Dell XC Appliance vs Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure comparison

Dell Technologies and Red Hat are both solutions in the HCI category. Dell Technologies is ranked #19 with an average rating of 9.0, while Red Hat is ranked #25. Dell Technologies holds a 0.3% mindshare in HCI, compared to Red Hat’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Dell XC Appliance and Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure are products in the hyper-converged infrastructure market. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure appears to have the upper hand with its superior features and value, despite higher costs.

Features: Dell XC Appliance offers integration with VMware and Nutanix, flexible scalability, and robust storage options. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure includes open-source architecture, seamless Red Hat OpenShift integration, and strong security features.

Room for Improvement: Dell XC Appliance could improve its integration flexibility, enhance initial setup efficiency, and broaden its security features. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure could work on simplifying deployment, reducing setup time, and improving out-of-the-box scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell XC Appliance is known for straightforward deployment and comprehensive support, allowing minimal downtime. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure has a complex deployment process that may require additional expertise but offers solid technical support for smooth operations.

Pricing and ROI: Dell XC Appliance is cost-effective with a competitive total cost of ownership, providing attractive ROI for those focused on affordability. Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure, while more expensive to set up, offers significant ROI over time from its advanced features and integration capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell XC Appliance

Ranking in HCI

19th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Ranking in HCI

25th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Dell XC Appliance is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Works

Enables seamless integration with multiple software and outstanding AI tools

The main issue with the DirectVXL appliance is that it only supports a single orchestrator or hypervisor. If multi-hypervisor support is required and VMware does not provide it, then Dell's appliance won't support it. I find it overly reliant on VMware. In cases of company mergers involving different platforms, software that can handle a multi-hypervisor environment would facilitate quicker integration.

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systemar777972

System Architect at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Comes in a small, compact model that does not have any separate management but it is not so stable

This product is not so stable. Maybe it is just not mature enough in its development. When we upgrading from one version to another, there have been some hiccups. There have been a few times where upgraded features cause changes that make problems with existing implementation on the deployment side. I'm not sure if I really need any new features in this product at this point. For us, it is a fixed solution. It's not a full-blown solution and doesn't need to be. It is not really a cloud product, but we use it like some kind of cloud in a box. It is very limited in our use case. It has limited capability in general. You can not really have something like private security domains. Or there are so few servers that you can not really use the different kinds of applications you could with different physical servers. So you cannot select the kind of security that you can have on a cloud with separate layers.

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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's an extremely stable solution, and I highly recommend it."

"What I like the most is that it is easy to implement, easy deployment and that it's easy to manage."

"The most valuable feature is that you can assign a volume to an off-shore workload on the fly."

"The solution's best feature is its simplicity. It's so simple to deploy it. You've got the VMware, and it's own appliance. It is really helpful. The system is online within half a day and saves so much time."

"When we compare it to normal hardware servers, I'd say it is quite easy to configure and deploy."

"The most valuable feature is the low management overhead, and the lower skill set required to manage it."

"The solution's hardware is great."

"The most valuable features are the deduplication and the compression features."

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"The most useful feature is the solution's automation in terms of how we are able to spin up a certain workload in real-time when we are doing R&D."

"The size of the hardware is what we need because it is very good for small configurations."

"Both the scalability and stability of this solution are excellent."

"The consolidation of the management in one control point is the most valuable. The whole infrastructure management is consolidated in just one console point. The documentation is also pretty good."

"It is stable and scalable."

"I like that you can add other types of services."

Cons

"Dell needs to do a lot of work to simplify the maintenance and life-cycle upgrades for the product."

"The cost of using the public cloud deployment is astronomical."

"The solution's storage size could be improved."

"The main issue with the DirectVXL appliance is that it only supports a single orchestrator or hypervisor. If multi-hypervisor support is required and VMware does not provide it, then Dell's appliance won't support it."

"Currently, there is no support for the servers that are not in the cluster."

"We are not always advised of new features or updates, so we must research to stay up to date."

"There should be more provisioning capabilities within the solution."

"In the next release, I would like to see support for Docker and containers."

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"The main issue is the initial investment. It is an expensive product, and it should be cheaper. It should also be easier to use and manage. The professional service for this solution is quite complex and expensive."

"The licensing policy needs to be improved. They have a licensing policy based on the number of CPU sockets. Nowadays what has happened is that the license they are trying to move is based on the number of CPU cores. With the advancement in technology there are now more cores in a single CPU. It's been very challenging in terms of managing the license around everything. Today we have a processor with 24 and 32 cores on the same physical CPU."

"The cloud deployment could be improved."

"It should be more user-friendly, in my opinion."

"It is not user-friendly, and it is very difficult to operate. You have to have a deep understanding of the technical details of the infrastructure to implement it. When you compare it with VMware, it is totally different because the graphical user interface is not that easy to understand. It is not intuitive. To use it, you have to read a lot of documentation and even understand what is going on behind the solution. It is not for someone who has a little bit of knowledge. Currently, it is too complex. I need something that is easy to implement. It should have a basic configuration as well as a complex configuration."

"This product is not so stable. Maybe it is just not mature enough in its development."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We received a good price from Dell."

"The pricing is dependent on the technology and is in direct relation to the manufacturer and the components."

"The pricing is good."

"The pricing for Dell EMC solutions is quite expensive and not really made for small or medium-sized businesses."

"The price point is very fair for a product in this category but can vary depending on the components selected within the family of products."

"It is quite pricey."

"Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure is an open-sourced, low-cost solution with full features."

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Questions from the Community

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Overview

XC Series hyper-converged appliances integrate Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge servers with Nutanix software to offer one of the industry’s most versatile and scalable hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platforms. By supporting a choice of hypervisors, XC Series appliances can be deployed quickly for all virtualized workloads to reduce management complexity and total cost of ownership.

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Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure - based on our leading OpenStack and virtualization platforms - provides co-located, scalable, software-defined compute and storage, driven by Red Hat Ansible Automation on economical, industry-standard hardware.

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Sample Customers

Cardlytics, AEW Energie, Aubert, Zhongtong Information Service, Commune de Villepinte, Teikyo University Hospital

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