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Rackspace OpenStack vs VxRail comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Rackspace OpenStack
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (8th)
VxRail
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
130
Ranking in other categories
HCI (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. Rackspace OpenStack is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 3.7%, up 1.7% compared to last year.
VxRail, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 19.3% mindshare, down 21.3% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Hai Dinh Van - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source nature enables seamless cloud management and customer transition
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value. It allows for three-word cloud management, maintaining a stable customer…
Rami Jadallah - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamline management and integration with seamless upgrades
The primary reasons customers choose VxRail include ease of management, ease of upgrades, and integration with VMware. The hyper-converged infrastructure simplifies software and hardware upgrades. Customers prefer the single pane of glass management and integration with VMware, which makes it easier for them to proceed with decisions involving VMware products.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"Administrators are very comfortable with the functionality and services OpenStack offers."
"It was a very flexible and scalable solution. It was very useful because we were not dependent on a single vendor's solution. Increasing the number of machines or changing the hardware configuration was very easy."
"The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value."
"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful.​"
"There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
"The compute is good and we have not had any issues with the vSAN."
"The recent technologies and management features that have been implemented."
"It improved from an operations standpoint as we have reduced failures compared to a previous vendor. The hardware that we previously used had a lot of issues with components failing regularly."
"The tool's price is competitive and it is easy to use."
"The VxRail is built on two specific platforms that have been in the industry for the last 15 to 20 years: the 1-U socket and the 2-U socket platforms from Dell. They're in their sixteenth generation of those platforms, I believe, so they're very stable."
"VxRail can be used for application modernization."
"Valuable features for us are the VDI, UCC, and HCI."
"The solution is stable and reliable. This is one of the main reasons why we purchased this solution."
 

Cons

"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."
"The line migration is a problem."
"VMware has a side-to-side replication feature, which is still more mature than Rackspace OpenStack's which can't be used in a production environment."
"OpenStack is difficult for the novice in terms of beginning to use cloud tools."
"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases).​"
"The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market."
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"The deployment process could be easy."
"The product has high pricing. This particular area needs improvement."
"It might offer better integration with other products."
"I would like to see integration with vCenter if possible."
"It's not really flexible with different use cases."
"You have to buy a new server if you want to scale up."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
"It still has some maturity to grow. It needs to be more tightly integrated with its own family of products. It has shown that it is open with the other products within the market, through its stack, but it needs to have the proof in the market (with use-cases), and it has to have the scalability with the integration."
"The present SaaS model license structure can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is low."
"I use it as an open-source tool."
"VxRail is very cost-effective and affordable in the long term. It is more recommended when it comes to financial life, but it may depend upon the license. VxRail comes with VMware licensing, which may not be that cost-effective as compared to others. With VMware, it's an auto check competition. VMware is an expensive solution, especially for Nutanix. Nutanix have their own hypervisor called Acronis, which is very cost-effective against the VMware. Nutanix is cheaper for the hardware but not for the software. If you ask the Nutanix partners to deploy Nutanix over Cisco servers or Dell EMC servers, the cost will be higher. Nutanix wants to compete financially. Therefore, they propose their software over the Supermicro server, which is a very cheap Chinese server. In fact, I don't like their terms of service. HyperFlex has the highest price, and it is very expensive. I don't know why. It may be because this is a UCS system, which comes from Cisco and is already expensive. When it comes to HyperFlex, they need the labor to deploy Hyper-V, Citrix, or any other hypervisor."
"Price is a bit of a challenge, particularly if you want extra features or higher performance."
"VxRail is not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
"The price could be lower."
"VxRail is still more expensive than its competitor solutions."
"It's a highly expensive solution"
"The hardware cost associated is a bit high"
"Pricing is competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Rackspace OpenStack?
Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.
What needs improvement with Rackspace OpenStack?
The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market. It would be beneficial to see developments in features like threat prevention and analytics tools for network security within OpenStack.
What is your primary use case for Rackspace OpenStack?
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers.
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Also Known As

OpenStack
VCE VxRail
 

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