User Reviews of FlexPod XCS

Updated April 2024

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FlexPod XCS review

Chris Haight
Chris Haight
Sr. Solutions Architect at CDW Canada Inc.
Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools
The traditional UCS Blades do not take much storage internally. You would be challenged to create an HCI (Hype converged Infrastructure) solution on FlexPod / UCS or any other solution that pools internal storage. Now, with UCS X-Series, you can carve off an HCI solution, software defined pooled solution if you want. This was one area of...
FlexPod XCS review

Bob Greenwald
Bob Greenwald
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
There are no limits in terms of integration.
The most significant benefit is storage flexibility. FlexPod is a reference design to build on and add the appropriate resources you need for your workloads. That's what differentiates it from something like HCI, where you have to buy certain size pieces when you want to expand. I can do just about anything storage-related with it. In a...

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