Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series [EOL] vs Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series comparison

"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 technical support has been very good for this solution."

"When we use it for VDI solutions, it is very easy to deploy and support."

"Our customers have seen ROI in terms of the time they save troubleshooting."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco HyperFlex HX is that it is self-contained."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability, performance, and reliability. It scales well inside of a large data center."

"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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."

"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."

"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."

"We would like to have the ability to not have to reboot while doing updates. Being able to work through updates with as minimal amount of impact to users."

"I haven't been too impressed with the Cisco HyperFlex HX, honestly. It's a hard concept."

"I would like for them to develop integration with other technologies, like SD Access. It's still lacking an enhancement management player."

"Unlike other options, you need to pay a subscription to Cisco yearly instead of paying for the hardware outright, which makes it more expensive in the long run."

"I would have liked it to be able to back up the system to a cloud, to be able to work from any other place"

"Technical support is very good. Not excellent, but good. There's still not enough data available on the web. For example, for the integration to VMware, I had a case recently and I searched for more information but didn't find any."

"I would rate the installation of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series an eight out of ten. It can be complex."

"The problem is that we always have to keep an eye out for new releases to make sure that the version we're running is up-to-date."

"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."

"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"

"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."

"Its price is rather fair when compared with other solutions like VxRail, vSAN, and HPE SimpliVity. We got a fair amount of discount from Cisco for Cisco HyperFlex. It is cost-effective. We have renewed storage till next year, and we have already paid the vendor. When we talk about HyperFlex or any HCI solution, storage is the part where we can reduce a lot of costs. At the current moment, we are already using NetApp storage, which did not allow us to go for a full Cisco HyperFlex setup. We are planning to go to a larger scale next year. Then we will be able to see how cost-effective it really is for us."

"Initially HyperFlex was a little costly, it was higher, but Cisco wanted to get into our company, so they gave us a fair discount."

"We have a yearly license."

"I would like a clearer licensing model. It should explain a bit more what you receive if you buy the more expensive license rather than the standard one."

"HyperFlex is relatively expensive, but you get good value for money."

"There is a license required to use this solution."

"Here in Brazil... it is very expensive. It's very hard for almost all companies to buy even the small version of this solution."

"The cost is expensive, but there is a chance to save money in the future."

"When comparing this solution to other OEM solutions it is relatively inexpensive."

"Price-wise, it is a pretty good product. The product's price was one of the main criteria that made my company choose it over the other products in the market."