We performed a comparison between Dell VxBlock System and HPE ConvergedSystem 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."Good default features."
"In comparison to traditional file load systems, Dell VxBlock System can be deployed quickly and results in monthly cost savings."
"Its performance is very good."
"VxBlock has good performance, so that is an advantage."
"With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference."
"Virtual machines for the infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed."
"Integration with VMware and VMotion definitely brings a lot of value."
"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."
"This solution is very simple to use."
"Consolidation and duplications features."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."
"We use the solution for DDI."
"We find the deduplication and compression features to be most valuable, as well as that of the backup solution inside."
"Most of the HP products I come across are they are easy to install. That's not very complex."
"This solution does not support Hyper-V, and we would like the new version to be supported and certified to work with Hyper-V."
"Scalability is an area that needs to be improved."
"Does not support different kinds of mixed applications."
"The solution could use a clearer description of working methods to tell people more about its use cases."
"The consistency of disc quality could be improved."
"The only thing that I can say is when you procure the VxBlock, obviously you have to complete detailed questionnaires about your architecture including the configuration, et cetera. If you make a mistake on the implementation, then you need to rebuild the entire VxBlock. That is just a point of consideration rather than a flaw. You need to be absolutely sure and validate the upfront configuration information that you provide because your VxBlock comes delivered and built, according to that exact information."
"It is a good product, but for us, it is like a black box. We are not really sure about its internal components, and how to do the terminal upgrade, and how to make sure about the security of the device. We understand how it works, but in order to do the upgrades, we have to get help from the company. We cannot do it ourselves. In another model that we had, the internal team could do the upgrade but not in this one. There is no clear process for a new upgrade or update. They should provide a software intelligence tool that has a dashboard where you can see the current firmware, the latest firmware, and the documentation and the process for the upgrade. For VxBlock, we have different management consoles. There is no single management console that you can use to manage all components inside VxBlock. Their scale up and scale out process is also not clear. Their support is also a little bit slow in responding to the cases."
"We are finding it a bit challenging in terms of the management of a specific VxBlock component. Currently, we have different units as a part of the block storage. We have one for Cisco equipment and one for Dell. When we have an issue in the infrastructure, Dell EMC VxBlock System should automatically detect it and send a notification to VC support, but, unfortunately, it is doing that only for one unit. It is not working for Cisco components. We have informed them about this area of improvement, and they are working on this. The way different parts are integrated should be improved. We should have one console to log in to see all the infrastructure in terms of each machine and hardware."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools."
"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."
"Perhaps they can work on providing faster allocation of memory or storage."
"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"It could be enhanced by improving the built-in backup solution."
"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its price."
Dell VxBlock System is ranked 4th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews while HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 3rd in Converged Infrastructure with 21 reviews. Dell VxBlock System is rated 7.8, while HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell VxBlock System writes "Can be deployed quickly, is easy to manage, and is stable and resilient". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support". Dell VxBlock System is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS, Dell Vscale Architecture and IBM VersaStack, whereas HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance. See our Dell VxBlock System vs. HPE ConvergedSystem report.
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