We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The ability to run the software virtually on every virtualization platform and the ability to eliminate all storage vendor locking are the most valuable features."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"We can lose a site or even two of our three, and we would lose no data and have no outage."
"The performance of the solution is accurate and concise."
"It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!"
"The compression and deduplication are very high. Therefore, we can use the size of the product more efficiently than other storage solutions."
"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."
"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."
"Scalability is easy and simple."
"On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional."
"This is not the only product we use, so we have other solutions to compare it with. We can compare different products and different vendors and tell our customers which products have which advantages and disadvantages so that they can leverage these products in their own environment. This product helps us to understand the customer's needs and what issues they can run into."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage the whole cluster from the traffic interconnect."
"The implementation process is okay."
"What I like about Rubrik is that you can back up to the cloud. It is a different kind of backup where you're not archiving the tape. Rubrik is a physical appliance. It is a dedicated appliance to which you can back up, and you can also back up to another device. So, you can back up to Rubrik and then to another device. If you have more than one site, you can set up Rubrik on site A and also on site B. You can back up to the Rubrik on site A and then replicate that data to the Rubrik on site B."
"The Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"The most valuable feature is the Instant Recovery, where we can restore a VM or SQL database or any server or application, and have it up and running on their appliance within a few seconds."
"When it comes to saving time managing our backups, Rubrik has saved us a lot of time compared to what we were using. It feels like it has saved us lifetimes of time because the process used to be difficult. It's not just the day to time savings. When something goes wrong, that's where the real time savings comes into play. We are able to get back to where we need to be more confidently and with much fewer steps."
"Product support team is excellent, with issues typically being resolved on the same day."
"Intelligent agent technology."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"Instant recovery is a good feature."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"The StarWind Management Console is available only for Microsoft Windows/Windows Server, and should also be available for Linux and macOS, as it would reduce implementation costs."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"I want to suggest that the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure needs to be reduced."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."
"Cisco's technical support originally was outstanding, but it has declined over the last 12 months. I've heard they're trying to do better, but I haven't been overly impressed with their support recently for HyperFlex."
"The additional feature I would like to see included in the next release of this solution is more security. We want to add more data servers to all the hosts all over the world. We have 140 hosts that connect to one data center in Manila."
"The price could be better. I think it's more expensive than VxRail. In the next release, I would like to see a better level of protection and availability with six clients."
"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."
"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."
"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."
"The product does not have a cloud version...The product should be made more flexible in terms of integration capabilities."
"The recovery of Oracle databases is too complicated. It is not something that helps the DBA, the Database Administrator, but it should be done by the backup person like many other solutions. Everything is ready for the DBA to recover the database. It is a way of doing things, but I don't think you should give the backup people the ability to do it."
"The solution needs to be more secure and needs to better protect against ransomware."
"The open source database needs to be supported."
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"We would like to be able to do granular restores directly from Exchange. Also, more granular management of VM backups would help."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"The dashboard and user interface could be improved to make them more user-friendly."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. 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 Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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