We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS and Vblock [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"High availability is outstanding. We haven't had any problems with that."
"The solution is innovative. It handles virtual networking. Also, it can upgrade blades and continue working seamlessly, which is excellent."
"The real benefit of this solution is that it is pre-architected with the ability to scale-up and scale-out."
"The most valuable feature is that it is all-in-one, and it is easy to get support on it."
"FlexPod has improved our company as far as ease of management, stability, and redundancy."
"The most valuable feature for me is that you can swap out pieces when you have to lifecycle your equipment."
"Performance-wise, it is actually doing quite well. The end users are very happy with it."
"It simplifies infrastructure from edge to port to cloud. It proves that deployment is easy and straightforward. There isn't any need to do extra work."
"Finding a fully bundled, deployed, and configured solution with a short delivery time and unique support is really attractive."
"The most valuable features are reliability and high availability."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users."
"The high redundancy of components has minimized frequent service degradation/failure."
"The component integration means I don't have to worry about technology mismatches."
"Systems run solidly."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"I would like to see more interoperability within FlexPods. This comes into more of how we grow from multiple domains to a massive domain."
"We have had some problems with SnapSuite and the replication functionality."
"The initial setup was complex. UCS is not the easiest thing to configure from the ground up. The networking pieces can get confusing, especially when you are talking about virtual segmentation. It is not as easy as other things now on the market, such as hyperconverged."
"We would like FlexPod to have more power, though it is not lacking in power now."
"We have had bugs which have been released, even though they have been minor."
"I would like to have the installation of the top virtualization on its own rather than doing it through the admin. For example, if FlexPod is configured after the configuration of the host, the ESXi is installed also, but it should be part of it rather than doing it as a separate system."
"I would think more cloud integration, a lot more flexibility with adapting to different things."
"Maybe in the future, they could include the HCI solution into the mix."
"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."
"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."
"RCM upgrades are painful."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"Tighter alignment could simplify and speed up the configuration and delivery process."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
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FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while Vblock [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Converged Infrastructure. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while Vblock [EOL] 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 Vblock [EOL] writes "The VCE VBlocks came along and it was the best combination of an all-in-one virtual data center in a box Converged SAN, Network, and Compute that used VMware to drive the whole package". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Oracle Exadata, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail and Dell VxBlock System, whereas Vblock [EOL] is most compared with .
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