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Dell vSAN Ready Nodes vs NetApp HCI [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 94% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of NetApp users who would recommend it.
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes
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94% willing to recommend
NetApp HCI [EOL]
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    88% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    Dell vSAN Ready Nodes
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.3
    Number of Reviews
    21
    Ranking in other categories
    HCI (10th)
    NetApp HCI [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    5.6
    Number of Reviews
    32
    Ranking in other categories
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    Featured Reviews

    KuldeepSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
    KuldeepSingh4
    Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
    Experience improved efficiency and customer satisfaction with enhanced integration and management capabilities
    Scalability involves two types of environments: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and non-VCF environment where we use VMware Validated Foundation. With VCF we have significant automation built-in within the VCF console within SDDC manager as the primary management console. For non-VCF environments, it depends on customer choice. For small environments, we do manual scalability and sometimes use Terraform scripts to keep the host ready and add in the cluster automatically. For large environments with frequent scalability actions, we propose the Terraform solution that builds ESXi, does necessary configuration, and automatically starts up for associating with the existing environment. If scaling is infrequent, with one or two hosts per month, it is a manual job. From a challenge perspective, it seems easier, with just a few pre-checks regarding make and model compatibility, disks, and server health on the hardware level.
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    Massimiliano Bartolozzi
    Chief Information Officer at Lucart S.p.A.
    Crashed continuously, complex to deploy, and bad after-sales support - NETAPP FIXED the problems in 2022
    Their after-sales support, SLA, and third-parties availability should be improved. NetApp's support is very difficult to engage. We have an SLA of onsite support within 24 hours. but they don't respect the SLA. Its stability was very bad. It has been crashing continuously. In one year, we got three crashes, which is unbelievable for an appliance that is guaranteed for 10 years without any crashes. In 2022, NetApp Italy, driven by the country manager Davide Marini, fixed all our issues and added additional computation power for free. This is a great example of customer care. They could have done it right the first time of course, but admitting the errors and putting in place such a remediation plan has been a very professional behavior.
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    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Pros

    "It is easy to install."
    "I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
    "You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."
    "The product is useful for DR and other things."
    "The best feature about any type of storage related to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is its ease of scaling, and with a converged infrastructure platform, you can easily add a storage node or a compute node to the stack and grow in smaller increments compared to getting a whole new array or upgrading controllers."
    "The most beneficial feature is the consolidated storage which is the vSAN. It handles most of the heavy work."
    "The cost is higher compared to non-Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, but when compared with external storage solutions, there are significant benefits."
    "No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
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    "The ability of this solution to scale on-demand is great."
    "The most valuable feature is the convergence."
    "The most valuable feature of this solution is the SolidFire interface."
    "NetApp HCI is a stable solution."
    "NetApp HCI's ability to scale on demand is a differentiator in the marketplace."
    "It is easy to set up, and you don't have to do much work to get it to do what it needs to do."
    "The solution is very scalable."
    "It has automated a lot of workloads. It has automated us from ticketing a large number to a very small number."
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    Cons

    "Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
    "I think the upgrades could be improved. If you compare it to other HCI solutions, like VxRail, the upgrade process is fully automated whereas on vSAN ReadyNodes it's a bit complicated and we have to do it manually."
    "There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
    "Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
    "The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
    "Currently, it's like a black box that only Dell technical support knows how to handle."
    "Upgrades are carried out manually."
    "The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
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    "To improve the product, they should make it more flexible."
    "I would like for them to fall a little closer to like the VMware release model. The new features and new solutions tend to come from the VMware side. I would like for NetApp to follow along closely with VMware's release schedule."
    "Because of the repeated failure of the motherboard that we experienced, we have doubts about the stability of the solution, but I'm sure that in the near future it will be a great, reliable solution for us."
    "It doesn't have all the data points we need and all the historical data that I would like."
    "My biggest pain point is the installation part. I would like to see the appliance itself remove the entire switch that goes behind it and figure out how to do all the cluster interconnects within the box itself."
    "I'm not a fan of how they don't log you out properly from some of their web tools for management."
    "It is difficult to get acclimated to all the new features quickly. The onboard process could be improved to bring clients up to speed faster."
    "It is difficult to get acclimated to all the new features quickly. The onboard process could be improved to bring clients up to speed faster."
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "There is a problem, which is the lack of an integrated price structure."
    "The price of the solution was reasonable."
    "The tool's pricing is competitive compared to others. The tool's licensing is based on annual subscriptions."
    "The solution is more expensive than a traditional array. The prices are skyrocketing."
    "Comparing the price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes to other solutions it is not expensive."
    "We have a four-year contract to use Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes."
    "My company makes yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."
    "The price of the solution is okay but could improve."
    "There are the overall infrastructure costs. Even though the initial costing was higher, we calculated for year-to-year for five years. That brought us into a position where we decided, we have to go for HCI rather than having distributor systems."
    "This solution reduced our maintenance costs. We were going to have to pay one to two million dollars to put in compute nodes. We are avoiding those costs."
    "The licensing fees are renewed annually."
    "You still have to pay for the licensing for VMware and Red Hat licenses separately. It's not all inclusive at this point."
    "Licenses run on a yearly basis, and there aren't any additional fees other than the standard licensing fee."
    "Where we lost nearly 75 percent of our infrastructure due to a malicious attack and were able to recover two and a half hours into it due to the integration, it saved us and all of our customers. Because we were able to recover so fast from the attack, the solution paid for itself right there."
    "Its price is aligned with the market. In addition to the standard licensing fees, there is an integrator cost."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Manufacturing Company
    17%
    Computer Software Company
    10%
    Government
    8%
    University
    7%
    Marketing Services Firm
    13%
    Comms Service Provider
    12%
    Computer Software Company
    7%
    Manufacturing Company
    7%
     

    Company Size

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    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business7
    Midsize Enterprise3
    Large Enterprise11
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business8
    Midsize Enterprise9
    Large Enterprise19
     

    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    There is no specific licensing model for vSAN ReadyNodes as it is linked with Broadcom VMware's solutions rather than Dell's. As a group under Comcast, we receive very good pricing from Dell due to...
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    What needs improvement with Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?
    I would want VMware to ensure that when there's a hardware failure on a host, it should gracefully migrate the VMs to another host available in the cluster without restarting, which would be a grea...
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    Also Known As

    vSAN Ready Nodes
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    Overview

    Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are pre-configured building blocks that reduce deployment
    risks with certified configurations, improve storage efficiency by up to 50%1
    , and can help
    you build or scale your vSAN cluster faster.14 Whether you're just getting started, and/or
    expanding your existing VMware environment, Dell EMC is here for you every step of the
    way with consulting, education, deployment and support services for the entire solution.

    Dell Technologies

    NetApp HCI is the only true enterprise-scale hyper converged cloud infrastructure. NetApp HCI comes in a 2 RU chassis with 4 node expansion slots.

    NetApp
     

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    American Showa, Children's Mercy, Coca-Cola, Consultel Cloud, Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg, Imperva, Surface Mount Technology
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