Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node vs Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series comparison

Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series are both solutions in the HCI category. Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.0, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node holds a 0.4% mindshare in HCI, compared to Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Ranking in HCI

20th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series

Ranking in HCI

19th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is 1.5%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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N_R

Senior Account Manager at Emirates Business Machines (EBM)

Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster

The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster. We have been using Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node for four to five years. From the hardware perspective, it is a stable product. The product is…

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Genesis Dapoza

Email Administrator at Technopaq, Inc.

simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience

With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers. The drawback is that the hardware resources (CPU, memory, storage) are shared among all the VMs running on the VX Series. If the server's processor is underpowered for the VMs, many of the VMs might have performance issues. An improvement could be to have more granular control over resource allocation to VMs.

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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

"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."

"The clients like the solution’s simplicity."

"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."

"The VX machines are scalable."

"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."

"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."

Cons

"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."

"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."

"Support could be better."

"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."

"The product must provide AI features."

"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has competitive pricing."

"You need to pay a license for additional features. If we need to monitor hardware for the automatic alert notification, we need to pay them."

"There is room for improvement in the licensing structure, maybe. Regarding sizing the resources, sometimes it's difficult to calculate/compute them based on the client's requirements."

"The tool is expensive."

"The tool's pricing is competitive."

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Healthcare Company

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Government

10%

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Computer Software Company

15%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node?

The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node?

The product has competitive pricing.

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What needs improvement with Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node?

Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster.

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What do you like most about Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The VX machines are scalable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The licensing model is moderately complex. The tool is expensive. It is VMware’s fault, though.

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What needs improvement with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The product must provide AI features. It depends on VMware since the core is software. The solution must provide a more detailed plan to enable simplicity of use.

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

Lenovo MX Certified Node, ThinkAgile MX Certified Node

Lenovo VX Series, ThinkAgile VX Series

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Overview

Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Nodes are designed for deploying highly available, highly scalable hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and software-defined storage (SDS) from Microsoft on Lenovo enterprise platforms. The ThinkAgile MX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware that is certified for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI solutions.

This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node for Hybrid Storage, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.

This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the ThinkAgile MX Certified Node and consider its use in IT solutions.

Differentiating yourself from the competition is vital in today’s fast-moving business environment. To support your business, IT systems must be simple, agile, and cost-effective so you can meet your customers’ requirements to be ever online. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series enables you to meet these requirements by focusing on the business outcome you require, rather than on building your infrastructure.

ThinkAgile VX Series, powered by VMware vSAN, is available in several models. Each is preconfigured, pretested, and optimized to provide the simplest way to bring a new VMware hyperconverged environment online. If you have an existing VMware environment, the VX Series can integrate into it easily.

Designed for any size business from SMBs through large enterprises, VX Series can be used as infrastructure for remote office/branch office (ROBO) and retail stores as well as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and enterprise applications.

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