We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS and IBM VersaStack 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."When our clients choose to call NetApp or Cisco directly, the cooperative support model means they can get passed back and forth between the two organizations freely. It works really well."
"There are very many features, but from experience, the single point of contact for support has been valuable to our customers."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It is all interface-based, so point and click."
"With FlexPod, it is about the synergy of the server, the storage, and the whole management layer. Together, it is really about minimizing staff. You don't have to hire more people. You can work with the minimum level of resources and the availability is really good. We have had very little downtime."
"It has had a big, positive impact, because now everything is centralized."
"I like the combination of the brands that they decided to include, in terms of its compatibility, e.g., they integrated UCS into this solution."
"It runs our VMs. Our SQL databases are all on VMs, so everything is virtualized."
"This sounds dumb, but it just works. I don't want to have to deal with support, and I don't need to because, again, it has just worked."
"The combination of Cisco's architecture and IBM's flash technology. Cisco provides FI technology which provides one simple architecture. IBM's flash technology is fast."
"Replication and DR implementation became faster."
"The solution has high IOPS and the I/O is important because it gives us more transactions per second."
"I want to use the expansion to its fullest extent, scaling by deploying 10 to 15 virtual missions in a given FlexPod."
"We have had some problems with SnapSuite and the replication functionality."
"The integration between both companies, Cisco and NetApp, is very good but it still needs to be enhanced in terms of visibility and observability."
"They should have an easier user interface to get it up and running."
"FlexPod has not decreased the unplanned downtime incidents in our company. There was a problem with the back-end configuration and we had a downtime of three hours."
"You must build each block separately, that's a disadvantage sometimes."
"Both NetApp and Cisco need to do improvements in their day-to-day operations management upgrades."
"This solution is very hard to maintain and keep up."
"Raw data mapping for storage should be a given option."
"The solution should improve deduplication to get a lot of savings."
FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while IBM VersaStack is ranked 8th in Converged Infrastructure with 3 reviews. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while IBM VersaStack is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM VersaStack writes "A very high IOPS that gives more I/O transactions per second". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle Exadata and Dell VxBlock System, whereas IBM VersaStack is most compared with Dell VxBlock System. See our FlexPod XCS vs. IBM VersaStack report.
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