With our four HyperFlex HX hosts (consisting of processor, memory, and disk), the performance is very fast and we have no problems at all. In all of the five years that we have been using HyperFlex, we haven't needed to increase our budget to buy additional hosts.
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The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the integration with everything in a much smoother, such as in physical and virtual environments. VMware NSX is a simpler solution but, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is more robust compared to VMware NSX.
We are providing this solution for the customer or converting the customer from a traditional environment to a hyper-converged environment which consolidates all management and support on a single port. This is the main benefit of using the hyper-converged versus the traditional.
Data Engineer at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-11-17T20:36:00Z
Nov 17, 2020
It is a complete package. For any kind of on-premises hyper-converged solution, we usually have to separate networks, but Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a complete solution. It has its own network and storage. The storage part is the most valuable feature.
Senior Network Administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2019-06-19T08:37:00Z
Jun 19, 2019
The integration between the storage and the server applications is the most valuable feature of this solution. It cuts down on the necessity to buy a secondary storage system.. It saves money in the long-run.
Manager, Open Systems Infrastructure at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019
It allows us to authorize our residents to come in using their own personal devices to access any of our clinical applications and ensure that the PHI is secure and protected.
Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions on the storage side by having one big storage space for hosting VMs. We do not have to provision other ones. That's a positive aspect of it.
Principle Architect at NTT Data India Enterprise Application Services Pri
Real User
2019-06-19T08:36:00Z
Jun 19, 2019
Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the time to deliver a VM takes me five minutes. In comparison, my cloud team's response is a couple of days based on all their overhead policies, procedures, and ticket requests. This is substantial.
The UCS, which is by far the best management tool there is on the market, regardless of vendor. It's the only tool I see that gives you the opportunity to size and scale all the assets and capacity you have in your data center, from a unified view.
The most valuable feature was the backup - it was easy to back up. It was also very easy to administrate and manage the system; much easier and faster. Finally, it was easy to extend the disk capacities.
Most of our users are Cisco customers, so it fits in within the suites we use. Primarily for me, as a solution architect, it's the technology and architecture that is the most valuable. I know from my technical colleagues that it's easy to use and for the customer, the up-time is the most valuable asset. It's running, has low failure, and so on which is why we use it.
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019
The storage system is its most valuable feature. It has eliminated our entire need for having to worry about storage. We were storing a lot of syslog data and using a lot of templates in our data center. With the storage system, we are now saving an enormous amount of space.
The possibility to share the workload is one of its most valuable features. We have many applications which have need of workloads only a few times in a month, so we share HyperFlex with them.
CIO at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2019-01-30T13:14:00Z
Jan 30, 2019
The initial setup was straightforward. With our partners and the consultancy that we had, we knew what we wanted to do. Therefore, we didn't have any problems with the installation and parametrization.
We used to have a single customer-facing data center, which was vulnerable to failure. This product has allowed us to create high availability between two private data centers.
This is not the only product we use, so we have other solutions to compare it with. We can compare different products and different vendors and tell our customers which products have which advantages and disadvantages so that they can leverage these products in their own environment. This product helps us to understand the customer's needs and what issues they can run into.
The Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform is a purpose-built, high-performance, scale-out file system with a wide array of enterprise-class data management services. The data platform’s innovations redefine distributed storage technology, giving you complete hyper-convergence with enterprise storage features:
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It's easy to get the tool started.
It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.
It is a stable and scalable solution.
Deduplication is a valuable feature available in Cisco HyperFlex.
Cisco offers very good quality.
With our four HyperFlex HX hosts (consisting of processor, memory, and disk), the performance is very fast and we have no problems at all. In all of the five years that we have been using HyperFlex, we haven't needed to increase our budget to buy additional hosts.
The implementation process is okay.
It is helpful as a backup solution.
The initial setup is easy.
It's very easy to integrate with the ACI network.
Offers very good data protection and provides system uptime availability effectively.
Great integration with backup software.
Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is simple to use, user-friendly and has been best for our purposes.
The most valuable feature is that you can manage the whole cluster from the traffic interconnect.
The technical support has been very good for this solution.
I like Cisco Intersight.
The workload can handle anything and has an extended capacity.
Support is very responsive.
The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is the integration with everything in a much smoother, such as in physical and virtual environments. VMware NSX is a simpler solution but, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is more robust compared to VMware NSX.
The solution scales extremely well.
The most valuable feature is full integration with Cisco API and UCS, which means you can have complete networking and storage from Cisco.
I find the usability very valuable.
The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is its performance.
We are providing this solution for the customer or converting the customer from a traditional environment to a hyper-converged environment which consolidates all management and support on a single port. This is the main benefit of using the hyper-converged versus the traditional.
The solution is stable.
Performance-wise, everything is good. So far, we haven't had any issues. There has been no downtime at all.
The price of the solution is good, especially when it comes to complex network solutions, such as UCS and Connect.
Overall, the solution is extremely easy, flexible and secure.
The scalability of the product is quite good overall - as long as you plan correctly from the outset.
The management feature is the solution's most valuable aspect.
The solution is easy to use and to learn. It is well integrated with VMware.
