Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs HPE Alletra dHCI comparison

"The most valuable feature is that you can manage the whole cluster from the traffic interconnect."

"Scalability is easy and simple."

"Cisco offers very good quality."

"It increases efficiency, decreases the cost, and manages the network in one single way. That's the most important thing."

"Great integration with backup software."

"Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is simple to use, user-friendly and has been best for our purposes."

"It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product."

"Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively."

"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."

"Simply being able to move objects and the duplication feature have been quite effective."

"The best functions or features of HPE Alletra dHCI that I have found most valuable are its easy management and simplicity."

"The technical support services are good."

"Very good in-line compression."

"It's helpful as you stand on high-end storage. Alletra offers up to 99% availability, providing excellent stability. You also get the benefits of an HCI solution with a template and upgradability at any time."

"Nimble is easy to use, but hard to install. Once it's installed, it's user-friendly. Reporting is another advantage because we get a lot of statistical forecasting. It helps us see into the future with that."

"There are many benefits and advantages from Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI, first of all, we save money; when we were comparing between HPE and other competitors, we compared servers' equivalent money, which led us to decide to take an HPE product because it's a benefit for the money, it's not expensive and it supports our needs."

"It would have been nice if the product provided some cloud integrations."

"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."

"If we compare it with VMware, the VMware product is basically very open, and it can be easily integrated with any platform. VMware product is also available on the cloud and is not an appliance-based product, whereas Cisco HyperFlex is an appliance-based product. Companies that want to use HCI as a platform or as a service would prefer something without an appliance. A SaaS-based product is better for a customer who is using the cloud and has multiple resources, workflows, and devices on the cloud and wants to go for a hyper-converged solution. This is where improvement is needed. In addition to an appliance-based product, Cisco should provide a SaaS-based product. Its price should be lower. Cisco needs to work on the pricing model for this product. Its price is a big road blocker when competing against Nutanix and VMware, which are its main competitors."

"They should have more blade options and more configuration flexibility. Also, the price is expensive. It should be cheaper but it is worth the price."

"Some of our customers do not want to adopt the Cisco ACI solution. They want to manage Cisco HyperFlex by integrating it with their own management solution."

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

"We are operating two clusters for site resiliency. I would like to support running redundant/resilient vCenter server instances on each rather than a supported external server."

"In the next release, I would like to see them able to connect to the public cloud."

"I'm not sure if there are features lacking."

"The product's active controller feature needs improvement."

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI's website does not open properly or work consistently."

"The product’s performance needs improvement. It could also help with more environment monitoring and AI technologies to improve the performance and thresholds."

"They should improve just the support."

"Lacking integration to the cloud."

"The performance of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI could improve. Other solutions, such as Cisco, are better."

"Sometimes the technical support would get back to us in two hours, but other times it would take them two or even three days to respond."

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

"The product is expensive. Other solutions are cheaper."

"Pricing is better if you buy more Cisco products."

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

"Our licensing is Hybrid. We have all of our applications for billing and outage management through this."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"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."

"It is highly priced compared to other vendors."

"The product is costly."

"I would rate the licensing model a three out of ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is cheap."

"The solution’s pricing was very good."

"The cost of the licensing is reasonable."

"The product licensing costs vary depending on whether VMware or other solutions are used."

"The customers have found the solution to be expensive. However, when compared to the competition the price is reasonable."

"I think it's priced right and it's extremely intelligent."

"With the features that HPE Nimble Storage dHCI provides, I cannot say its pricing is more."