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

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance."

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

"While it has a lot of things to improve, it is a good solution."

"I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform."

"My advice is go for it; I had never had experience with hyperconverged, and it was a very nice experience."

"The most valuable feature is that it is something small that can be more easily deployed than a full data center set of servers."

"Their customer service is very efficient."

"Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all."

"Very good in-line compression."

"Looking at the performance and the support system that we have with HPE Nimble, it's really good."

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is highly stable because they're using Nimble as the storage."

"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."

"When you require high growth on dHCI or hyper-converged, the HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is the right solution."

"The solution is easy to use and easier to manage compared to the other vendors, the pricing is good, and the stability seems to be reliable."

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

"The product provides zero downtime."

"A disadvantage is the higher costs involved in using this product."

"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."

"The deployment could be made a little bit easier, as we still seem to struggle with it a little bit for a day or so to get it running."

"The initial setup of the Cisco HyperFlex HX platform was medium-level difficult. It's a little bit different from traditional servers."

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

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

"Single console management (like Hyperflex and FIs management). I mean to say that, we need to log in 2 console one for vcenter and another for Hyperflex manager, this should be on same console page either hyperfex manager settings and monitoring in vcenter or vcenter can be managed by hyperflex console too."

"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."

"In a future release, I would like to add something similar to support or the capability to predict any kind of failure based on the software with the cloud, or management support from the wholesale."

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

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

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI currently is promoting only VMware as a hypervisor, whereas if they can look into other OSs, such as KVM or Red Hat, it would be an improvement."

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

"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."

"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."

"I rate Nimble one out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up Nimble Storage was a nightmare. It took us three months to deal with all the kinks and bugs. We had two people from HPE assisting us and two from our team."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"For customers in the private sector, this product can have a very high return on investment."

"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."

"Cisco is quite expensive, but not in the initial first buy."

"The licensing is perpetual and the only thing that you may need to pay for on a monthly basis is if you're going to use their cloud-based management features."

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

"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."

"The price is a bit high. It could be better, but the product is worth the cost."

"The prices are very high."

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

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

"The product is costly."

"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."

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

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