We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"StarWind has provided us with a top-notch, well-supported, robust vSAN offering when other vendors have moved to hyper-converged solutions that are outside of our average clients' reach from a financial and resource perspective."
"The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"This is not the only product we use, so we have other solutions to compare it with. We can compare different products and different vendors and tell our customers which products have which advantages and disadvantages so that they can leverage these products in their own environment. This product helps us to understand the customer's needs and what issues they can run into."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It has reduced the time it takes to put the servers in production by half the time."
"The most valuable feature is that it is something small that can be more easily deployed than a full data center set of servers."
"The technical support has been very good for this solution."
"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."
"The initial setup is easy."
"What I like the most about Rubrik is its user-friendly interface."
"A reduced infrastructure complexity and fast to rack and go."
"Time dedicated to backup was drastically reduced."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"Its reporting is most valuable. I like how it reports that everything is successfully backed up. It provides a summarized report that I can give to auditors and management."
"The web-based approach is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's technical support team is very responsive and proactive."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"I would like additional documentation regarding possible networking configurations with 10GbE switching."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"Sometimes when there are multiple technologies involved in a support case, this is when there is a bit of a lag."
"I would like to see them expand onto the cloud."
"The utilization needs to be better. It needs more options."
"Deployment on-prem was quite difficult."
"Their technical support is very bad. We had an issue where instead of an engineer we got a PDF "doctor" that didn't know anything about our problem which was very frustrating."
"The solution's price could be affordable."
"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."
"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."
"Improving PowerShell integration would greatly simplify Rubrik management."
"Could be improved from an analytics point of view."
"It does not offer image-level backups for Hyper-V 2012."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"Rubrik needs to continue to listen to their customers and what they want/need, not just care about money and the bottom line."
"The integrated reporting is not really that nicely built. The reporting functionality could definitely be a little bit more customizable from an administration perspective, with an easier to understand interface."
"If I could take a snapshot from a physical and be able to stand it up as a virtual immediately without the need to rebuild an entire system and restoring files, that would be HUGE."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. 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 Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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