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Rackspace OpenStack vs VxRail comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Rackspace OpenStack
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (7th)
VxRail
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
132
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 4.7%, up 2.4% compared to last year.
VxRail, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 17.4% mindshare, down 21.0% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Hai Dinh Van - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Rami Jadallah - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful.​"
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
"Administrators are very comfortable with the functionality and services OpenStack offers."
"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."
"It's a turnkey solution, which is good for customers, because they are buying into stability."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Management of the hardware and software in one console is the most valuable feature. It's also compatible with vSAN."
"I would recommend VxRail, it works for most of the use cases."
"The most valuable feature is its high performance."
"The ease of deployment and management of the solution are the most valuable aspects of the product."
"The recent technologies and management features that have been implemented."
"With VxRail, we can manage the life cycle of a virtual machine."
 

Cons

"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases).​"
"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."
"The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market."
"The deployment process could be easy."
"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"
"The line migration is a problem."
"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."
"My main issue so far is that the installation created a default datacenter name of "Marvin" and it cannot be changed."
"The implementation of a VxRail, it's straightforward, but the ongoing utilization, and integration, are where it can start to become difficult if you're not used to doing it."
"It would be nice if the update process was shortened and that patching would be simpler."
"I would like better integration with VCF from VMware, which is the Cloud Foundation tool set, so we can easily provision servers very quickly."
"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."
"I would love to see license migration from one host to another."
"Its price could be better."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use it as an open-source tool."
"The pricing is low."
"The price of VxRail highly depends on your design and your configuration. For example, if I connect Pure Storage directly to ESXi hosts and bypass Fiber Channel switches and I will save on money. However, it reduces my redundancy and makes it not as robust of deployment and easy to manage. An HCI environment, it's more cost-effective than utilizing a traditional SAN. With storage and computing altogether, you don't necessarily have to involve the networking team as much. I don't necessarily need somebody that understands Brocade's or Cisco Fiber Channel Switches, because I have it all right there."
"There is an advantage for those who have a good deal with Dell. Its price is good. From a company's perspective, it is always too expensive, but it is about value for money."
"The licensing of vSAN and VMware for different editions of VxRail is not easy."
"We were expecting Dell EMC to bring us something that would work very quickly and easily, but also be at a reasonable price point, and they did."
"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 pricing is very accurate, and we haven't had any problems with the licensing costs."
"VxRail is an expensive solution."
"Be mindful of your storage needs now and for the future."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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.
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.
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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Also Known As

OpenStack
VCE VxRail
 

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