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FlexPod XCS Reviews

Vendor: NetApp
4.3 out of 5
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FlexPod XCS mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of FlexPod XCS in the Converged Infrastructure category stands at 8.7%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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FlexPod XCS reviews

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Bob Greenwald - PeerSpot user
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Nov 13, 2022
There are no limits in terms of integration.

Pros

"The most significant benefit is storage flexibility. FlexPod is a reference design to build on and add the appropriate resources you need for your workloads. That's what differentiates it from something like HCI, where you have to buy certain size pieces when you want to expand. "

Cons

"Support could be more integrated. For example, you might call NetApp, and they'll determine that VMware is the issue. It would be helpful if they could automatically engage VMware and bring them onto the same call to transfer ticket information and work together. "
Chris Haight - PeerSpot user
Sr. Solutions Architect at CDW Canada Inc.
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Jul 11, 2022
Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools

Pros

"It definitely streamlined operations. TCO-wise, it reduced cabling in the architecture. So, there has definitely been some savings. There have been a lot of reductions in the IT admin's time: reduced time to troubleshoot, reduced time to inventory the infrastructure, and reduced time to set up a host with templates and storage. The solution is saving easily 10 hours a week in time. "

Cons

"With the UCS X-Series, I would like to see the fabric interconnects in the chassis. Instead of hanging out so the chassis is 7U, you are increasing your footprint to 9U with the fabric enhancer, where some of the competing solutions are 7U and have collapsed that network fabric into the chassis. This is another thing that I would like to see from Cisco, though not really on the NetApp side since that is pretty solid."
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John Kevin - PeerSpot user
Deputy IT Manager at MBBank
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Jan 9, 2024
Enforces standardized setup procedures following Certified Validated Design (CVD) guidelines and offers greater flexibility and control over the system compared to traditional systems

Pros

"The system is designed for easy scaling. Because we define everything clearly. So when we plug the system in, we apply the profile, and it scales easily. "

Cons

"FlexPod should focus more on automation. Integrating an automation tool with FlexPod would enable customers to leverage automation capabilities."
JM
FlexPod Architect
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
May 26, 2022
Great for mission-critical workloads, very resilient, and reduces data center costs

Pros

"The solution's granular scalability and broad application support helps us to meet the needs of diverse workloads."

Cons

"Since 2018 or 2019, maybe due to COVID and the chipsets, my DIMMs are dying left and right."
Christian Schuster - PeerSpot user
Solution Designer at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Jul 11, 2022
The prevalidated designs have increased our operation productivity

Pros

"The flexibility, operational efficiency, and scalability of FlexPod has been a huge factor for us because our customers have workloads that need to run on classical HTTPs, flash storage, or possibly in the cloud. This flexibility and enhanced ability of the solution is very important for this. We trust in it."

Cons

"The integration between both companies, Cisco and NetApp, is very good but it still needs to be enhanced in terms of visibility and observability."
Neil Bembridge - PeerSpot user
IT Infrastructure Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Feb 14, 2022
Interoperability among the vendors' devices is a key for us, along with the ability to call one vendor for support

Pros

"The solution’s validated designs for major enterprise apps are also extremely important in our organization. We don't always have time to research products and solutions ourselves. By going with a validated design, we're assured that it's the latest and greatest. It's supported by the three major vendors that we deal with."

Cons

"I'd like them to bring back the GUI for NetApp ONTAP. They changed the interface in version 9.8, and it's not great. In 9.9 they've tried to bring it back a little bit, but it's still not great."
MJ
Infrastructure Engineer at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Nov 15, 2019
Simple management, good automation, and has lowered our total cost of ownership

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automation point because it's a lot less staff to have to manage it."

Cons

"We would like to see the automation improved because there has been a learning curve having to create the workflows. "
SS
Network Engineer at Department of Homeland Security
Verified user of FlexPod XCS
Jul 8, 2019
Increased staff productivity and has simplified our support experience

Pros

"FlexPod impacted us by making things easier to deploy. The solution is a private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environment. That's very important to us. We're doing a lot of hybrid cloud. "

Cons

"We haven't seen ROI yet. "