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

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

"You can administer things easily. E.g., if you need more power, you can add a system."

"Scalability is easy and simple."

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

"The speed, storage, and management are the most valuable features."

"The implementation process is okay."

"Cisco offers very good quality."

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

"I love InfoSite. That gets you a lot of good detailed information."

"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."

"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is stable."

"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."

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

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

"It is easier to manage compared to the other vendors."

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

"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."

"It is quite new solution, so it is not very stable."

"We'd like the product to offer better integration with other products."

"I have been receiving a memory overflow message every day when I use the solution."

"The solution could improve by having more customization."

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

"The architecture separates data, computing, memory, and storage into different parts."

"We would like to have the ability to not have to reboot while doing updates. Being able to work through updates with as minimal amount of impact to users."

"The solution must be hypervisor-agnostic."

"The implementation process was problematic due to firmware incompatibilities and lengthy support intervention."

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

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

"The product does not support file services."

"It can be made cheaper."

"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."

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

"If you don't look at the costs of the systems, the scalability is quite good."

"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."

"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."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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

"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."

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

"The prices are very high."

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

"The cost of the licensing is reasonable."

"The product is very affordable."

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

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

"The product is costly."

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