We performed a comparison between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"It provides shared storage to multiple hypervisor hosts. Times had changed, however. StarWind Virtual SAN is the “software replaces hardware” for SAN. We have access control and CCTV systems up and running using Microsoft clustering and shared storage"
"The customer support provided by StarWind is excellent."
"The control panel is nice. It gives you a lot of good feedback as to the status and health of the VSAN."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"Active-active work mode leads to true redundancy of storage and allows us to distribute the load between multiple nodes."
"Cisco offers very good quality."
"The most important benefits that we've seen from this solution is that it reduces the cost of management and it has easy monitoring systems."
"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature for our company is that it works internally. We have a lot of internal projects for optimization."
"Support is very responsive."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"The product is stable. No one complains about the stability, which is fabulous."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"This product would benefit from having automated alerting functionality."
"Perhaps the developer should refine the product management through PowerShell."
"I would like additional documentation regarding possible networking configurations with 10GbE switching."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."
"Deployment scripts can be improved since several clans need to be created before the deployment effectively works."
"I haven't been too impressed with the Cisco HyperFlex HX, honestly. It's a hard concept."
"We would like HyperFlex to connect the storage directly into Fabric Interconnect along with the features of the solution. We have enough ports in HyperFlex. We don't want to buy another set of switches to connect to Fabric Interconnect, complicating the solution."
"Unlike other options, you need to pay a subscription to Cisco yearly instead of paying for the hardware outright, which makes it more expensive in the long run."
"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."
"It needs more detailed documentation."
"There are sometimes issues with memory failure."
"Cisco has to continue improve the management tools to provide a better command line interface with more functions. That would be better for administration."
"Support could be better."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI with 90 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 15th in HCI with 4 reviews. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series 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 Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Dell PowerFlex and HPE SimpliVity, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE Hyper Converged.
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