We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"StarWind allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very easy-to-use solution that can be quickly and easily deployed and configured without intimate and specific knowledge in the virtualization sphere."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."
"What I like the most in terms of features is the fact that the VxRail update can be done in one week. It takes much less time to do a whole server upgrade and an infrastructure update as well."
"The simplicity and manageability of VxRail are most valuable. We have a very good experience with this product. Its stability and scalability are also very good."
"VxRail does not require fiber switches or external storage. It's easy to replace and manage. It's centralized management through VxRail Manager."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"We like the design and that it meets data storage needs."
"I like the new releases that Dell EMC is doing with VMware. They are allowing for flexibility across the hybrid cloud. This allows organizations to use containers and to be able to move into the public cloud, but also not have lock-in. They can come back to the private cloud when they want to, so it's creating a lot of flexibility across the stack."
"I can roll out the system in thirty minutes and the customer can work with it."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
"I wish for the performance environment to be improved."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
"It can be a bit complex for engineers who are new to it. There's a learning curve involved. They have to learn to operate it."
"I would like them to include an easier solution to host its own DNS. When they changed to version 6.5, they took out the easy features of letting the rail be its own DNS. You can still trick the system and make the VxRail Manager another one of the rail-required VMs become the DNS, but it's a lot of extra work. I'd like to see it put back into the UI."
"Right now, it's difficult for a non-technical person to participate in using the product. It could be made more consumer-friendly."
"They should have better compatibility with other processors, such as AMD processors."
"Lifecycle management (LCM) should be enhanced"
"The licensing needs to be improved upon."
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Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is ranked 20th in HCI with 1 review while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is rated 7.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node writes "Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged.
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