We performed a comparison between Dell VxBlock System and HPE ConvergedSystem 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."With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference."
"Good flexibility and speed."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed."
"The monitoring and management parts are the most valuable. Monitoring is specifically valuable because you have one console to monitor everything. This console is called Vision."
"It's at least 99 percent problem-free because it's factory-built. So from an informational point of view, everyone trusts that VxBlock has been tested well at the factory and has been configured to their requirements."
"It's a highly optimized piece of equipment that doesn't give us any problems."
"Good default features."
"VxBlock has good performance, so that is an advantage."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."
"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution. Our system has a very big environment. Due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task. We prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment, even when we have some different cases in operations."
"This is a scalable solution. Our customers begin with an initial configuration and later add more servers, memory and other options to meet the demands of increased processing."
"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"This solution is very simple to use."
"Most of the HP products I come across are they are easy to install. That's not very complex."
"The solution's technical support was good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The only thing that I can say is when you procure the VxBlock, obviously you have to complete detailed questionnaires about your architecture including the configuration, et cetera. If you make a mistake on the implementation, then you need to rebuild the entire VxBlock. That is just a point of consideration rather than a flaw. You need to be absolutely sure and validate the upfront configuration information that you provide because your VxBlock comes delivered and built, according to that exact information."
"The hardware lifecycle is not documented very well. For example, now you can buy a piece of equipment, but you don't know if the hardware is going to be a team production next month or next year."
"Scalability is an area that needs to be improved."
"It's a good product but the price could be lowered. It's expensive."
"We are finding it a bit challenging in terms of the management of a specific VxBlock component. Currently, we have different units as a part of the block storage. We have one for Cisco equipment and one for Dell. When we have an issue in the infrastructure, Dell EMC VxBlock System should automatically detect it and send a notification to VC support, but, unfortunately, it is doing that only for one unit. It is not working for Cisco components. We have informed them about this area of improvement, and they are working on this. The way different parts are integrated should be improved. We should have one console to log in to see all the infrastructure in terms of each machine and hardware."
"There are components of VxBlock that are not managed or supported by Dell because some of the components are from Cisco. Thus, when there are problems with compute nodes, though Dell was managing the interaction, we had to rely on Cisco to solve the issue. When Cisco was not responding as quickly as Dell would for their components, it made it difficult for us because we needed to have the failed nodes back up and running. As such, the disparate ownership of components in the equipment is an issue."
"Lacks flexibility with third-party applications."
"The solution could use a clearer description of working methods to tell people more about its use cases."
"Perhaps they can work on providing faster allocation of memory or storage."
"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"The solution has a complicated front-end."
"Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its price."
"The MTG inside HP could be improved."
"It could be enhanced by improving the built-in backup solution."
Dell VxBlock System is ranked 4th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews while HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 3rd in Converged Infrastructure with 21 reviews. Dell VxBlock System is rated 7.8, while HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell VxBlock System writes "Can be deployed quickly, is easy to manage, and is stable and resilient". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support". Dell VxBlock System is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS, Dell Vscale Architecture and Dell PowerFlex, whereas HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance. See our Dell VxBlock System vs. HPE ConvergedSystem report.
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