We performed a comparison between Rackspace OpenStack 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."There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful."
"Administrators are very comfortable with the functionality and services OpenStack offers."
"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 initial setup isn't too difficult."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
"It created a reusable library with OpenStack features."
"The VxRail is built on two specific platforms that have been in the industry for the last 15 to 20 years: the 1-U socket and the 2-U socket platforms from Dell. They're in their sixteenth generation of those platforms, I believe, so they're very stable."
"The simplicity and manageability of VxRail are most valuable. We have a very good experience with this product. Its stability and scalability are also very good."
"The solution is perfect for the lifecycle management of hardware."
"It's a turnkey solution, which is good for customers, because they are buying into stability."
"The scalability of VxRail is very good."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"Homogeneity is most valuable. The truth is that having everything in a single cluster helps a lot."
"We are very happy with the purchase, and it works well. It is fast. We went with the full-flash version, meaning that we have SSDs. So, we can build a Windows virtual machine in two minutes. We were surprised when we first tried to do that."
"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"
"The line migration is a problem."
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."
"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."
"OpenStack is difficult for the novice in terms of beginning to use cloud tools."
"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases)."
"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."
"We used an integrator team for the implementation of the solution. The one person who takes care of the maintenance of VxRail, such as upgrading the software. The upgrading takes too long. We have many nodes which takes a long time, they need to improve the speed of the upgrades"
"It would be an improvement if VxRail could be integrated with some other hypervisors and not just with VMware."
"if we're looking at costs, Nutanix will win because it allows flexibility in the type of hardware you can use."
"I wish for the performance environment to be improved."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"I would like to see Dell take a crack at simplifying the process of moving from a node to a cluster and assembling everything into the appliance. It would be great if Dell could provide a pathway where a customer could actually install it without the certifications. Of course, I can't say how you would dumb down something so complex."
"I would like to see integration with vCenter if possible."
"When we have a vulnerability or we need to upgrade VxRail, it takes a long time. It takes eight hours each time we upgrade."
Rackspace OpenStack is ranked 6th in Converged Infrastructure with 10 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. Rackspace OpenStack is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Rackspace OpenStack writes "A scalable open-source solution that needs some improvement with its ecosystem". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Rackspace OpenStack is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE SimpliVity and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series.
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