Compare Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX vs. VxRail
Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX is ranked 28th in Hyper-Converged (HCI) while VxRail is ranked 4th in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 15 reviews. Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX is rated 0, while VxRail is rated 8.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Dual power capabilities take up a quarter of the energy than we were using before which equals savings every month". Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX is most compared with Nutanix, HPE Hyper Converged and HPE SimpliVity, whereas VxRail is most compared with Nutanix, VMware vSAN and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series.
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It's much more expensive than rack servers. It was an issue, but when you compare it to the number of people who were administrative assistants before, it's on the positive ROI side. It's much cheaper. We currently have a perpetual license, which is kind of unlimited, so we don't have the normal licensing cost, yet. Our licensing costs are large, but it is combined between all of the Cisco products that we have. One of the challenges we have with HyperFlex is that they have a subscription fee for the operating system that runs on it, and if I remember correctly, it costs approximately $15,000 USD per month. It is relatively expensive, but it can easily return value by freeing up other resources. It's roughly $30,000 per Hyperflex license, so that would be about $60,000 a year. Our licensing is Hybrid. We have all of our applications for billing and outage management through this. They are not the cheapest on the market. But there's an old saying I like to quote: "If you know that you are getting what you pay for, it's fine if it's expensive." | Information Not Available | The real ROI is the benefit of being able to do a true hybrid cloud, not having to move from CAPEX to OPEX in a pure break. There is an administrative cost savings. Instead of having seven to 15 separate boxes that someone has to administer on 15 different terminals, you can do the majority of it from one interface. Therefore, it saves on manpower costs. We were expecting Dell EMC to bring us something that would work very quickly and easily, but also be at a reasonable price point, and they did. The price point needs improvement, certainly for smaller SMBs. The cost of it is still quite painful. I think all vendors should do a product which is capped either by terabytes, IOPs, or VM instances. It should be an SMB solution that's going to make hyper-converged solutions easier for SMBs to get hold of. It's fine for those big guys that have billions of dollars of budget, but not for customers who have barely a 100,000 dollars or pounds in budget. The price is a little bit on the higher side but the system and management are so quick and easy that it's worth it for the customer. We most likely pay yearly for support. The cost was justified by now because it stays up and I don't have to constantly open tickets. I probably rebooted the system once or twice. We haven't replaced any discs in the storage, we haven't had to do any disc replacements, so it just runs. You pay a little more but you cut down on the maintenance. Compare it to what you spent on your last solution. Compare the VxRail product to Nutanix. Nutanix has more features, but its pricing is higher. |
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| PRIMEFLEX | VCE VxRail | |
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The Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform is a purpose-built, high-performance, scale-out file system with a wide array of enterprise-class data management services. The data platform’s innovations redefine distributed storage technology, giving you complete hyper-convergence with enterprise storage features:
| PRIMEFLEX is a pre-defined, integrated and tested combination of servers, storage, network connectivity and software. Fujitsu’s PRIMEFLEX integrated system family includes both, classical converged and hyper-converged systems. It comprises ready-to-run factory-installed solutions and reference architectures which are easily adjusted to customer-specific requirements. Along with its reference architectures, Fujitsu makes detailed configuration and installation descriptions available as a standard. Optional deployment and integration services ensure a smooth integration into the on-site environment. To ensure simplified operation and maintenance, Fujitsu provides support at solution level, and further data center services including managed and hosting services. | VxRail is the only fully integrated, preconfigured, and pre-tested VMware hyper-converged infrastructure appliance family on the market. Based on VMware’s vSphere and Virtual SAN, and EMC software, VxRail delivers an all-in-one IT infrastructure transformation by leveraging a known and proven building block for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). With the power of a whole SAN in just two rack units, they provide a simple, cost effective hyper-converged solution for a wide variety of applications and workloads. VxRail Appliances deliver resiliency, QoS, and centralized management functionality enabling faster, better, and simpler management of consolidated workloads, virtual desktops, business-critical applications, and remote office infrastructure. |
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| BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Ready Pac Foods, Bryant University, Bellevue Group, KPIT Technologies, City Harvest | Locarent, Zech, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Pea Soup, Make IT, Itarex | World Wide Technology Inc, Renault Sport Formula One Team, 8x8 Inc, Brownes, Canadian Pacific, Canopy, Denton, EDF, Unilin, Xerox |
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Manufacturing Company18% Comms Service Provider12% Energy/Utilities Company12% Healthcare Company9% Software R&D Company34% Comms Service Provider11% Manufacturing Company7% Retailer6% | No Data Available | Financial Services Firm20% Legal Firm20% Hospitality Company20% Healthcare Company20% Software R&D Company32% Comms Service Provider9% Manufacturing Company8% Retailer7% |
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Small Business14% Midsize Enterprise11% Large Enterprise75% Small Business4% Midsize Enterprise19% Large Enterprise77% | No Data Available | Small Business20% Midsize Enterprise30% Large Enterprise50% Small Business6% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise67% |
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