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PROS

VxRail facilitates upgrades and system checks through its manager, proving helpful for efficient maintenance.
VxRail introduces automation in deployments, enhancing the ease of operation and accessibility.
The consolidation of hardware, software, and maintenance under one vendor simplifies interactions and support.
Enhanced scalability of VxRail allows organizations to start with three nodes and expand as needed, adding versatility to growth planning.
VxRail’s integration with VMware fosters flexibility, enabling seamless workings across hybrid cloud environments and facilitating containerization and easy migration.

CONS

VxRail suffers from high licensing costs, making it expensive and less competitive.
There are challenges with VxRail's integration and compatibility with other vendors and applications.
The upgrade process for VxRail is often complex and time-consuming, usually requiring Dell support.
VxRail's initial deployment is not straightforward, often requiring extensive assistance.
The storage performance of VxRail, particularly when compared to other dedicated storage solutions, requires improvement.
 

VxRail Pros review quotes

Christian Schulte - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 23, 2024
The update capability of VxRail is crucial for us.
AR
Jan 25, 2021
The feature that I have found most valuable with VxRail is its upgrade. Because if you talk about the normal ESX process you have to upgrade the firmware, the bios, and you have to manage the compatibility. You have to do a lot of things. But in the case of VxRail, it's a single upgrade, end to end. You simply upload the bundle, click next, it will do some pre-checks, if those pre-checks pass, it will update everything one by one. It will put one ESX in the maintenance and move other VM's to another mode. There is no downtime to the VM's.
Engineer0221 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2019
The most valuable feature is the fact that the storage is integrated with the VxRail so I don't have to go in between systems when I have to monitor my storage.
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reviewer2318352 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 21, 2024
The most compelling aspect of VxRail lies in its unwavering guarantee of sustained performance for my systems, regardless of their geographical distribution.
Feb 4, 2024
One-click upgrade is valuable because upgrading an environment that is considered a traditional one is something that we never do or are never going to complete. It is very time-consuming for my team. With the one-click upgrade, it is much quicker. There are preparation stages, but it takes less time, so we are also saving time in the daily administration.
KP
Apr 10, 2024
The storage virtualization feature of VxRail has been the most vital part of our company's improvement in operations.
reviewer1754808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 13, 2022
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.
VK
Nov 7, 2020
You don't have to worry too much about the hardware and you don't have to work on integrating a storage device. We instead have this as an all-in-one solution and everything is available as a box.
MM
Aug 20, 2020
The cover points feature in VxRail is remarkable. It's unique. It has an intervention failover system as well as an automatic failover system, reaching clusters existing in VxRail. This makes all files act as a single file with a large and huge resource, and, of course, with customized administration, configuration, and resources. It provides automatic failover for redundancy and data recovery.
it_user1064505 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2020
I like the managed updates. They are really nice in VxRail. Everything comes packaged and the updates are much easier than with other solutions that I've had to work with.
 

VxRail Cons review quotes

Christian Schulte - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 23, 2024
Obtaining support was hindered by the frequent changes to the hotline numbers.
AR
Jan 25, 2021
If we could have some out of the box ideas in integration, I think that would be a great feature.
Engineer0221 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2019
The only issue which is every now and again is that when you log in it will tell you that there's an issue with VxRail when there actually isn't. All that's required is a refresh or reload. The solution itself works but you may get some bad reports every now and again. Probably once every couple of months; there is no effect to the solution's capabilities.
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reviewer2318352 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 21, 2024
While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development.
Feb 4, 2024
We have issues at times with the one-click upgrade, which is bugging us. At times, the one-click upgrade does not work or does not work well.
KP
Apr 10, 2024
The present SaaS model license structure can be improved.
reviewer1754808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 13, 2022
I would like to see Dell take a crack at simplifying the process of moving from a node to a cluster and assembling everything into the appliance. It would be great if Dell could provide a pathway where a customer could actually install it without the certifications. Of course, I can't say how you would dumb down something so complex.
VK
Nov 7, 2020
Right now, it's difficult for a non-technical person to participate in using the product. It could be made more consumer-friendly.
MM
Aug 20, 2020
If they can provide deduplication compression through the traditional hard drives, as Cisco does in the HyperFlex system, it will be very cost-effective, especially when it comes to archiving workload. VxRail doesn't allow the mixing of old flash clusters and hyper clusters. When I'm starting with an old flash cluster and it comes to archiving workload, I will also need to attend the new cluster. So, I either manage two different clusters, or I pay and upload my work with the archiving mobile hard drive, which is not cost-effective at all. The main key is to allow mixing between two types of clustering, like Nutanix, or allow deduplication of completion over the period of shared hard drive on SAV. It will be much better.
it_user1064505 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2020
The requirements need improvement. Some of the managers of VMs are a little sensitive to where they need to be placed in the environment and what names they need to have. I would like a little more control over that so that it fits into our naming scheme and it fits our organizational structure within vSphere.