We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has reduced our overall maintenance and overhead by having to only maintain physical boxes for one cluster instead of having to manage physical boxes for two clusters."
"Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"Besides being 80% cheaper than the other alternatives, the simplicity makes reconfiguration and support much easier."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."
"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"There is no IPv6 support. That is our only issue at this time."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"It runs until it does not - and disaster recovery documentation is sparse and mostly unclear."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"Performance when in storage-separate configuration needs to be improved."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"Our company was hoping for deduplication and encryption across HCI. That is currently not supported."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."
"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
"Support could be better."
"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is ranked 18th in HCI with 3 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 15th in HCI with 4 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is rated 8.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series writes "With an easy deployment phase, the tool offers good scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, VxRail and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, HPE Alletra dHCI, HPE Hyper Converged and HPE SimpliVity. See our Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series vs. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series report.
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