Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs FlexPod XCS comparison

"Dell PowerEdge VRTX supports a lot of memory which has allowed us to keep our system size smaller."

"The solution is stable."

"It is simple to use and it's user-friendly."

"This process is very good, with a processor that has 32 cores, which is sufficient to meet my qualifications and needs."

"With Dell PowerEdge VRTX, there are fewer points, and it is easier to troubleshoot and find your way around it."

"We were satisfied after we upgraded to a professional next-day on-site support."

"In my view, the only aspect that could be enhanced in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution is the pricing. Apart from that, the overall performance and features of the solution are flawless."

"The system is very intuitive."

"The advantage is being able to consolidate everything into a relatively small chassis."

"UCS Profiles enable recovering a physical server in less than 15 minutes."

"FlexPod's unified support for the entire stack is very important. Before, the customers would log a ticket by Cisco and a ticket by NetApp. It's better when vendors can parter and look for a solution together."

"The solution can be innovative when it comes to cloud computing storage and networking."

"We’ve seen an improvement in application performance."

"The initial setup is not complex. It is user-friendly since it is a single solution with all the components delivered in one package."

"From the Cisco side, the most valuable features of this solution are the data center density, the deployment, and the management of the servers and the networking."

"It's less resource-intensive, given that it comes in a package."

"Management of storage and networking is web-based, slow, and difficult."

"The storage can be improved."

"The scalability is limited with one chassis and the amount of storage it will give you, but it is mainly used for small offices."

"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."

"It would be better to have a compact version of this solution for customers that have a small office and don't require a proper data center with power or an industrial type HP."

"A disadvantage could be the price."

"The scalability could be better."

"We've had general issues related to the solution being difficult."

"I would like them to integrate the NVIDIA GRID into the system, so we could easily deploy certain solutions with the FlexPod."

"I would like to see better operations, a single pane of glass to manage and monitor the entire design across VMware, Cisco, etc. I would also like the upgrade process to be a little smoother."

"We have had bugs which have been released, even though they have been minor."

"If they could reduce some of the complexity at the system manager level for ONTAP. I find it gives a lot of flexibility. You can do as much or as little as you want. But to be able to do as little as you want, you do have to do a lot. So, if they could bring that down to a more manageable effort level, that would be nice and simplify it a bit."

"The initial setup is complex because it has to be done in a certain way."

"Something that we struggle with because we're a relatively small scale organization and the administrative effort is spread across so many different pieces of infrastructure, it would be nice to have a set of tools that enables us to get a little bit more information out of our system."

"They just announced that they are going to move it along with Intersight from Cisco. That can be a private or public cloud, which is one of the areas where it can grow more and has a lot of potential."

"This is an expensive solution."

"The tool's pricing is fine."

"The solution price of Dell PowerEdge VRTX could be reduced. However, when comparing the price of Dell PowerEdge VRTX to other solutions, such as HP and Lenovo, it was the best price for what they offer."

"The solution is less expensive than competitors."

"We are renewing the support and we are purchasing the license for the software."

"On the scale of pricing, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I would rate it as a three. I am familiar with the overall cost, which involves licenses from Dell and VMware, among others, making it a combination of various license types."

"Fully configured, it costs about $50,000 or $55,000. I did purchase a used one or refurbished one. I have been very happy with it so far. Even if it is an older unit, it doesn't look like its age, and I would say it has been a great choice so far for me. Obviously, I would have thought twice if I had to pay for a brand new one because it is still an older technology with the risk of being discontinued. I talked to Dell, and they're still selling it, but they're not promoting it. They're promoting another line of products right now for hyper-converged, which are much more expensive."

"We bought a license for seven years."

"This product is more reasonably-priced than similar solutions by HPE."

"As a whole, it is inexpensive, and it uses the least amount of parts."

"We have reduced our manpower with the solution."

"We have saved time and money for new service deployments. Without FlexPod, it probably takes about ten hours. With FlexPod, within two hours, we are up and running. So, we have seen about an 80 percent time decrease."

"If your company really needs to be up 100% of the time, and you need to do a private data center, I don't know if I could realistically actually recommend another blueprint."

"The product's pricing is high and I would rate it a nine out of ten."

"We purchased from CDW•G. They are great partners on the government side."

"We have seen our data center rack space collapse about 90 percent. We have a data center which only has two racks now out of the 20 that were there previously."

"Sometimes you may end up spending a little more to get it in the first place, but you gain it back in terms of infrastructure upgrade costs and troubleshooting costs. The solution also lasts a surprisingly long time."