2018-02-27T01:39:00Z

What is your primary use case for Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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ST
Reseller
Top 5
2023-09-18T13:53:39Z
Sep 18, 2023

It’s a part of a public sector bid we're preparing. The HyperFlex platform has been discontinued. It's mainly used for enterprise-grade applications like databases, CRP systems, and typical enterprise workloads.

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LG
Real User
Top 20
2023-04-13T17:23:00Z
Apr 13, 2023

We use the solution to combine and migrate regular servers to a hyper-converged infrastructure.

KD
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-23T07:29:18Z
Mar 23, 2023

The primary use case is for non-production purposes like development, testing, etc.

Myint Aung - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 20
2023-02-03T23:49:20Z
Feb 3, 2023

We don't use the solution for security. It's for converged infrastructure. We're a reseller and implement it for our clients.

Nuno Mendes - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-01T21:58:12Z
Dec 1, 2022

We are a state-affiliated financial company that performs credit recovery from bad banking and we bought four Cisco HyperFlex HX hosts five years ago which came as all-in-one solutions with processor, memory, and disk. These hosts are all situated on-premises. Within the next ten years, when all credits have been recovered, our mission will end. Unfortunately, our current edition of HyperFlex will end sooner than that, because it will be end-of-life in 2024.

AS
Real User
Top 5
2022-10-26T14:31:47Z
Oct 26, 2022

We primarily use the solution for our customers.

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EA
Real User
Top 20
2022-09-27T12:52:33Z
Sep 27, 2022

We are consultants, and we set up this product for our customers.

Ashok Braganza - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-09-08T13:51:00Z
Sep 8, 2022

We use this solution as Active-Active and to host some of our applications. Compared to Nutanix, it is not as good. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is not a matured HCI solution. If something goes wrong with Nutanix, we use Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, so we at least have half of our systems running. It is helpful as a backup solution.

SR
Real User
Top 5
2022-09-05T16:44:31Z
Sep 5, 2022

We are one of the biggest cloud providers in Bangladesh, so we use this service and we are relaying the service to the end customer. We have many multinational companies, ODSMs providers, and banks as our customers, so it's pretty good, knowing that we have a kind of highly-loaded workload.

Kalpesh Savaliya - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-08-26T10:35:45Z
Aug 26, 2022

We are using this product for our on-premises terminal operating system.

HT
Real User
Top 20
2022-08-09T18:44:52Z
Aug 9, 2022

We deployed HyperFlex for our website services, as well as we put our F5 on it. Basically, we use it for some applications, some better features.

Devendra-Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-13T09:34:25Z
Jul 13, 2022

We needed a complete solution with a software-defined data center. We use Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, VMware, and Application Centric Infrastructure(ACI) with micro-segmentation and application latency.

EM
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-10T15:42:49Z
Jul 10, 2022

Our primary use case of HyperFlex is for storage. We are customers of Cisco.

Md Shahnewaj Hossain - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-26T10:02:38Z
May 26, 2022

We are partners and integrators of HyperFlex and I am a company deputy director of IT.

AJ
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-05-03T06:51:07Z
May 3, 2022

I use HyperFlex for high-performance infrastructure.

WK
Real User
Top 20
2022-03-15T17:18:37Z
Mar 15, 2022

Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is essential to our vSAN solution; it's integrated.

FV
Consultant
2022-01-20T10:25:23Z
Jan 20, 2022

The primary use case is for backup virtualization, active directory servers, and backup file servers. We are integrators of HyperFlex.

MZ
Real User
Top 10
2021-12-24T10:20:00Z
Dec 24, 2021

Our primary use case is for stretched cluster uses when the customer has multiple data centers and he won't achieve the highest level of availability. He can stretch the workload between different data centers giving him more availability when one of these data centers fails and the workload can be migrated and replicated to the other data centers. From an infrastructure level you achieve the highest availability. I am talking about 100% availability from a storage perspective.

BP
MSP
2021-12-07T04:13:48Z
Dec 7, 2021

We deploy these for our customers, we're in the reseller space. Use cases are typically around data center revolutions, consolidations in virtualization density, and being able to scale both up and out.

SS
Real User
2021-10-05T14:08:00Z
Oct 5, 2021

We have hosted a few use cases. Windows developed an application that we hosted in the production environment and all SQL database servers. After that, we used HyperFlex HCI to host DNS and DCP servers as well as various IT-related production servers.

AE
Real User
2021-07-01T14:41:10Z
Jul 1, 2021

We are implementing the solution for Hyper-converged systems.

