We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge VRTX and FlexPod XCS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Converged Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"We started off with a base because we started our infrastructure with Dell and we always propose or prefer Dell which is easier to manage the warranty than with different vendors."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX supports a lot of memory which has allowed us to keep our system size smaller."
"In my view, the only aspect that could be enhanced in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution is the pricing. Apart from that, the overall performance and features of the solution are flawless."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"From a hardware perspective, it's interesting. The selling point of VRTX is that everything is built-in. For a small company that doesn't have a server room or the capabilities of hosting several servers, VRTX has four blades. The equivalent in regular server models would be four servers, which is a minimum of 4U, but it could easily be 8U, and then it would have storage. The storage is included inside the enclosure, and it would require a storage unit. It would also require connectivity, which would be ethernet or another protocol switch. From a software perspective, it's a little bit more integrated. You have an integrated way of managing the whole thing, including storage and networking. It has an internal network that can also be useful. I know for a fact that Dell is almost fazing out the product, and it is not that available anymore because it will just cannibalize their sales. They want to sell the more expensive stuff."
"The system is very intuitive."
"We were satisfied after we upgraded to a professional next-day on-site support."
"It's a good solution when you don't need a lot of IT."
"The advantage is being able to consolidate everything into a relatively small chassis."
"The main advantage is consolidating everything into a single rack, which helps optimize power consumption, especially in CRM."
"It makes us more lateral and faster to production."
"For FlexPod, it is always trustworthy. I had previously never seen flex machines from other brands or associated with other products. FlexPod is a large investment and they are good enough to support it."
"Once it is in place, we do not touch it, so it is more stable than other solutions."
"You can just take out blades and replace them, and you're back up and running in no time."
"Things got a lot faster. We can pull and test in DEV systems much more rapidly and are clearing up a lot of DBA time. In the past, every time we tested it, we needed to be refreshed. In the past, it would take a day of our DBA's time, and now it's just point, click, and ten minutes later it's done."
"FlexPod has affected the workload of our network admin team awesomely. We have fewer employees. It's good."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"The licensing can be difficult to understand."
"The problem is with our configuration. We know we can use PowerEdge for hyper-convergence if we have PowerEdge and configure vSAN. We will be able to achieve what VxRail is being able to provide, but we need to migrate it to a new infrastructure instead of changing our existing. It will be much more difficult for us."
"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."
"The nodes should be synced with the server so that the solution can be used from the cloud when any or all nodes are down."
"VRTX is a bit simplified to the extent that it is a mainstream type of solution for small businesses. If a company needs a more complex solution or something that is a time saver or has more power or scalability, it is probably not the best solution. However, when a company grows and its needs grow, this type of environment can be definitely migrated towards a lab environment or pre-prod testing, not necessarily production. It can still have a second life for the other types of use."
"Management of storage and networking is web-based, slow, and difficult."
"The upgrade process needs to be improved and it would be nice to manage everything from a single pane of glass."
"Perhaps having a unified interface for managing the entire company could lead to improved efficiency and performance."
"FlexPods can include the new networking and new virtualization of storage and data center interconnectivity with the networking side of it. They can evolve and grow by connecting pods together."
"I would like to see synchronous replication and easier automation in the next release."
"I think they can always improve, whether it's dedupe or compression, those algorithms; and flash through better SSDs."
"I would like to see a more centralized support model."
"Not a ten because it could always be cheaper, it could always be faster."
"Perhaps the automation interface could be improved."
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is ranked 1st in Converged Infrastructure with 16 reviews while FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is rated 8.4, while FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge VRTX writes "A very good online UI and fit for lower budgets but nodes don't sync with the server". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". Dell PowerEdge VRTX is most compared with HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, IBM PureSystems and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, whereas FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle Exadata and VMware vSAN. See our Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs. FlexPod XCS report.
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