Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs Dell PowerFlex comparison

Cisco and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 89% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

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Dell PowerFlex

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Nuno Mendes

IT Manager - Resp.Department at Parvalorem

High performance solution that makes it easy to efficiently manage VM resources

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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Serdar De

IT Manager at ÜÇGE Shopfitting & Design

Initial setup has been straightforward and it has reasonable pricing

We are new to this, so we are still learning about the valuable features The solution is okay overall. It could be easier to learn. We haven't had any issues. They could have more AI functionality in the future. I have been using the solution for six months. I have not encountered any problems…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Easy to spin up and operate virtual machines without the overhead of managing a storage network."

"There are some slight cost advantages when you need fewer resources to manage it."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the time to deliver a VM takes me five minutes. In comparison, my cloud team's response is a couple of days based on all their overhead policies, procedures, and ticket requests. This is substantial."

"The compression and deduplication are very high. Therefore, we can use the size of the product more efficiently than other storage solutions."

"The product is stable. No one complains about the stability, which is fabulous."

"The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution."

"The solution is easy to use and to learn. It is well integrated with VMware."

"The solution is stable."

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"The support team responds quickly."

"It was easy to deploy."

"The integration with AWS is a valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature is high availability."

"We're doing a lot of VMware for IT so this solution is really valuable from a VMH point of view. We're trying to assist our customers mainly with management, because that's what they want. The most important aspects are ease of management, as well as ease of configuration, allowing them to attach additional nodes and resources for the applications."

"Dell PowerFlex is a highly scalable solution."

"The most valuable feature is the overall integration and just seeing the three different layers which make up the machine software. Altogether, it's something that I would say is much better than any other solution that I have experienced before."

"The support is highly responsive."

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Cons

"Sometimes when there are multiple technologies involved in a support case, this is when there is a bit of a lag."

"The product needs work in the area of deduplication which currently is inefficient."

"The solution could improve by having more customization."

"The storage layer seems to be a little better on the VMware than on HyperFlex side."

"Cisco is a bit more challenging in terms of deployment. The admin must be knowledgeable in order to complete the task. Without that knowledge, it will be difficult to complete."

"I would like for them to develop integration with other technologies, like SD Access. It's still lacking an enhancement management player."

"When it comes to customer needs, the licensing price could be better."

"Maybe a better version is required to gather all of the information to allow HyperFlex to bring everything online more rapidly."

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"The initial deployment was complicated and required a lot of data nodes, IPs, internal vLANs, data vLANs, and many other things."

"It could be easier to learn."

"The solution is okay overall. It could be easier to learn."

"I think there might be some room for improvement when it comes to pricing, because although I know how to convert customers, at the end of day, it's quite expensive. Sometimes your feature architecture is still coming out much cheaper than hardware costs for your infrastructure."

"The storage capability must be improved."

"They should provide continuous support for data migration."

"We've had some issues around the licensing."

"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no additional licensing cost other than the cost for each part."

"We have a yearly license."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is expensive. It's a standard license, and we pay for it yearly. I think we pay about 700."

"Its price is rather fair when compared with other solutions like VxRail, vSAN, and HPE SimpliVity. We got a fair amount of discount from Cisco for Cisco HyperFlex. It is cost-effective. We have renewed storage till next year, and we have already paid the vendor. When we talk about HyperFlex or any HCI solution, storage is the part where we can reduce a lot of costs. At the current moment, we are already using NetApp storage, which did not allow us to go for a full Cisco HyperFlex setup. We are planning to go to a larger scale next year. Then we will be able to see how cost-effective it really is for us."

"HyperFlex is relatively expensive, but you get good value for money."

"Its price is high. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Nutanix or VMware are cheaper products, and they provide almost the same functionality. Its price is a big road blocker when we are working with an end customer, and Nutanix and VMware are in competition. If they can reduce its price, it is actually a better choice for customers."

"HyperFlex is a little pricey."

"Comparable solutions with switches, storage, and services are cheaper than HyperFlex. It should be cheaper."

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"The solution's pricing could be much cheaper and affordable."

"The pricing for this solution is good."

"From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users."

"The price could be improved."

"The product is expensive."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"We have a good contact in Dell and he prepared all the information and provided everything to us."

"The solution's price is medium."

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Questions from the Community

How do I choose between Cisco Hyperflex HX Series and Nutanix Acropolis AOS?

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How does VxRail compare with Cisco HyperFlex HX Series?

VxRail provides stable solutions for technical problems while at the same time not being too expensive for a company to invest in. Even if you are working with a limited budget, this platform offer...

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What do you like most about Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series?

It's easy to get the tool started.

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What are the major differences between VxRail and Dell EMC PowerFlex?

VxRail vs. Dell EMC PowerFlex VxRail provides stable solutions for technical problems while at the same time not being too expensive for a company to invest in. Even if the user is working with a l...

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What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerFlex?

The support is highly responsive.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC PowerFlex?

From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users.

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Comparisons

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Compared 31% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]

Compared 19% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]

Compared 7% of the time

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL]

Compared 4% of the time

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VxRail vs Dell PowerFlex

Compared 47% of the time

VMware vSAN vs Dell PowerFlex

Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

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VxFlex, VxRack FLEX, PowerFlex

Overview

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:

Enterprise-class data management
Continuous data optimization
Securely encrypted storage
Dynamic data placement
Clusterwide parallel data distribution
Linear and incremental scaling
API-based data platform architecture
A simplified approach

Cisco

VxRack System consists of hyper-converged rack-scale engineered systems, with integrated networking, to achieve the scalability and management requirements of traditional and cloud native workloads. The VxRack series is purposely designed to enable customers to quickly deploy Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and/or Private Cloud architectures. VxRack Systems tightly integrate hardware with software and management layers.

The result is a fully tested, pre-configured, hyper-converged system with simplified operations at data center and Service Provider scale. VxRack Systems support the deployment of a variety of application workloads, allowing IT to rapidly deliver new services while improving overall agility and efficiency.

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