We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance 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."While I cannot say Dell is better than HP or IBM, Dell has a strong presence here in Qatar. We can recommend Dell because of that strategic factor."
"The security is very good on the solution."
"From a hardware perspective, it's interesting. The selling point of VRTX is that everything is built-in. For a small company that doesn't have a server room or the capabilities of hosting several servers, VRTX has four blades. The equivalent in regular server models would be four servers, which is a minimum of 4U, but it could easily be 8U, and then it would have storage. The storage is included inside the enclosure, and it would require a storage unit. It would also require connectivity, which would be ethernet or another protocol switch. From a software perspective, it's a little bit more integrated. You have an integrated way of managing the whole thing, including storage and networking. It has an internal network that can also be useful. I know for a fact that Dell is almost fazing out the product, and it is not that available anymore because it will just cannibalize their sales. They want to sell the more expensive stuff."
"We now find that the solution is quite stable."
"The solution is stable."
"We were satisfied after we upgraded to a professional next-day on-site support."
"It is pretty easy to install."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"Supports connection to most of network topology, such as VLAN and network segmentation."
"It is scalable as the box can be increased by one compute node, if required."
"The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA."
"You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable."
"It has helped us to reduce Oracle licensing costs for database and applications."
"The problem is with our configuration. We know we can use PowerEdge for hyper-convergence if we have PowerEdge and configure vSAN. We will be able to achieve what VxRail is being able to provide, but we need to migrate it to a new infrastructure instead of changing our existing. It will be much more difficult for us."
"The support must be improved."
"We've had general issues related to the solution being difficult."
"The scalability could be better."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."
"VRTX is a bit simplified to the extent that it is a mainstream type of solution for small businesses. If a company needs a more complex solution or something that is a time saver or has more power or scalability, it is probably not the best solution. However, when a company grows and its needs grow, this type of environment can be definitely migrated towards a lab environment or pre-prod testing, not necessarily production. It can still have a second life for the other types of use."
"It would be better to have a compact version of this solution for customers that have a small office and don't require a proper data center with power or an industrial type HP."
"In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly."
"Patching processing takes a long time. Only one compute node is patched at a time."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"OVM Manager Interface is using HTML5. It should be reconverted to be a Java interface."
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Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is ranked 5th in Converged Infrastructure with 5 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge VRTX writes "A very good online UI and fit for lower budgets but nodes don't sync with the server". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance writes "A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, FlexPod XCS and IBM PureSystems, whereas Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is most compared with Oracle SuperCluster, HPE ConvergedSystem, Rackspace OpenStack and Dell VxBlock System. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. Oracle Private Cloud Appliance report.
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