AA
Real User
2021-06-03T09:55:27Z
Jun 3, 2021

HyperFlex is a hyper-converged infrastructure system that is a cluster of servers that provide compute and storage at the same time. Most other networking systems provide either computation separately from storage and networking. However, HyperFlex is a combined system that provides compute, networking, and storage in the same solution. That is, it gives you a single point of management for everything instead of separately for different components.

MM
Real User
2021-05-13T19:05:05Z
May 13, 2021

We are a solution provider and Cisco HyperFlex is one of the products that we propose to our customers. This product is used for hyper-convergence in IT transformation and can be used for very heavy workloads such as VDIs or HAP HANA.

MA
Real User
2021-05-11T14:20:05Z
May 11, 2021

I have many clients using this solution for a number of reasons, such as unified communications and collaboration.

MS
MSP
2021-04-24T07:09:25Z
Apr 24, 2021

We use the solution as a host environment for applications and also for VDI.

HN
Real User
2021-02-18T06:09:29Z
Feb 18, 2021

Our primary goal is to have a solution that enables us to have 100% uptime between two sites. That's why we're using HyperFlex. It has a very critical application. We are a government organization with around 15,000 users although that can go up to 25,000 in peak times. I'm an infrastructure integration analyst.

RR
Real User
2020-12-21T13:42:35Z
Dec 21, 2020

A client typically uses the solution for the VDI critical application and for the containerization as well. It's a critical application and he X location and the hybrid or multi cloud.

MZ
Real User
2020-12-07T12:17:00Z
Dec 7, 2020

Typically we use this Cisco HyperFlex cluster as our local server virtualization platform. We have all our services running in this cluster. In other words, we could say this is our local data center for all our business systems as well the core components of our IT infrastructure. At this moment, we haven't upgraded to the latest version although Cisco has been encouraging us to upgrade, since they recently published a new version. We will schedule this change maybe next month.

PankajKumar12 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2020-11-17T20:36:00Z
Nov 17, 2020

We have a remote site. We are developing this site so that we can locally access the VMware environment with the least network bandwidth. We have deployed the ESXi host virtual edition.

RP
Real User
2019-06-19T08:37:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

We normally use a UCS, a uniform communication service, I'm still learning how HyperFlex works. We are evaluating it for use in the intermediate to deep future.

RR
Real User
2019-06-19T08:37:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case of this solution is for VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, for our community college.

JM
Real User
2019-06-19T08:37:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case of Cisco HyperFlex HX is for data centers. It performs well. The solution helps us simplify operations through minimal maintenance and ease of patching. We did the upgrade as part of the lifecycle when the previous equipment became end-of-life. It was time for the investment. At the same time, we were building out new data centers.

BS
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case for Cisco HyperFlex HX is internal. We use it for internal hyper-converged. I post VMs for internal use and for customers.

DR
Consultant
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

We use the Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series primarily for VDI environments.

DR
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use for this solution is remote office environments.

DA
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

We are using this solution for our VDI. This is used to deliver our EMR and other medical and clinical applications to our residents and providers throughout the medical center.

ZA
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

The primary use we have for this product is to act as a server and for storage.

NM
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

My job is to change the technical language to business language. We need to increase efficiency and effectiveness, decrease the cost and decrease administrative issues. We are increasing the population inside the company, increasing the staff. People in the management of the company are trying to decrease the cost expenses and increase efficiency. In this case, centralization brings a lot of advantages. We have one person who works on everything and gathers everything together.

CW
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

This solution is used for branch office servers.

BM
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case for the Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the hosting of VMs. We were just using standard ESX clusters on UCS flights. Instead, they chose HyperFlex to see if it could replace that solution. This is just your standard ESX on blade server type of deployment.

AK
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case for the product is for the data center. We are hosting all of the servers and building infrastructure.

EF
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

We use Cisco HyperFlex for two reasons: * At one data center, it's used as our primary virtualization and storage platform. * At our other data center, it's used for VDI.

MP
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is storage that is integrated with the stack as a standalone mobile unit. There is less infrastructure required.

JJ
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

We use this solution for our Call Monitor and for Contact Center Express.

AT
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use case for HyperFlex is for connecting the Meraki VPN. We're working with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. We put the VPN through HyperFlex.

KG
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019

Our primary use of the Cisco HyperFlex HX solution is to run virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

FQ
Real User
2019-03-13T10:06:00Z
Mar 13, 2019

* Customer POC * Client VMware environment testing.

MH
Real User
2019-03-05T06:21:00Z
Mar 5, 2019

Our use case was to set up a new VDI farm.

