We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and Rackspace OpenStack 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 solution is stable."
"It's a good solution when you don't need a lot of IT."
"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."
"The online UA is very good in comparison to others."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"The system is very intuitive."
"In my view, the only aspect that could be enhanced in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution is the pricing. Apart from that, the overall performance and features of the solution are flawless."
"It created a reusable library with OpenStack features."
"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."
"The solution is stable."
"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful."
"There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."
"The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"VRTX is a bit simplified to the extent that it is a mainstream type of solution for small businesses. If a company needs a more complex solution or something that is a time saver or has more power or scalability, it is probably not the best solution. However, when a company grows and its needs grow, this type of environment can be definitely migrated towards a lab environment or pre-prod testing, not necessarily production. It can still have a second life for the other types of use."
"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 storage can be improved."
"The problem is with our configuration. We know we can use PowerEdge for hyper-convergence if we have PowerEdge and configure vSAN. We will be able to achieve what VxRail is being able to provide, but we need to migrate it to a new infrastructure instead of changing our existing. It will be much more difficult for us."
"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."
"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."
"When we first started with this product, we had some difficulty with it."
"OpenStack is difficult for the novice in terms of beginning to use cloud tools."
"The line migration is a problem."
"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"
"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."
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"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's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while Rackspace OpenStack is ranked 6th in Converged Infrastructure with 10 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while Rackspace OpenStack is rated 8.0. 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 Rackspace OpenStack writes "A scalable open-source solution that needs some improvement with its ecosystem". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, FlexPod XCS, IBM PureSystems and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas Rackspace OpenStack is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. Rackspace OpenStack report.
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