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Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) vs. VMware vSAN

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    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACisco HyperFlex Systems is a hyper-converged infrastructure product, based on technology acquired with SpringPath (acquired September 2017). Cisco's modern HCI solution is Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix.N/A

    VMware vSAN

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AVMware vSAN is an enterprise-class storage virtualization software that provides a simple path to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and multi cloud. VMware vSAN is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.N/A
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    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware vSAN
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    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware vSAN
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware vSAN
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    VMware vSAN is more elastic and easy to sell as you can have more flexibility with the hardware and can use or just upgrade hardware already deployment in the client infrastructure and additionally its have no dependencies about the DNS/NTP, what is important..
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Cisco tech support is one of the best in the market
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Cisco's offering is less subject to vendor lock-in. We can refurbish those servers if needed, which is a great ability to have.
    Incentivized
    VMware by Broadcom
    Chose VMware vSAN
    VMWare stand out compared to all the products. However, it is worthwhile mentioning the following products can be used to achive similar results. Hitachi Virtual Storage Systems Nutanix Cloud Infrastrucure. In case if we are using Nuatinux at the Hypervisor level then it …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSAN
    Nutanix was the first hyper-converged solution, but it requires its own hardware. hyperflex looks promising, but it's also only working on cisco hardware. in both cases the costs are much higher, compared to building a custom vSAN solution on certified hardware, leveraging …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware vSAN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (28 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (27 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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