We performed a comparison between Dell VxBlock System and IBM PurePower System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed."
"Integration with VMware and VMotion definitely brings a lot of value."
"It's a highly optimized piece of equipment that doesn't give us any problems."
"Good flexibility and speed."
"With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference."
"Virtual machines for the infrastructure."
"In comparison to traditional file load systems, Dell VxBlock System can be deployed quickly and results in monthly cost savings."
"Its performance is very good."
"We never have any issues or glitches."
"There are components of VxBlock that are not managed or supported by Dell because some of the components are from Cisco. Thus, when there are problems with compute nodes, though Dell was managing the interaction, we had to rely on Cisco to solve the issue. When Cisco was not responding as quickly as Dell would for their components, it made it difficult for us because we needed to have the failed nodes back up and running. As such, the disparate ownership of components in the equipment is an issue."
"The solution could use a clearer description of working methods to tell people more about its use cases."
"The consistency of disc quality could be improved."
"This solution does not support Hyper-V, and we would like the new version to be supported and certified to work with Hyper-V."
"It's a good product but the price could be lowered. It's expensive."
"The hardware lifecycle is not documented very well. For example, now you can buy a piece of equipment, but you don't know if the hardware is going to be a team production next month or next year."
"We are finding it a bit challenging in terms of the management of a specific VxBlock component. Currently, we have different units as a part of the block storage. We have one for Cisco equipment and one for Dell. When we have an issue in the infrastructure, Dell EMC VxBlock System should automatically detect it and send a notification to VC support, but, unfortunately, it is doing that only for one unit. It is not working for Cisco components. We have informed them about this area of improvement, and they are working on this. The way different parts are integrated should be improved. We should have one console to log in to see all the infrastructure in terms of each machine and hardware."
"Lacks flexibility with third-party applications."
"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."
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Dell VxBlock System is ranked 4th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews while IBM PurePower System is ranked 11th in Converged Infrastructure. Dell VxBlock System is rated 7.8, while IBM PurePower System is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell VxBlock System writes "Can be deployed quickly, is easy to manage, and is stable and resilient". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PurePower System writes "Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues ". Dell VxBlock System is most compared with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, FlexPod XCS, Dell Vscale Architecture, IBM VersaStack and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas IBM PurePower System is most compared with .
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