Compare Cisco UCS Director vs. HyperCloud
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else." "A product that really aids in systems management without complexity." "This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use." "The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing." "I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director." | "For the customers I work with, it provides flexibility as far as storage is concerned, so it's security and access." |
Cons | |
"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable." "The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API." "I would like to see more integration with other solutions." "We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure." "Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems." | "The next feature I would like to have full disclosure of what's being done with the data." |
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"The cost of this solution is significant." | Information Not Available |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director. Top Answer: I would like to see more flexibility when it comes to managing other stacks, like VMware virtualization. Top Answer: The typical use case is for web services. It is integrated with our database. | Top Answer: For the customers I work with, it provides flexibility as far as storage is concerned, so it's security and access. Top Answer: In terms of the primary use case, I have a contract with Fortune 500. I was hired to go in and to maintain their test evaluation network, the test development network and managing components of that… more » Top Answer: My advice to someone considering this solution is to take a pragmatic approach, there are set pieces in a hybrid cloud deployment and you have to do a proof of concept with. You have to go in and do… more » |
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Views 2,050 Comparisons 1,583 Reviews 6 Average Words per Review 534 Rating 7.5 | Views 1,024 Comparisons 834 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 1,901 Rating 10.0 |
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| Cisco | HyperGrid |
Overview | |
Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business. | HyperGrid is the Enterprise Cloud-as-a-Service leader that simplifies IT by providing a fully featured public cloud service delivered as a full stack appliance in enterprise data centers. HyperGrid’s offering, HyperCloud, offers compute, storage, and networking services, along with an enterprise app store of over 400 application templates for deploying complex enterprise apps on VMs and containers. HyperCloud also supports the management of external public clouds, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Compute Engine, allowing IT teams to centralize the governance and control of cloud resources enterprise-wide to eliminate Shadow IT proliferation. These capabilities, offered as a fully managed service in an on-prem “pay as you use” pricing model, deliver unmatched simplicity, scale, and economics that accelerates business innovation, growth, and long-term success. |
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Learn more about Cisco UCS Director | Learn more about HyperCloud |
Sample Customers | |
| Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge | Affymetrix, Bell Helicopter, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, Porterville Unified School District, Interact for Health, VirtueCom, Warren Memorial Hospital, Front Porch, RMH Group, Meyers Nave, Intraworks, Information Technology, ETTE, Clackamas Community College |
Top Industries | |
Comms Service Provider52% Computer Software Company18% Wholesaler/Distributor3% Insurance Company3% | Computer Software Company43% Government13% Comms Service Provider13% Manufacturing Company5% |
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Small Business14% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise71% | No Data Available |
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Cisco UCS Director is ranked 6th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews while HyperCloud is ranked 8th in Cloud Management with 1 review. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.6, while HyperCloud is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "Brings agility to our organization, allowing for better manageability and faster deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HyperCloud writes "Provides storage flexibility, security, and access". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), Cisco CloudCenter, VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) and vCloud Director, whereas HyperCloud is most compared with Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Amazon AWS, Densify, Microsoft Azure and Turbonomic.
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