Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offers a compact data center footprint, single-vendor support, and powerful management tools. Users appreciate its high performance, stability, and user-friendliness, with features like built-in storage management, rapid deployment, and easy upgrades. The system enables efficient file sharing, flexible node management, and seamless expansion of storage areas. High availability, compression, Kubernetes compatibility, and pricing are also highlighted positively, providing exceptional value.
- "The most beneficial feature is the consolidated storage which is the vSAN. It handles most of the heavy work."
- "The tool's most valuable features are compression and its usage in Kubernetes."
- "If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes require improvement in automation of upgrades compared to competitors like VxRail. They face issues with scalability and compatibility with other hardware. Pricing and maintenance costs are considered high. Users report difficulties with pricing flexibility and technical support. The design is complex, with integration challenges in public cloud environments. There is a need for enhanced stability and better daily task alerts. They are less flexible than competitors like IBM, which limits scalability and feature efficiency.
- "Currently, it's like a black box that only Dell technical support knows how to handle."
- "Dell vSAN Ready Nodes doesn't perform as well as IBM. There are significant limitations, especially with scalability and flexibility over time. For example, adding drives can be problematic if the specific drives aren't available with older nodes that are four or five years old. Unlike IBM, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes isn't as flexible and doesn't scale easily. Additionally, while present, features like deduplication and compression don't perform as efficiently as they do on IBM. Our experience shows that the tool isn't as robust or flexible as advertised."
- "The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required. The price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes could be lowered."