We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS 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."We’ve seen an improvement in application performance."
"FlexPod is the primary solution we recommend for clients with high-availability server requirements. Our clients find FlexPod's management helpful. You can manage everything via plugins."
"It scales well. It allows us to have very flexible architecture but to have the same level of simplicity that we'd normally expect in hyper-converged environments."
"Gives us a single point of contact for support."
"It has simplified our support."
"It scales easily. We went through an upgrade of adding additional chassis, and it wasn't a big deal."
"ONTAP is the core of FlexPod, so its most valuable features are: FlexClone, Snapshot, and SnapCenter."
"The Validated Designs are very good because they act as a reference to see whether we have done things properly."
"We like the design and that it meets data storage needs."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that the storage is integrated with the VxRail so I don't have to go in between systems when I have to monitor my storage."
"The technical support from Dell was very good."
"You don't have to worry too much about the hardware and you don't have to work on integrating a storage device. We instead have this as an all-in-one solution and everything is available as a box."
"The stability is very good. We haven't had any issues at all. There aren't bugs or glitches. There aren't system crashes or anything of that nature."
"It helps simplify the management of VMware."
"This is a good solution if you want to deploy an ACI Environment but don't have all the necessary resources."
"Compared with other products, the IT administrator or IT integrator doesn't take much time to get the tool up and running."
"We would like more integration with some other HCI solutions so we can take advantage of other opportunities."
"You must build each block separately, that's a disadvantage sometimes."
"Both NetApp and Cisco need to do improvements in their day-to-day operations management upgrades."
"FlexPod has not decreased the unplanned downtime incidents in our company. There was a problem with the back-end configuration and we had a downtime of three hours."
"I would like to see more cloud-centric modules that are specific to applications and more software-based solutions. That's all that is missing."
"I would like to see better operations, a single pane of glass to manage and monitor the entire design across VMware, Cisco, etc. I would also like the upgrade process to be a little smoother."
"We don't see the much DR capability within the FlexPod so for that, we have to maintain our own DR capability with DSRM."
"The continued simplification will be a continued battle and evolution for both Cisco and NetApp, especially on the FlexPod product."
"What I find very valuable is VxRail's life cycle management. The life cycle management takes care of everything from firmware to the actual upgrading of the hypervisor and keeps everything up to level."
"It needs faster deployment of security patches."
"The agility of the support team to provide you with better solutions should be improved. VxRail also has to be improved in terms of simplicity. Adding a simple node seemed like quite a project."
"Pricing could be improved."
"It might offer better integration with other products."
"The upgrade packages require a lot of bandwidth. This could be reduced for an improved experience."
"I would like to have a unified platform where I, for example, can manage my 50 stores from a single portal in VxRail and be able to apply all the updates at once. I want to unify them into a centralized console."
"The licensing costs are too expensive. They should work on their pricing model."
FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle Exadata, Dell VxBlock System and Dell PowerEdge VRTX, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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