Dell VxBlock System vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

Dell VxBlock System and Vblock [EOL] are both solutions in the Converged Infrastructure category. Additionally, 92% of Dell VxBlock System users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Vblock [EOL] users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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84% willing to recommend

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Dell VxBlock System

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7.8

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Vblock [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

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Featured Reviews

AKINJIDE OKE

Senior Sales Engineer / Team Lead Datacentre Solutions & Applications at ARIT OF AFRICA

Apr 24, 2024

Useful for virtualized environment, node management, configuration deployment, and system management with artificial intelligence

I've worked with Dell and had the privilege of working with many OEMs. I started my career as a system engineer, working with HPE as a partner, and then moved to other OEMs like IBM and Lenovo. Currently, I work with a small team. I don't believe any solution is bad. It's just that you might not have identified what the solution is addressing. It's about choosing the right solution for your needs. In terms of hardware or infrastructure, it's an Intel platform. What differentiates everyone is the additional value they can provide. Dell has many values that meet customer needs. I look at the customer's objectives and requirements as an IT professional to find the best solution. I haven't seen any drawbacks regarding the infrastructure deliverables or the value built into the tool. However, Dell as an organization could improve its channel management. For example, we've been trying to resolve an issue with our portal for two weeks. I'd like to see more simplification regarding integration, deployment, and connectivity for future releases. In deployment, I'd like to see simplification in creating VNets and positioning VMware across nodes. I want a template that simplifies the creation of VNets and VMware positioning. I'd push for more simplification and an intuitive graphical GUI that simplifies things with just a click.

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Fred Armantrout

Senior System Specialist at Burns & McDonnell

Jul 19, 2019

The VCE VBlocks came along and it was the best combination of an all-in-one virtual data center in a box Converged SAN, Network, and Compute that used VMware to drive the whole package.

The original pair of VBlock’s were purchased to replace a hodgepodge of small VM clusters of 3 to 4 VM hosts and an outdated SAN, in addition to moving from an old data center to a new data center. Moving the VM’s from the old systems to the new VBlock --which had more shared resources and a newer VMware version-- was a big win. Once in place, we virtualized as many servers as could be converted from freestanding servers to a VM. The only exception was when the licensing of an application was cost prohibitive; we keep these on stand-alone hosts. This was mainly due to application licensing bias, rather than limits on virtualization.

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Pros

"Good flexibility and speed."

"Virtual machines for the infrastructure."

"Its performance is very good."

"It's a highly optimized piece of equipment that doesn't give us any problems."

"The monitoring and management parts are the most valuable. Monitoring is specifically valuable because you have one console to monitor everything. This console is called Vision."

"VxBlock has good performance, so that is an advantage."

"With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed."

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"UCS Manager worked well for net/blade management and has allowed fairly easy use of dedicated bare-metal blades."

"The component integration means I don't have to worry about technology mismatches."

"The XtremIO All-Flash array delivers performance, reliability, and deduplication."

"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."

"VMware NSX: Provides the ability for our organisation to deliver true DR."

"Systems run solidly."

"We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users."

"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."

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Cons

"The only thing that I can say is when you procure the VxBlock, obviously you have to complete detailed questionnaires about your architecture including the configuration, et cetera. If you make a mistake on the implementation, then you need to rebuild the entire VxBlock. That is just a point of consideration rather than a flaw. You need to be absolutely sure and validate the upfront configuration information that you provide because your VxBlock comes delivered and built, according to that exact information."

"We are finding it a bit challenging in terms of the management of a specific VxBlock component. Currently, we have different units as a part of the block storage. We have one for Cisco equipment and one for Dell. When we have an issue in the infrastructure, Dell EMC VxBlock System should automatically detect it and send a notification to VC support, but, unfortunately, it is doing that only for one unit. It is not working for Cisco components. We have informed them about this area of improvement, and they are working on this. The way different parts are integrated should be improved. We should have one console to log in to see all the infrastructure in terms of each machine and hardware."

"I'd like to see more simplification regarding integration, deployment, and connectivity for future releases. In deployment, I'd like to see simplification in creating VNets and positioning VMware across nodes. I want a template that simplifies the creation of VNets and VMware positioning. I'd push for more simplification and an intuitive graphical GUI that simplifies things with just a click."

"It is a good product, but for us, it is like a black box. We are not really sure about its internal components, and how to do the terminal upgrade, and how to make sure about the security of the device. We understand how it works, but in order to do the upgrades, we have to get help from the company. We cannot do it ourselves. In another model that we had, the internal team could do the upgrade but not in this one. There is no clear process for a new upgrade or update. They should provide a software intelligence tool that has a dashboard where you can see the current firmware, the latest firmware, and the documentation and the process for the upgrade. For VxBlock, we have different management consoles. There is no single management console that you can use to manage all components inside VxBlock. Their scale up and scale out process is also not clear. Their support is also a little bit slow in responding to the cases."

