We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and FlexPod XCS 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.
"It is pretty easy to install."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX supports a lot of memory which has allowed us to keep our system size smaller."
"We were satisfied after we upgraded to a professional next-day on-site support."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"It is simple to use and it's user-friendly."
"The online UA is very good in comparison to others."
"While I cannot say Dell is better than HP or IBM, Dell has a strong presence here in Qatar. We can recommend Dell because of that strategic factor."
"Our customers get their applications to market more quickly, and it has taken the risk out of their business, because there is less for them to try to figure out."
"The flexibility, operational efficiency, and scalability of FlexPod has been a huge factor for us because our customers have workloads that need to run on classical HTTPs, flash storage, or possibly in the cloud. This flexibility and enhanced ability of the solution is very important for this. We trust in it."
"The most valuable is the one support. I have a 1-800 number. I call one number rather than figuring out whether it's a network, compute, or storage issue. It is beautiful and works out nicely."
"The initial setup is not complex. It is user-friendly since it is a single solution with all the components delivered in one package."
"We have absolutely been able to save space."
"A valuable feature of the FlexPod solution is that it is all one architecture and I can call one number and get support for Cisco and NetApp without having to jump through open TAC (Technical Assistance Center) cases and do multiple things to get issues addressed."
"FlexPod's unified support for the entire stack is very important. Before, the customers would log a ticket by Cisco and a ticket by NetApp. It's better when vendors can parter and look for a solution together."
"The tool provides a single point for storing applications and it increases the availability of them. It also has improved the way we handle applications within VMware."
"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"Management of storage and networking is web-based, slow, and difficult."
"When we first started with this product, we had some difficulty with it."
"VRTX is a bit simplified to the extent that it is a mainstream type of solution for small businesses. If a company needs a more complex solution or something that is a time saver or has more power or scalability, it is probably not the best solution. However, when a company grows and its needs grow, this type of environment can be definitely migrated towards a lab environment or pre-prod testing, not necessarily production. It can still have a second life for the other types of use."
"The problem is with our configuration. We know we can use PowerEdge for hyper-convergence if we have PowerEdge and configure vSAN. We will be able to achieve what VxRail is being able to provide, but we need to migrate it to a new infrastructure instead of changing our existing. It will be much more difficult for us."
"The scalability could be better."
"The support must be improved."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"This is an expensive solution."
"This solution is very hard to maintain and keep up."
"NetApp has some tools that you can purchase to do performance management, or you can go with another vendor and buy a product which does the same thing. It would be nice if there was more of these features with the product, not add-ons."
"I think they are working on it, but I would like to be able to log into a portal and see the end-to-end solution and understand where it stands, from a supportability perspective."
"As the technology grows, we're looking to upgrade our storage systems to something faster, and we're hoping to improve our servers with next-generation technology. So we want to enhance our server infrastructure and explore server virtualization with VMware. That's the improvement that our clients are demanding."
"I would like to see synchronous replication and easier automation in the next release."
"Cisco support is much slower. Opening cases with Cisco tech is sometimes a bit tedious. The return time for less important calls can be slower. Even Priority 1 calls can sometimes be a bit long and they will have to call me back."
"I would like to see more orchestration tools in FlexPod because we virtually end up with integrating the v-orchestration tool within FlexPod. I would like to see something like that included within FlexPod."
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge VRTX writes "A very good online UI and fit for lower budgets but nodes don't sync with the server". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, IBM PureSystems and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Oracle Exadata, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. FlexPod XCS report.
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