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Rackspace OpenStack vs VxRail comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Rackspace OpenStack
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (8th)
VxRail
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
132
Ranking in other categories
HCI (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. Rackspace OpenStack is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 4.2%, up 2.2% compared to last year.
VxRail, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 17.8% mindshare, down 21.1% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Hai Dinh Van - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source nature enables seamless cloud management and customer transition
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value. It allows for three-word cloud management, maintaining a stable customer…
Rami Jadallah - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamline management and integration with seamless upgrades
The primary reasons customers choose VxRail include ease of management, ease of upgrades, and integration with VMware. The hyper-converged infrastructure simplifies software and hardware upgrades. Customers prefer the single pane of glass management and integration with VMware, which makes it easier for them to proceed with decisions involving VMware products.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."
"Rackspace OpenStack is stable and reliable, often compared favorably against other solutions."
"It was a very flexible and scalable solution. It was very useful because we were not dependent on a single vendor's solution. Increasing the number of machines or changing the hardware configuration was very easy."
"The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value."
"Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools."
"Administrators are very comfortable with the functionality and services OpenStack offers."
"The solution is stable."
"The documentation was plentiful and very helpful.​"
"The storage virtualization feature of VxRail has been the most vital part of our company's improvement in operations."
"The most valuable feature of VxRail is the VxRail Manager, which centralizes resources like storage built with vSAN."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it allows everything to be integrated into a single model, comprised of hardware and software."
"This is a good solution for medium-sized installations especially when it will be coupled with VMware."
"RecoverPoint give us peace of mind knowing any corruption or server issue can be rectified very quickly, making sure the business impact is minimal."
"The technical support from Dell was very good."
"The solution has simplified our operations."
"Our clients value being able to upgrade with one click or a few clicks."
 

Cons

"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"
"The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market."
"OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."
"The deployment process could be easy."
"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases).​"
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"The line migration is a problem."
"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."
"Supply chain capabilities are certainly hurting us. We're in the process of placing a large order for more VxRail nodes right now."
"I would like an easier migration. This way, if a node fails like it did, the data would have been migrated and I would not have had to get up at three in the morning."
"Its price needs to be improved. It is very expensive. NSX should be licensed together. It will make the network virtualization layer more usable. It would be better if they come together in a bundle, not separately."
"It should not be deployed on one hypervisor. There should be multiple hypervisors supported like Hyper-V or KVM."
"I would like to see Dell take a crack at simplifying the process of moving from a node to a cluster and assembling everything into the appliance. It would be great if Dell could provide a pathway where a customer could actually install it without the certifications. Of course, I can't say how you would dumb down something so complex."
"During code upgrades, VxRail can be sensitive."
"VxRail should try to improve the pricing."
"You cannot install another operating system such as Microsoft or Hyperflex or Nutanix. We have also had a hardware problem."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use it as an open-source tool."
"The pricing is low."
"VxRail has a subscription model usually tagged with the appliance box only."
"VxRail does raise the price, but overall, it's well-priced. It's not more expensive than other similar solutions. If you were to create an in-house, tailor-made solution, you could potentially do it at a lower cost. However, I think a fully integrated solution like VxRail should be priced appropriately."
"While one could argue, from a strictly corporate standpoint, that the cost of VxRail has been in the higher range, the true evaluation lies in the return on investment."
"The product is expensive compared to other solutions."
"It's a highly expensive solution"
"It has a yearly subscription. It can be for one year, three years, or five years."
"The licensing of vSAN and VMware for different editions of VxRail is not easy."
"The price of VxRail highly depends on your design and your configuration. For example, if I connect Pure Storage directly to ESXi hosts and bypass Fiber Channel switches and I will save on money. However, it reduces my redundancy and makes it not as robust of deployment and easy to manage. An HCI environment, it's more cost-effective than utilizing a traditional SAN. With storage and computing altogether, you don't necessarily have to involve the networking team as much. I don't necessarily need somebody that understands Brocade's or Cisco Fiber Channel Switches, because I have it all right there."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Rackspace OpenStack?
Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.
What needs improvement with Rackspace OpenStack?
The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market. It would be beneficial to see developments in features like threat prevention and analytics tools for network security within OpenStack.
What is your primary use case for Rackspace OpenStack?
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers.
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Also Known As

OpenStack
VCE VxRail
 

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Sample Customers

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