We performed a comparison between Dell VxBlock System and Oracle SuperCluster 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."In comparison to traditional file load systems, Dell VxBlock System can be deployed quickly and results in monthly cost savings."
"Integration with VMware and VMotion definitely brings a lot of value."
"It's at least 99 percent problem-free because it's factory-built. So from an informational point of view, everyone trusts that VxBlock has been tested well at the factory and has been configured to their requirements."
"Good flexibility and speed."
"With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference."
"Good default features."
"The monitoring and management parts are the most valuable. Monitoring is specifically valuable because you have one console to monitor everything. This console is called Vision."
"It's a highly optimized piece of equipment that doesn't give us any problems."
"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."
"Our primary use case is for E-Business Suite applications the applications for the government, and most of the applications that use an HCM."
"SuperCluster is basically a combination of Oracle, with Exadata and Compute node features, so it is a computing cluster that is integrated in a single infrastructure such that we don't need a separate solution for the application database, the data storage database, and everything else the application needs."
"The performance is significantly improved, and the administration is easy because it is a single platform end-to-end."
"Scalability and technical support."
"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."
"Because SuperCluster is a specially engineered system, we have confidence in that all the components are compatible with one another. Everything runs together as a well-coupled group of machines, and the performance is great (especially the memory)."
"Unix is not as easy for the users, it needs more maintenance and costs extra."
"Does not support different kinds of mixed applications."
"Scalability is an area that needs to be improved."
"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."
"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."
"Lacks flexibility with third-party applications."
"The hardware lifecycle is not documented very well. For example, now you can buy a piece of equipment, but you don't know if the hardware is going to be a team production next month or next year."
"It's a good product but the price could be lowered. It's expensive."
"This solution does not support Hyper-V, and we would like the new version to be supported and certified to work with Hyper-V."
"If they had an application that centralized the administration, not about the monitoring, but for the configuration, it would be better."
"There are many areas for improvement. For example, better guidance in terms of troubleshooting issues relating to ZFS, as well as better tools/diagnostics for monitoring that specific component, to better identify potential issues. Hardware monitoring via OEM 13.2 is not 100 percent, as Ops Center is still required in some instances."
"They may have made some improvements but based on the version that I am using, it is a little complicated because it is based on the Unix Operating system."
"A major issue for us is that after the most recent update of SuperCluster, they have now stopped all future production of new versions. That is to say, after M7 there was M8, and now there are no future versions planned (e.g. M9) in the market."
"We have faced network connectivity issues."
"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."
"Not a very user friendly solution."
"It's not working as we expected. We thought it would be fast and reliable but we are not getting the reliability. It's not stable."
Dell VxBlock System is ranked 4th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews while Oracle SuperCluster is ranked 7th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews. Dell VxBlock System is rated 7.8, while Oracle SuperCluster is rated 7.6. 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 Oracle SuperCluster writes "Great performance all round, but lacking in certain cloud features". Dell VxBlock System is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS, Dell Vscale Architecture, Dell PowerFlex and IBM VersaStack, whereas Oracle SuperCluster is most compared with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance. See our Dell VxBlock System vs. Oracle SuperCluster report.
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