KD
Real User
2019-02-20T11:20:00Z
Feb 20, 2019

The primary use case is to deploy all our production and documents. We have deployed Hyper-V on top of HyperFlex and the majority of our operation is on Hyper-V. Major workloads are our e-commerce website and applications that are hosted on it. We have deployed database servers and document management systems and a couple of app and web servers.

it_user870954 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-02-20T11:20:00Z
Feb 20, 2019

I'm a solution architect and I use it to help my clients to achieve better performance in VDI solutions, in clusters, in database consolidation. The solution addresses these kinds of scenarios.

NM
Real User
2019-02-18T10:19:00Z
Feb 18, 2019

We use it as an application server and for storage.

SA
Real User
2019-02-14T07:37:00Z
Feb 14, 2019

The primary use was for a private cloud for the company. I used it for an ERP system and several other applications that were specialized for the company.

DO
Consultant
2019-02-03T06:24:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

Our primary use case is for the distributed computing system in several data centers.

FR
Real User
2019-02-03T06:24:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

The primary use case is VDI and virtualization. We are testing it for VDI. For VDI, HyperFlex has been pretty useful.

it_user1003365 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2019-02-03T06:24:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

We use this solution for clients who has issues with their infrastructure.

DS
Real User
2019-02-03T06:24:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

We use this solution for virtualization.

FO
Real User
2019-02-03T06:24:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

The primary use case is that we are coming from a legacy data storage network and need more flexibility in both storage and network consumption.

CI
Real User
2019-02-03T06:23:00Z
Feb 3, 2019

We use it in junction with unified communication solutions. It provides great flexibility for our customers to expand the solution. Also, the ease of management is why they use HyperFlex.

DS
Real User
2019-01-30T13:15:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We use it mainly in a virtualization environment with several VMs. We use it with VMware, not Hyper-V.

MM
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

Our primary use case is to reduce our hardware storage and to make it virtual so we use vSAN and HyperFlex.

SV
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We are using HyperFlex for heavy workloads and virtual machines which are on a separate network.

Solution0dea - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

Our primary use case of this solution is for data storage for the network.

PC
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We have been using Cisco machines when it comes to the HX-Series product line (or category) in our organization. We are quite satisfied with the product because we primarily deal with Cisco when it comes to the compute and network parts.

FH
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

Our primary use case is virtualization on VMware. We have some virtual machines, which need a lot of computing power, and HyperFlex seems to be a good solution.

ME
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We use this solution for many banks in Egypt.

PR
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We have been using this product for a while. We wanted to use our current equipment and have been very excited with the results of our projects.

IK
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We are using this product right now for our virtual environment. As the product develops, we are looking forward to utilizing the product on the cloud.

ZB
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

This is brand new technology for us. We are using the ACI infrastructure in our company for the development of the HyperFlex servers.

SM
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

Our primary use case of this solution is for data center virtualization.

OJ
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

The primary use case is for people who are tired of messing around with old school solutions, like SANs and NASs, and want to improve the storage side of things in the data center.

AR
Consultant
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

We use it on our customer-facing network management and customer portals. It is run between two resilient data centers and runs very well.

JK
Consultant
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019

Our primary use case is for desktop infrastructure.

MV
Real User
2019-01-29T17:16:00Z
Jan 29, 2019

Our use case would be deployable mobile headquarters, headquarters on the move, where we can quickly deploy to our small user community and quickly create a mobile data center. This includes using business advantage communications.

CP
Real User
2019-01-29T17:16:00Z
Jan 29, 2019

It is to migrate our customer's solutions to a hyper-converged solution. This is the primary use case.

RK
Real User
2019-01-29T17:16:00Z
Jan 29, 2019

We use it in our production environment for some tasks, such as availability, easy scalability, easy setup, and independence from too many solutions put together. We use FlexPod as another one for mutualized infrastructure.

YE
Real User
2019-01-29T17:16:00Z
Jan 29, 2019

The primary use case is for our customer who was moving from classical storage and computing to the new HyperFlex system.

RV
Real User
2018-12-19T10:49:00Z
Dec 19, 2018

Cisco is key for switching abilities. The management from the switches to the hyper-convergence solutions, such as the storage or server environment, is quite good and well-developed.

FV
Reseller
2018-10-08T17:34:00Z
Oct 8, 2018

It is an acceptable storage solution.

TB
User
2018-07-31T22:38:00Z
Jul 31, 2018

Manufacturing and logistics software controls, ERP and document management servers, and database production and development servers.

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User
2018-02-27T01:39:00Z
Feb 27, 2018

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