We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] 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."The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."
"The price was right."
"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."
"The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"A typical system administrator with minimal experience in Hyper-V, VMware, or Windows can do VSAN configuration and maintain VSAN operations."
"StarWind allowed us to deploy highly available shared storage within our budget."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"The scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset."
"It increases efficiency, decreases the cost, and manages the network in one single way. That's the most important thing."
"Overall, the solution is extremely easy, flexible and secure."
"It is a solution that best suits thre needs of our organization."
"Easily facilitates remote work opportunities with storage and compute resources."
"Cisco offers very good quality."
"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the integration with everything in a much smoother, such as in physical and virtual environments. VMware NSX is a simpler solution but, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is more robust compared to VMware NSX."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"It is not very clear within the StarWind Management Console or the StarWind support documentation how to perform maintenance on a single node in a two-node HA cluster."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"It is hard to find adequate technical documentation on their support website."
"I would like to see more monitoring and alert tools."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"This product could be improved with the inclusion of new health check procedures."
"We had a bit of complexity to think about how to migrate our legacy infrastructure into Cisco HyperFlex."
"It needs more detailed documentation."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could improve by having the documents be more readily available and the support could be more flexible."
"I would like for them to develop integration with other technologies, like SD Access. It's still lacking an enhancement management player."
"A stretch function is really needed. Germans think that because of the high availability and the security that two data centers are better but we want edge all in one cluster. This is a needed feature, the cluster feature, and we'd also like to see a possibility for ROBO offices."
"Lacks some integration and documentation could be improved."
"The solution's price could be affordable."
"With the cache disk fails in Cisco, the whole node fails, and the workload goes down."
"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."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
"Support could be better."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 15th in HCI with 4 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is rated 8.6. 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 Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series report.
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