We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is the flexibility in configuration and the setup."
"It is a very well-thought-out solution with great virtualization. A good option we have is mapping a storage LUN onto an ESX cluster. That way, in case a particular ESX is down, it can migrate (using vMotion) to another host in the cluster, resulting in high-availability."
"The ability to converge a lot of different data and platforms into a single common platform, then scale horizontally and vertically."
"It is extremely stable and well-supported because of the leadership and partnerships put in place."
"Our footprint is lower than it used to be."
"For anyone who needs the flexibility of moving around profiles from physical device to physical device, it really adds an additional layer of virtualization."
"It ships in a rack, so it is very easy to deploy."
"The solution’s unified support for the entire stack provides one stop shopping."
"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."
"Consolidation and duplications features."
"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 solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."
"The most valuable features of HPE ConvergedSystem are scalability and resilience."
"The solution's technical support was good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines."
"I'd like to see a little bit simpler management pane. Using UCS Director to front everything is good but for a lot of that upper mid-market, it's probably a little bit of overkill for what they need. They just want a nice, simply portal to go through and see what's going on. So if there was something that was middle of the road, it would be well received."
"We don't see the much DR capability within the FlexPod so for that, we have to maintain our own DR capability with DSRM."
"One touch upgrades would be nice."
"We would like to have more monitoring and reporting, because today some of the reporting, and if you purchase it separately is expensive. We use OnCommand Unified Manager today, which is great, but we are looking for more of that."
"I'd like to see some more Ansible integration for automation purposes. We automate everything else with Ansible, so it would be great if we could automate our FlexPod with Ansible as well."
"One of the things that I've wanted would be availability of a health status, similar to Active IQ from my converged platform, on an app. I have dashboards so I can see the health of the system when I'm in the office, but when I'm not in the office I can't."
"They should have an easier user interface to get it up and running."
"The GPU based VDA solutions could use improvement."
"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its price."
"Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."
"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."
"It could be enhanced by improving the built-in backup solution."
"The tool has shortcomings in its performance monitoring part."
"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 MTG inside HP could be improved."
FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while HPE ConvergedSystem is ranked 3rd in Converged Infrastructure with 21 reviews. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while HPE ConvergedSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ConvergedSystem writes "With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle Exadata, whereas HPE ConvergedSystem is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Oracle Private Cloud Appliance and Dell VxBlock System. See our FlexPod XCS vs. HPE ConvergedSystem report.
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