We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and FlexPod XCS 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 solution is stable."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX supports a lot of memory which has allowed us to keep our system size smaller."
"We started off with a base because we started our infrastructure with Dell and we always propose or prefer Dell which is easier to manage the warranty than with different vendors."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"It's a good solution when you don't need a lot of IT."
"With Dell PowerEdge VRTX, there are fewer points, and it is easier to troubleshoot and find your way around it."
"We now find that the solution is quite stable."
"High availability is outstanding. We haven't had any problems with that."
"When our clients choose to call NetApp or Cisco directly, the cooperative support model means they can get passed back and forth between the two organizations freely. It works really well."
"The data is available, compressed, and deduped."
"Integration is most valuable. This is a reference architecture. So, we don't have to design something from scratch and figure out how it is going to work."
"The solution has decreased the unplanned downtime incidents in our organization by 25 to 30 percent."
"UCS Profiles enable recovering a physical server in less than 15 minutes."
"I really like the architecture and I like the fact that on the storage side I can swap it out. Right now I'm on NetApp, I might go to Pure Storage. I have the flexibility. But as far as the equipment itself, the way it's all bundled together, from the UCS perspective, its rock solid."
"It is an easy, straightforward system to set up and maintain."
"The storage can be improved."
"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."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"When we first started with this product, we had some difficulty with it."
"Management of storage and networking is web-based, slow, and difficult."
"We've had general issues related to the solution being difficult."
"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."
"Both NetApp and Cisco need to do improvements in their day-to-day operations management upgrades."
"This solution is very hard to maintain and keep up."
"The procedure for contacting technical support could be simplified."
"You must build each block separately, that's a disadvantage sometimes."
"FlexPod XCS' pricing could be cheaper. You need to find the right person for support."
"The upgrades should be improved. We would like to have the ability to do unified upgrades of the whole infrastructure from beginning to end."
"There are apparently some new products coming around the whole FlexPod side of things with regards to auditing, to ensure everything is configured correctly. It's basically a "delta" if there have been any changes. It's important to us, from a support perspective, to know if there have been changes and what impact they have actually had."
"On the NetApp side, there are definitely things to improve in terms of software updates."
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6. 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 FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, IBM PureSystems and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Oracle Exadata, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. FlexPod XCS report.
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