We performed a comparison between Cisco Hyperflex HX series and VxRail based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In our comparison, VxRail is the preferred solution. VxRail is easy to use and performs well without causing undue stress to operating systems. The competitive price and overall cost-effectiveness make it an easy choice for many organizations.
"The most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"It has reduced our overall maintenance and overhead by having to only maintain physical boxes for one cluster instead of having to manage physical boxes for two clusters."
"The product gave us a cost-effective way to deploy a highly available server environment."
"The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."
"The price was right."
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."
"It's very easy to use and quite a mature product."
"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."
"The most valuable feature is full integration with Cisco API and UCS, which means you can have complete networking and storage from Cisco."
"I find the usability very valuable."
"Support is very responsive."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"It's a simple product, fast, and reliable."
"The implementation was quick, we used a checklist and it took approximately one hour."
"The low latency and response times and having a virtualized environment within a single computer are valuable. I have no physical elements, and I can optimize or balance my data depending on the sales volume that I have in a specific store."
"The solution is easy to use. When turning on a server or a machine that is required for, deployment or quality assurance, the dynamic deployment of resources is good."
"It makes for easier deployments through automation and improved accessibility."
"We enjoy the ease of management since all of the resources are located on one box — one single point of support."
"The most valuable feature is that it is VMware-embedded. VxRail HCI is on VMware, and we can use VMware vCenter and vSphere. Our infrastructure consists of servers and VMware, and by using VxRail, our experience and familiarity have not changed because VxRail HCI is on VMware."
"VxRail has improved our organization by providing our admin team with an easy-to-use interface."
"When StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere nodes go offline unexpectedly, the nodes have to re-sync disks fully which takes a long time. We had a power failure and when both nodes came online, VMware vSphere didn't see StarWind disks before I manually re-scanned them form ESXi administration console even though it should happen automatically"
"The console is something that I feel could be improved. There is nothing technically wrong with it, but it can be jazzed up and/or made to be a little more intuitive."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"The only thing that I have any difficulty with is that in order to perform upgrades, it is required that the SANs be detached from the Hosts before that can happen."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"Cisco should combine its features with its prices."
"The deployment could be made a little bit easier, as we still seem to struggle with it a little bit for a day or so to get it running."
"When it comes to customer needs, the licensing price could be better."
"It is quite new solution, so it is not very stable."
"Lacks some integration and documentation could be improved."
"It needs more detailed documentation."
"We'd like the product to offer better integration with other products."
"The scalability could use improvement."
"You cannot install another operating system such as Microsoft or Hyperflex or Nutanix. We have also had a hardware problem."
"I can't speak to any missing features or weak aspects of the system just yet. We haven't had a chance to really dig in."
"The UI could be a little more informative."
"I would like to see integration with vCenter if possible."
"If they continue developing their product regarding VMware, it will be one of the best products in the HCI space. In terms of additional features, there is nothing missing because, for data protection, they also have the CDP option for VM. They can protect the VM at any point in time."
"The licensing costs are too expensive. They should work on their pricing model."
"Lacks integration of licenses so that it's an expensive solution."
"The version upgrade process should be simplified."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 119 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] writes "A fast and easy deployment that allows secure access to our medical applications ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, whereas VxRail is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged.
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