication of completion over the period of shared hard drive on SAV. It will be much better."

"I can't speak to any missing features or weak aspects of the system just yet. We haven't had a chance to really dig in."

"Dell wants to implement the disaster site in the new year, but they haven't decided yet. I hope we will have the opportunity to sell VxRail with this disaster site. It is not really clear at the moment, but hopefully, we will get some good news from the customers in the new year."

"I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution."

"My customers want more storage for university databases."

"The cost is quite high. It's a very expensive solution to run."

"They should add automation and activation going forward."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use it as an open-source tool."

"The pricing is low."

"The licensing aspect is the most painful for some of our customers. Customers go for a VMware license that's standard and then they find they have to go with the enterprise solution and adjust the license. If you have a limited budget, that's difficult."

"The price point needs improvement, certainly for smaller SMBs. The cost of it is still quite painful. I think all vendors should do a product which is capped either by terabytes, IOPs, or VM instances. It should be an SMB solution that's going to make hyper-converged solutions easier for SMBs to get hold of. It's fine for those big guys that have billions of dollars of budget, but not for customers who have barely a 100,000 dollars or pounds in budget."

"It's a mandatory cost with everything included"

"The licensing of vSAN and VMware for different editions of VxRail is not easy."

"We made a one-time purchase of the solution and the price is expensive."

"VxRail is quite expensive and could be cheaper. I would say that the main difference between VxRail and the competition is cost. There may be some differences in features, but I would say that it's mainly the costs."

"The price could be lower."

"There is a license required for this solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	42
Large Enterprise	56

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Rackspace OpenStack?

Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.

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What needs improvement with Rackspace OpenStack?

The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market. It would be beneficial to see developments in features like threat prevention and analytics tools for network security within OpenStack.

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What is your primary use case for Rackspace OpenStack?

We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers.

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How does HPE Nimble Storage compare to VxRail?

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI Vs. VxRail One of the best things about the HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is the three, two, one, zero rule. That means I need three copies of my data on two different types of me...

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What Is The Biggest Difference Between vSAN And VxRail?

While both run on the vSAN technology from VMware, vSAN needs to be deployed on vSAN ready nodes while VxRail is an engineered system. The choice to choose which technology depends on two major fac...

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What are the major differences between VxRail and Dell EMC PowerFlex?

VxRail vs. Dell EMC PowerFlex VxRail provides stable solutions for technical problems while at the same time not being too expensive for a company to invest in. Even if the user is working with a l...

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Comparisons

VMware vSAN vs Rackspace OpenStack

Compared 38% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Rackspace OpenStack

Compared 30% of the time

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance vs Rackspace OpenStack

Compared 17% of the time

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Dell PowerFlex vs VxRail

Compared 25% of the time

VMware vSAN vs VxRail

Compared 25% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs VxRail

Compared 14% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs VxRail

Compared 7% of the time

HPE Hyper Converged vs VxRail

Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

OpenStack

VCE VxRail

Overview

OpenStack is an open and scalable cloud operating system for building public and private clouds. It provides both large and small organizations an alternative to closed cloud environments, reducing the risk of lock-in associated with proprietary platforms.

Rackspace Technology

VxRail is a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance co-engineered by Dell Technologies and VMware, designed to optimize VMware environments by simplifying compute, storage, virtualization, and management.

Built on VMware vSAN software, VxRail ensures high performance, reliability, and flexibility. It supports a broad array of workloads, from business-critical applications to next-generation use cases. VxRail simplifies infrastructure management with powerful integration and seamless scalability, offering centralized management and user-friendly interfaces. Streamlined updates, robust lifecycle management, and one-click upgrades facilitate a user-centric experience that minimizes deployment complexity and staffing needs. However, its performance with disk deduplication, integration with public clouds, and processor support can be enhanced, along with pricing and licensing improvements.

What features define VxRail?

High Performance: Optimized for superior efficiency in VMware environments.
Seamless Scalability: Scales effortlessly to accommodate growing demands.
Centralized Management: Simplifies control through unified interfaces.
Effortless Integration: Easily integrates with VMware tools and services.
Automated Updates: Ensures ongoing system availability through streamlined updates.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Resource Efficiency: Reduces staffing requirements and optimizes resource use.
Flexibility: Supports a variety of use cases and workloads.
Reliable Support: Provides robust support to ensure operational continuity.
Reduced Complexity: Facilitates ease of deployment and minimized setup times.

Organizations across sectors such as finance, telecommunications, education, and manufacturing utilize VxRail for its scalability, ease of deployment, and infrastructure management capabilities. It aids in server and application hosting, storage, and virtualization management, often employing VMware integration. The platform is valued for its ability to consolidate IT components, support VDI solutions, and enhance cloud readiness and resource allocation.

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Sample Customers

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