We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."
"We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."
"I have found that the admin deployment, monitoring off-premises, and the many services important features. Additionally, the solution has good integration."
"The simplicity and manageability of VxRail are most valuable. We have a very good experience with this product. Its stability and scalability are also very good."
"The updating of the features was one aspect of the solution that made us decide to use it."
"It is very powerful. We find that to be the most valuable aspect. The movement of devices between nodes is very easy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the performance."
"VxRail has improved out organization because we are trying to be a little more proactive and elastic. We are trying to change our conventional approach to development."
"It has a valuable deduplication feature."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it allows everything to be integrated into a single model, comprised of hardware and software."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"Perhaps more reporting features on the utilization, usage, and performance of the configured high-availability images and underlying physical disks would be helpful."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"While it is possible to implement disk encryption in StarWind using Windows Bitlocker, such a solution can be a little tricky to manage."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"There is a general lack of documentation, especially up-to-date documentation to get started."
"The documentation could be better."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"
"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."
"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."
"In the version that I was working with, the integrations are in need of improvement."
"You have to buy a new server if you want to scale up."
"The solution is vendor-locked and Dell is the only supplier of VxRail."
"The cost is quite high. It's a very expensive solution to run."
"This solution needs to have the capability where even older versions of hardware can be seamlessly utilized and additional expansion becomes so much easier."
"Sometimes during the upgrade process of VxRail, we experience errors that have nothing to do with reality and I cannot troubleshoot them without calling Dell and bringing in an engineer to figure it out."
"The price should come down a little bit. It has become better than it was at the beginning. There was a really big price difference between a hyper-converged infrastructure and the classic servers and storage. The gap is lessening, however, it's still there."
"From a hardware and software perspective, there could be an improvement in the sales cycle, as there is a lot of hoops to go through to get pricing on a solution."
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is ranked 18th in HCI with 3 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 122 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series writes "With an easy deployment phase, the tool offers good scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series vs. VxRail report.
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