Dell VxRail vs. Riverbed SteelFusion

As Dell EMC VxRail comes as pre-built, the deployment process is simple and easy. It is possible to scale out easily and will get support from the vendor instantly. As it is a Hyperconverged Infrastructure and it is also the integration of Dell EMC hardware and Vmware, the flexibility that VxRail provides is effective. An organization that is looking for all in one place like data management, network management, Integration, and backup software ecosystem can go for this product.

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• Configuration Flexibility.
• Integrating with existing hyper-converged Infrastructure environment.
• Automating the IT operations.

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• Initial installation services leave a lot to be desired. We struggled to get the first units in service. Subsequent units were very easy to install though...
• Dell/EMC has an A/B maintenance cycle for updates. Make sure ALL of your units are on the same cycle. It is difficult (but not quite impossible) to get them changes after installation
• I would like to see a sub $100k offering for branch offices.

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All of these solutions scored very close together in our testing. Nutanix actually was the highest scoring in ease-of-use, but the integration with Vmware and the pricepoint led us to choose VxRail.

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• We did not measure ROI on the purchase.

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