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

"It is helpful as a backup solution."

"It allows us to authorize our residents to come in using their own personal devices to access any of our clinical applications and ensure that the PHI is secure and protected."

"On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional."

"Cisco HyperFlex is helping us to put everything in centrally so that we can manage in one place."

"Overall, the solution is extremely easy, flexible and secure."

"It is scalable and easy to use."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"The storage system is its most valuable feature. It has eliminated our entire need for having to worry about storage. We were storing a lot of syslog data and using a lot of templates in our data center. With the storage system, we are now saving an enormous amount of space."

"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."

"We have this feature in Nimble dHCI, wherein we can upgrade individual components in the infrastructure."

"HPE Alletra dHCI is very comfortable with high performance and quick installation."

"HPE's InfoSight software, which does the comparative analysis and artificial intelligence built-in in the box, and with Nimble they do well against the competition. Additionally, the dashboards are good."

"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."

"The integration of AI tools for predictive analysis sets it apart from competitors."

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

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."

"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."

"Does not support the stretch cluster, and the interface is not good."

"We had a bit of complexity to think about how to migrate our legacy infrastructure into Cisco HyperFlex."

"The initial setup can be complex."

"The additional feature I would like to see included in the next release of this solution is more security. We want to add more data servers to all the hosts all over the world. We have 140 hosts that connect to one data center in Manila."

"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."

"They should give us a little more information about how to use the CLI and offer more commands."

"Its price could be better."

"I would like the HPE Alletra dHCI to provide options to install products separately."

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."

"I can tier my data in different storage on the cloud, but I cannot tier the data with HPE Alletra dHCI."

"I would rate technical support from HPE as two out of ten."

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

"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."

"Lacking integration to the cloud."

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

"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."

"One of the challenges we have with HyperFlex is that they have a subscription fee for the operating system that runs on it, and if I remember correctly, it costs approximately $15,000 USD per month."

"Initially HyperFlex was a little costly, it was higher, but Cisco wanted to get into our company, so they gave us a fair discount."

"It is relatively expensive, but it can easily return value by freeing up other resources."

"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."

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"We currently have a perpetual license, which is kind of unlimited, so we don't have the normal licensing cost, yet."

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

"The product is very affordable."

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

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is much cheaper than the competition and has value proposition. Customers can see an ROI in three months. There are no additional costs, and VMware licenses can be reutilized."

"The solution’s pricing was very good."

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

"The prices are very high."

"The price of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is expensive."