We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and FlexPod XCS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Converged Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The security is very good on the solution."
"The system is very intuitive."
"We were satisfied after we upgraded to a professional next-day on-site support."
"We now find that the solution is quite stable."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"From a hardware perspective, it's interesting. The selling point of VRTX is that everything is built-in. For a small company that doesn't have a server room or the capabilities of hosting several servers, VRTX has four blades. The equivalent in regular server models would be four servers, which is a minimum of 4U, but it could easily be 8U, and then it would have storage. The storage is included inside the enclosure, and it would require a storage unit. It would also require connectivity, which would be ethernet or another protocol switch. From a software perspective, it's a little bit more integrated. You have an integrated way of managing the whole thing, including storage and networking. It has an internal network that can also be useful. I know for a fact that Dell is almost fazing out the product, and it is not that available anymore because it will just cannibalize their sales. They want to sell the more expensive stuff."
"It's a good solution when you don't need a lot of IT."
"With Dell PowerEdge VRTX, there are fewer points, and it is easier to troubleshoot and find your way around it."
"The documentation alone that NetApp provides can guide anybody through the setup process."
"The most significant benefit is storage flexibility. FlexPod is a reference design to build on and add the appropriate resources you need for your workloads. That's what differentiates it from something like HCI, where you have to buy certain size pieces when you want to expand."
"The real benefit of this solution is that it is pre-architected with the ability to scale-up and scale-out."
"It is a complete solution."
"It has been very stable. There has been no downtime."
"Since the addition of nodes, it is all automated now. What would normally take us around three to five hours in the past, has come down to 15 minutes to half an hour, creating a significant gain in time."
"The most valuable features are the CVDs and the support behind it from both companies."
"The initial setup is not complex. It is user-friendly since it is a single solution with all the components delivered in one package."
"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."
"Management of storage and networking is web-based, slow, and difficult."
"When we first started with this product, we had some difficulty with it."
"It would be better to have a compact version of this solution for customers that have a small office and don't require a proper data center with power or an industrial type HP."
"The licensing can be difficult to understand."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"The nodes should be synced with the server so that the solution can be used from the cloud when any or all nodes are down."
"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"FlexPods can include the new networking and new virtualization of storage and data center interconnectivity with the networking side of it. They can evolve and grow by connecting pods together."
"We would like them to improve the validate designs. It is hard to stay in a supported config with the software and firmware versions of the platform. It's always a concern to ensure things not only work well, but they work at all. If we run into incompatibility inside of the NetApp, Cisco, or VMware versions, it can cause real issues."
"I'd like to see some more Ansible integration for automation purposes. We automate everything else with Ansible, so it would be great if we could automate our FlexPod with Ansible as well."
"There were several different management consoles that we had to deal with: UCS, VMware, and separate ESXi installations. Maybe one interface council where we could manage everything from might be a little easier."
"We would like to have a single pane of glass available for it. It is something that the management in the business would like to have."
"I'd like to see a little more on the provisioning and the replication piece... Also, I don't want to say analytics are lacking but I'd like to see more analytics."
"We would like more integration with some other HCI solutions so we can take advantage of other opportunities."
"On the NetApp side, there are definitely things to improve in terms of software updates."
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge VRTX writes "A very good online UI and fit for lower budgets but nodes don't sync with the server". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, IBM PureSystems and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, Oracle Exadata and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. FlexPod XCS report.
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