Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] Reviews

Name: Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]
Brand: Cisco
Rating: 4.0 (90 reviews)

Vendor: Cisco

4.0 out of 5

90 reviews
89% willing to recommend

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What is Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]?

The Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform is a purpose-built, high-performance, scale-out file system with a wide array of enterprise-class data management services. The data platform’s innovations redefine distributed storage technology, giving you complete hyper-convergence with enterprise storage features:

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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]

February 2025

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Nuno Mendes

IT Manager - Resp.Department at Parvalorem

In our case as a credit recovery company working with the state, our infrastructure is fixed and stable as we don't have the same need for growth as other types of companies. That said, one of the biggest problems with HyperFlex HX is that if you want to adjust your solution in terms of processing power, memory, or disk capacity, you have to buy completely new hosts. From a financial perspective, it can be very expensive to do so, and from a legal perspective, there are all kinds of compliance issues we would have to sort out before buying any new solution or application. Since we as a company will only be operating for perhaps the next ten years, when our HyperFlex solution comes to its end-of-life in 2024 our next step will likely not be with HyperFlex or any other solution from Cisco. Instead, from a financial point of view, we will likely turn toward a cloud solution because, that way, we won't have to spend so much money on physical infrastructure. We are, after all, only a small company and HyperFlex can be very expensive for other companies of our size, whether in Portugal or elsewhere like the United States. One other area for improvement is in regard to HyperFlex's integration with VMware. HyperFlex integrates with a specific version of VMware in such a way that HyperFlex doesn't always resolve security issues with VMware at the same pace as what you see in native implementations of VMware. This has happened in one or two situations in the past. On the other hand, the integration is otherwise adequate, especially in terms of availability and virtualization features (such as being able to split up each of our four hosts within VMware).

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Devendra-Singh

Assistant Manager at Empower

My advice to others is if you have VMware, then you should choose Cisco or HP rather than going with Dell. I choose Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series because of the seamless integration which I was interested in. It is a complete solution for proper software-defined data centers with hardware, software, and everything else. I rate Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten.

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Dan Abamonte

Manager, Open Systems Infrastructure at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is to have an understanding of the ROI. It is easy to jump in and see great technology, but you need to know what the long term cost is. One thing that we learned when we went into hyper-converged technology is the licensing costs that come with it. This is a yearly thing that you have to account for. Overall, this solution was very easy for us to implement. Some of the challenges we're having are related to the management platform and the fact that we have to deal with multiple platforms at the moment. Once this is all consolidated, I would be happy to give a rating of ten. Today, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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Category	HCI	Feb 22, 2025	Download
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VMware vSAN	4.2	16.2%	87%	230 interviews Add to research
VxRail	4.3	19.7%	93%	130 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"It's easy to get the tool started."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."

Room for Improvement

"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."
"The product does not have a cloud version...The product should be made more flexible in terms of integration capabilities."
"The solution's price could be affordable."

Pricing

"The product could be cheaper."
"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a bit pricier compared to other brands in the market...There is a need to make additional payments towards the maintenance and support of the solution."
"It is highly priced compared to other vendors."

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