"The hardware lifecycle is not documented very well. For example, now you can buy a piece of equipment, but you don't know if the hardware is going to be a team production next month or next year."

"The solution could use a clearer description of working methods to tell people more about its use cases."

"It's a good product but the price could be lowered. It's expensive."

"Lacks flexibility with third-party applications."

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"VCE tools, like Vision or AMP were not stand alone, and depended too much on other management consoles."

"It needs more customer/client involvement in back-end management."

"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."

"The integration with other vendors' products needs to be looked at. It's not as flexible as we would like it to be."

"The implementation and support could be better."

"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."

"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."

"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is high. That's why people are now moving to hyper-converge."

"We purchased this solution with a ten-year manufacturer warranty, and we have a three-year warranty with our local partner."

"Compared to other solutions, Dell VxBlock System is more expensive."

"Strive for a consolidated ELA."

"It is not cheap."

"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."

"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."

"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."

"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."

"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."

"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."

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Manufacturing Company

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Government

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Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

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Also Known As

VxBlock, VCE VxBlock System, Dell EMC VxBlock, VxBlock 1000

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Overview

VxBlock and Vblock Systems simplify all aspects of IT and enable organizations to achieve better business outcomes faster. Seamlessly integrating enterprise-class compute, network, storage and virtualization technologies from industry leaders Cisco, Dell EMC, and VMware, VxBlock and Vblock Systems, powered by Intel Xeon processors, deliver the world's most advanced converged infrastructure: engineered, manufactured, managed, supported and sustained as one, allowing you to focus on your business.

The Dell EMC Converged Systems portfolio offers choice, flexibility, and reliability for accelerating IT transformation - VxBlock System offers additional levels of flexibility with a choice of network virtualization from VMware NSX or Cisco ACI.

Dell EMC VxBlock System Will Help You:

Protect and consolidate your high-value workloads
Deliver cloud operations faster
Simplify life cycle management
Simplify operations
Modernize IT
Protect critical business data

With Dell EMC VxBlock System You Can:

Automate key processes
Move to a VMware-based private or hybrid cloud model
Gain ongoing validation for technologies across the stack
Mix and match SAN/LAN switches, different storage arrays, blade and rack servers, and more
Reduce patching and upgrade efforts using a turnkey system

Dell EMC VxBlock System Features:

Native data protection: Dell EMC’s data protection suite includes backup and recovery, centralized management, and replication.
Cisco C-Series servers: Dell EMC VxBlock System is now integrated with Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers, including the C220 and C240 in the M4 and M5 server lines.
Server scalability boost: You can increase server scalability by approximately 56%.
Storage mix: Dell EMC’s VxBlock System gives you the ability to mix four different types of storage arrays (Unity, VMAX, XtremIO, Isilon). It also includes multiple all-flash storage options (Unity 350F, 350F, 550F, 650F), and more.
Data center efficiency: The solution simplifies lifecycle assurance - which reduces time spent managing upgrades - and it can also reduce rack space and lower power costs.
Simpler RCM compliance: You will have simpler RCM compliance and your upgrades will feature an RCM dashboard showing the release level status of all components; You will also have access to RCM compliance score, RCM summary and detail reports, and RCM pre-positioning.
Deep CI context KPI metrics This feature includes capacity reporting and performance analytics with historical perspective.
Advanced, real-time CI-level alerting Dell EMC VxBlock System’s alerting feature includes operational state alerts, performance alerts, call home alerts, custom alerts and alert forwarding.

Dell EMC VxBlock System Benefits:

Manage more efficiently
Reduce operational risk
Simplify upgrades and assure compliance
Focus more on added-value projects
Be more agile
Reduce OPEX
Proactively manage workload health
Improve capacity planning
Resolve incidents and problems faster

Reviews from Real Users:

“It's a highly optimized piece of equipment that doesn't give us any problems." - Architect at a manufacturing company

"It's at least 99 percent problem-free because it's factory-built. So from an informational point of view, everyone trusts that VxBlock has been tested well at the factory and has been configured to their requirements.” - General Manager, Enterprise Technical Solution at a tech services company

"The monitoring and management parts are the most valuable. Monitoring is specifically valuable because you have one console to monitor everything. This console is called Vision.” - Data center Manager at a financial services firm

VCE Vblock Systems is an all-in-one virtualization platform that integrates the leading storage, network, and compute technologies from the likes of EMC, VMware and Cisco. VCE Vblock allows organizations to easily and securely deploy cloud computing and virtualization in their environments, supporting these multiple technologies and providing flexibility and agility for changing business needs.

Sample Customers

Atos, Canadian Pacific, IDS, City of Denton, CenturyLink, BNP Paribas, Asyaport, EDF, CSC, Fox Sports, Insight, Hunter, KPIT, Paetec, Rosetta Stone, Sonda, Switch, Xerox

Xerox, ACS, and Columbia Sportswear.

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