It is very scalable. It is also very secure. Cisco's security portfolio is integrated with it, which makes it secure.
It is a platform-based device. Its performance is also fairly good in comparison to any other solution.
Stretch cluster allows us to warranty a service for the customer.
It's very easy to use and quite a mature product.
Its most valuable feature is its flexibility.
It is a complete package. For any kind of on-premises hyper-converged solution, we usually have to separate networks, but Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is a complete solution. It has its own network and storage. The storage part is the most valuable feature.
The most valuable feature for our company is that it works internally. We have a lot of internal projects for optimization.
The integration between the storage and the server applications is the most valuable feature of this solution. It cuts down on the necessity to buy a secondary storage system.. It saves money in the long-run.
The most valuable features of this solution are scalability, performance, and reliability. It scales well inside of a large data center.
It allows us to authorize our residents to come in using their own personal devices to access any of our clinical applications and ensure that the PHI is secure and protected.
Easily facilitates remote work opportunities with storage and compute resources.
The product is easy to manage and flexible for upgrading without major changes.
It increases efficiency, decreases the cost, and manages the network in one single way. That's the most important thing.
The most valuable feature is that it is something small that can be more easily deployed than a full data center set of servers.
Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions on the storage side by having one big storage space for hosting VMs. We do not have to provision other ones. That's a positive aspect of it.
Cisco HyperFlex is helping us to put everything in centrally so that we can manage in one place.
On the VDI side, because the storage is local to the HyperFlex, it was very easy and convenient. The performance is exceptional.
Cisco technical support is very skilled. From what I've had to access, there were quick responses and the necessary escalation.
The speed, storage, and management are the most valuable features.
The most valuable features of this solution are the connectivity, consistency, and that we now have fewer vulnerabilities on the network.
The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX is that it is self-contained.
Cisco HyperFlex HX has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the time to deliver a VM takes me five minutes. In comparison, my cloud team's response is a couple of days based on all their overhead policies, procedures, and ticket requests. This is substantial.
The ease of use and the graphical user interface (GUI) are two of the most valuable features of this solution.
The UCS, which is by far the best management tool there is on the market, regardless of vendor. It's the only tool I see that gives you the opportunity to size and scale all the assets and capacity you have in your data center, from a unified view.
There are some slight cost advantages when you need fewer resources to manage it.
I love the Cisco design, the visual interface to manage and use the platform.
The feature that we are most interested in is the scalability. When needed, we are able to add more nodes and scale it up further.
The most valuable feature was the backup - it was easy to back up. It was also very easy to administrate and manage the system; much easier and faster. Finally, it was easy to extend the disk capacities.
The compute storage and virtualization come all in one box.
It has reduced the time it takes to put the servers in production by half the time.
The solution can scale up and out.
Scalability is easy and simple.
It is scalable and easy to use.
Most of our users are Cisco customers, so it fits in within the suites we use. Primarily for me, as a solution architect, it's the technology and architecture that is the most valuable. I know from my technical colleagues that it's easy to use and for the customer, the up-time is the most valuable asset. It's running, has low failure, and so on which is why we use it.
It is a hyper-converged solution which integrates with the network instead of the product.
The storage system is its most valuable feature. It has eliminated our entire need for having to worry about storage. We were storing a lot of syslog data and using a lot of templates in our data center. With the storage system, we are now saving an enormous amount of space.
The possibility to share the workload is one of its most valuable features. We have many applications which have need of workloads only a few times in a month, so we share HyperFlex with them.
The ROI we have seen from the high performance that has saved us time and money.
It consumes a smaller footprint when I compare it with other competitors.
You can administer things easily. E.g., if you need more power, you can add a system.
Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting.
The initial setup was straightforward. With our partners and the consultancy that we had, we knew what we wanted to do. Therefore, we didn't have any problems with the installation and parametrization.
The compression and deduplication are very high. Therefore, we can use the size of the product more efficiently than other storage solutions.
By configuring networks, we are saving power.
The most valuable features are scalability and the easy operation - if it works. You can configure everything from just one window.
The automation is a valuable feature, it's interesting.
The product is stable. No one complains about the stability, which is fabulous.
We used to have a single customer-facing data center, which was vulnerable to failure. This product has allowed us to create high availability between two private data centers.
The most important benefits that we've seen from this solution is that it reduces the cost of management and it has easy monitoring systems.
This is not the only product we use, so we have other solutions to compare it with. We can compare different products and different vendors and tell our customers which products have which advantages and disadvantages so that they can leverage these products in their own environment. This product helps us to understand the customer's needs and what issues they can run into.
The flexibility is its most valuable feature; the ability to quickly deploy a number of help machines. It is not constrained by what we want to do.
The technical support has been helpful. We are always able to get through to the right person.
When we use it for VDI solutions, it is very easy to deploy and support.
It saves space for data centers, which is good.
The management from the switches to the hyper-convergence solutions are quite good and well-developed.
It is a solution that best suits thre needs of our organization.
The software defines networking, storage, and processing.
Easy to spin up and operate virtual machines without the overhead of managing a storage network.