We performed a comparison between HPE ConvergedSystem and Vblock [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."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."
"We find the deduplication and compression features to be most valuable, as well as that of the backup solution inside."
"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"This solution is very simple to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"The solution's technical support was good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of HPE ConvergedSystem are scalability and resilience."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."
"Finding a fully bundled, deployed, and configured solution with a short delivery time and unique support is really attractive."
"Systems run solidly."
"It has improved system performance, batch times for off-hours processing, and reliability with production applications."
"It's an integrated box Mac solution, so it's a plug and play. The deployment and build is pre-made and ready to deploy. It makes it easy to apply."
"The XtremIO All-Flash array delivers performance, reliability, and deduplication."
"Some of the key features are the ease of operation and access, without constraining actions. The tool is available to actually move things around, do things quickly quickly."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its management. I would like the tool to add cloud management features so that the system can be accessed anywhere from the cloud."
"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"This is an expensive solution."
"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."
"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."
"Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"VCE tools, like Vision or AMP were not stand alone, and depended too much on other management consoles."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
"RCM upgrades are painful."
"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
"The implementation and support could be better."
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HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 3rd in Converged Infrastructure with 21 reviews while Vblock [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Converged Infrastructure. HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.4, while Vblock [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Vblock [EOL] writes "The VCE VBlocks came along and it was the best combination of an all-in-one virtual data center in a box Converged SAN, Network, and Compute that used VMware to drive the whole package". HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, Dell VxBlock System and FlexPod XCS, whereas Vblock [EOL] is most compared with .
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