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

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95% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Alletra dHCI

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

HCI (9th)

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Assistant VP, Information Technology at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Effective deduplication feature, but lacks a unified architecture

Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could be improved by reducing the number of nodes. Currently, the architecture separates data, computing, memory, and storage into different parts. For example, if I need around 200 servers with a requirement of TB of storage, I would need 200 clusters, which can be quite cumbersome. Other solutions like Dell and Nutanix have a single combined unit that includes computing, memory, and storage, which can reduce the number of nodes required and also reduce licensing and power consumption. Therefore, I suggest improving the architecture of the Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series by combining computing, memory, and storage into a single unit, making it more efficient and easier to manage. It will also reduce the number of nodes required and licensing costs and help to reduce power consumption. I would like to see improved internal integration capabilities in the next release. Currently, it is constrained only to VMware only. So, there is no integration part of the RAC or IEL or anything, and it isn't easy to manage it. If I want to hold another partner, then that part will not be possible. So, you have to manage that particular integration. Another feature could be in terms of memory usage.

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Mohamed-Mousa

IT Manager at a media company with 201-500 employees

Modern infrastructure has supported critical business services and delivers strong data protection

To be honest, I did not make any changes in Nimble, and the same applies to StoreOnce. The system is built and ready-made. It was already built before we received it, but overall, everything is clear and direct, and there is nothing complex, so I do not need to do a deep dive in the system to resolve or change anything. I do not use HPE Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI intelligent automation. I do not use intelligent data services in managing my data infrastructure. I have not actually used additional functionality for Nimble Storage HPE Alletra dHCI right now, but I think this feature is very useful, especially AI. AI is involved in any software now, and I do not use it in my system, but I think it's very useful.

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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

"It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors."

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

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

"Cisco offers very good quality."

"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."

"The solution is stable."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"It is scalable and easy to use."

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

"The most valuable feature of HPE Alletra dHCI is the one-click upgrade function, which allows all drivers and services to be downloaded to all servers easily."

"Nimble DHCI is really user friendly and not complex"

"The nice thing about it is that it truly integrates with the cloud, so I can move my volumes bi-directionally in and out of the cloud."

"The solution works well."

"Very good in-line compression."

"HPE Alletra dHCI was good because we could have the vVols, which we are using for our production server, with the snapshots."

"The product has cut down a lot of service tickets. Earlier, people complained about slowness."

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Cons

"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."

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

"Cisco has to continue improve the management tools to provide a better command line interface with more functions. That would be better for administration."

"The solution's price could be affordable."

"I haven't been too impressed with the Cisco HyperFlex HX, honestly. It's a hard concept."

"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."

"Deployment scripts can be improved since several clans need to be created before the deployment effectively works."

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"It can be made cheaper."

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

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

"Companies in small countries face problems with spare parts."

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

"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."

"They could expand product support to Microsoft Hyper-V and Red Hat Linux platforms."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are on an annual subscription and the price is fair."

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

"It's roughly $30,000 per Hyperflex license, so that would be about $60,000 a year."

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

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

"Here in Brazil... it is very expensive. It's very hard for almost all companies to buy even the small version of this solution."

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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"The product is costly."

"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."

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

"The product is very affordable."

"The cost of the licensing is reasonable."

"The prices are very high."

"The solution’s pricing was very good."

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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

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Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	17
Large Enterprise	57

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Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

Pricing is rated at six, which is normal. The price is appropriate for the capabilities and features that the customers receive.

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What needs improvement with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

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What is your primary use case for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI?

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

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

HPE Alletra dHCI, a data storage solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), offers Disaggregated Hyperconverged Infrastructure (dHCI), separating storage from compute resources for independent scaling and management. Utilizing HPE Nimble Storage technology, known for AI-driven optimization, it ensures high performance and management efficiency. With scalability and agility, users can effortlessly expand storage or processing power as data requirements evolve. Additionally, boasting rapid deployment in under 15 minutes and a claimed 99.9999% data availability, HPE Alletra dHCI promises robust and reliable storage solutions.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sample Customers

BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Ready Pac Foods, Bryant University, Bellevue Group, KPIT Technologies, City Harvest

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