We performed a comparison between Cisco Hyperflex HX series and VxRail based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In our comparison, VxRail is the preferred solution. VxRail is easy to use and performs well without causing undue stress to operating systems. The competitive price and overall cost-effectiveness make it an easy choice for many organizations.
"The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team."
"In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support."
"It includes every feature that a traditional SAN offers and so much more."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"The storage system is its most valuable feature. It has eliminated our entire need for having to worry about storage. We were storing a lot of syslog data and using a lot of templates in our data center. With the storage system, we are now saving an enormous amount of space."
"Its most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance."
"Cisco provides the ability to configure BIOS, something that no one else can do, on a remote basis. That's really helpful sometimes. The bus-snooping alteration tool for BIOS is fantastic. That's one of the game-changing features that Cisco alone has at this point."
"The feature that we are most interested in is the scalability. When needed, we are able to add more nodes and scale it up further."
"The scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset."
"The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."
"This is a good solution if you want to deploy an ACI Environment but don't have all the necessary resources."
"Its ease of administration is extremely valuable. It allows me to make better use of my time for other tasks instead of maintaining systems through multiple administration consoles."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"Compared with other products, the IT administrator or IT integrator doesn't take much time to get the tool up and running."
"The solution is stable and reliable. This is one of the main reasons why we purchased this solution."
"There is no in-depth config involved nor third-party needed, saving us time and money."
"t's a very good solution with multiple options with VxRail series like based on customer requirements whether they're focused on compute, storage, scalability and high performance, etc. Whether a customer you are going to start your IT Infrastructure footprint with a limited budget, you have freedom of choice and non-disruptive expansion in the future, whether in the main data center or branches. Any idea coming in system admins mind to run this setup continuously and keep service 100% 24/7 is possible in this product line. Hyper-converged appliances allow a datacenter in a box approach, with G, E P, Vand P series."
"The stability of VxRail is good, we have not had any issues."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"It is hard to find adequate technical documentation on their support website."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"We would like to see the documentation more fully developed."
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."
"They should have more blade options and more configuration flexibility. Also, the price is expensive. It should be cheaper but it is worth the price."
"I would have liked it to be able to back up the system to a cloud, to be able to work from any other place"
"The initial setup of profiles and templates could be improved. Maybe some end profiles that you can use based on your type of deployment would be good."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could improve by having the documents be more readily available and the support could be more flexible."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."
"I would like to see more analytics. It could use better infographs in the HyperFlex Connect on how traffic is running in the network. If you were reaching any capacity issues on the Fabric Interconnects, it should be able to cool all of the servers and Fabric Interconnects, then possibly integrate it with, e.g., Nexus Series switches. This should all be available in a single pane of glass."
"VxRail could improve by having domain protection."
"VxRail could be easier to set up. It's tricky to configure the network properly and match the requirements."
"The support charges for VxRail should be optimized and made cheaper."
"Having a native replication would be an improvement."
"We do not use the storage part of VxRail, we use Pure Storage to map out the VxRail because the disk performance from Pure Storage was far better than the performance of the disk on the inside of VxRail."
"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."
"The product could support and have more compliance with other vendors."
"There are still some features which aren't built into Cisco, like virtualized networking, that use its applications. However, these can be purchased through another product as an additional licensing cost to us."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 120 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged.
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