We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and VxRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"They offer top-tier support."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget."
"This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"The vSAN provides full redundancy for storage while reclaiming some rack space."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."
"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."
"VxRail's integration with VMware environments is very good. Our VxRail is built on VMware, and the integration is seamless. We haven't faced any challenges. We can migrate VMs between servers in real-time and replicate them to our DR site without any problems."
"Compared with other products, the IT administrator or IT integrator doesn't take much time to get the tool up and running."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automation and integration points with other automation tools."
"It has a valuable deduplication feature."
"The initial setup is simple."
"This solution optimizes our clients' resources."
"It's somewhat hard to speak about specific features, but I like VxRail's simplicity and ease of use. It's a decent solution for customers with a small footprint. If you're operating a big data center, it's not easy to position VxRail or HCI solutions, but when you have a small customer managing many different components, it's easier to work only with one solution."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"It would be nice if we could designate pools, or tiers, for storage of different speeds, and then assign rules to new VMs that would automatically place them into the proper pool."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"Diagnostics information or alerts on the state of systems could also be implemented to give more visibility."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"Management tools could be improved, sometimes the usage seems to be slowed down and confusing. A native web interface could also be an option. I love to see in the future port of the software on a general Linux distribution like RedHat or Ubuntu in order to avoid windows license costs. I would also like to see features like erasure coding implemented. On the VSAN software, I would like to see some improvements in the storage pools (eliminate the usage of the file as a data container and use the raw partition)."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"
"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."
"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."
"The technical support is good but could be better."
"They need to keep upgrading the environment and improving automation so that the solution keeps getting better and better."
"It should not be deployed on one hypervisor. There should be multiple hypervisors supported like Hyper-V or KVM."
"It can be a bit complex for engineers who are new to it. There's a learning curve involved. They have to learn to operate it."
"Supply chain capabilities are certainly hurting us. We're in the process of placing a large order for more VxRail nodes right now."
"One area of the product that could be improved is the support."
"The cost is quite high. It's a very expensive solution to run."
"If we could have some out of the box ideas in integration, I think that would be a great feature."
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is ranked 18th in HCI with 3 reviews while VxRail is ranked 1st in HCI with 121 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is rated 8.0, while VxRail is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series writes "With an easy deployment phase, the tool offers good scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VxRail writes "Offers a hassle-free, complete package, and is energy-efficient". Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas VxRail is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE Hyper Converged. See our Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series vs. VxRail report.
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