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."This solution is very simple to use."
"Consolidation and duplications features."
"We find the deduplication and compression features to be most valuable, as well as that of the backup solution inside."
"The storage, BladeSystems, Virtual Connect, and simplicity with hyper-converged solutions are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"The most valuable features of HPE ConvergedSystem are scalability and resilience."
"We use the solution for DDI."
"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."
"VMware NSX: Provides the ability for our organisation to deliver true DR."
"We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"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 most valuable features are reliability and high availability."
"Systems run solidly."
"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."
"The solution needs to add NFS features."
"The solution has a complicated front-end."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"The MTG inside HP could be improved."
"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."
"This is an expensive solution."
"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."
"The implementation and support could be better."
"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
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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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