Vblock [EOL] Other Advice

FA
Senior System Specialist at Burns & McDonnell

Size it right. Get the connectivity to your core switches established and have good admins, ones who know the storage side and who know the compute and network side.

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FA
Senior System Specialist at Burns & McDonnell

It is probably due for a replacement because of its age. Usage-wise, we are trying to move things to a cloud installation in place of the on-premises, so it's probably going to be phased out in some form, eventually.

Work with your local representatives from Dell EMC to see if it fits your needs. They have multiple options and versions.

It's been very reliable, the support is very good, and it fit our needs very well, but our needs are constantly changing.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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RD
Sr Private Cloud Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. There are, however, many new solutions coming to the market that have much more advanced features.

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MH
Senior IT Architect - Enterprise at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If your environment is a very stable environment, this solution is a great fit. If your environment isn't a very stable environment, I would make sure that you install it in such a way that it allows you to be flexible.

I would mark it as an eight out of 10. There haven't been very many issues with it, it seems to be well maintained and, the only thing that comes to mind is, again, some of the cost factors that are associated with it. It could be a little bit more cost-effective, otherwise, it would be a 10.

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TS
Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services

In summary, this is a good product but having a more seamless, unified product management, deployment, and support would definitely help.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten. 

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it_user312168 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

VCE was created through a coalition between VMware, Cisco and EMC in 2009. The idea is to deliver a built-in converged solution based on various IT standards:

  • VMware for virtualization
  • Cisco for SAN/LAN (network layout)
  • EMC for storage

vBlock is fully engineered & tested by the company. One of the most valuable is the support which is centralized and done by VCE directly with these partners. The products cover small offices, branch offices, medium and large companies.

VCE have a specialized learning path for partners, Partner Mentorship, within the EMC education portal, and since 2014, VCE has also had a dedicated certification path which is quite similar but more accurate and technical.

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RB
Infrastructure Expert at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees

The views and opinions expressed above are the author's opinions and not do not necessarily reflect his employer’s policies or positions and the author does not intend to so represent his employer.

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it_user866172 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Supply Chain Application Development at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are very satisfied with the solution and the benefits that we have received from it. We have been using it in production for over a year.

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it_user430050 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure-Storage & System Admininstration at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would have given it a higher rating except for how the patching and updates are applied.

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it_user263952 - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Head of IT Service at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • The support model is not what it is sold to be
  • Avamary/datadomain is NOT part of the RCM (despite it being sold to our organisation as being so) or supported well within the VCE model.
  • The RCM testing process is flawed. The VMware NSX versions are released before the tests have evolved to complement the new release version. This has led to bugs and non-compatibility falling through the cracks of the process.
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it_user375336 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & System Engineer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees

My advice is rather simple and not very technical. Many times I personally felt that while this is a good product to implement in any environment, the one key factor is knowing the environment that this is going to go, know the purpose it is going to serve, and plan ahead a minimum of two years ahead what you might see are areas that might need extra upgrading. Try to tie that in with your current plan and budget, and know what power supplies it needs to draw. Speak to your technical managers and also to your IT technologist or whoever is going to be involved in the configuration part of it. Make sure you plan all the way through and always have a backup plan, and have redundancies in place. We are talking about a Vblock redundancy in place. You can have two or three Vblock devices in one place and you realized you are all juiced up. When the equipment arrives have a keen eye for detail, making sure you run your checks as well. Physical checks are also important. When powering up the equipment, follow the guide on which to power first and don't power up as you see fit. On the day of powering up always have the VCE product vendors present to ensure fairness or that you are not accused of tampering.

Once the equipment is handed over, have your engineers run their own tests to ensure everything is running accordingly. Ensure that two people are always present when VCE engineers are going to do the stress and product tests - it never hurts to have a second pair of eyes watching.

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it_user767964 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

My advice is that you should look at the licensing in more detail, as well as compare the cost, because the technology has changed quickly. When you're investing, you need to make sure to invest well.

I would rate this solution at seven out of 10. I think it still lacking: First in terms of cost, as well as regarding an up-front explanation.They need to give more details to the customer regarding licensing.

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it_user4875 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of IT at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
We were able to achieve significant capital savings in our tech refresh capital projects due to implementing the Vblock solution in our environment. View full review »
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