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PROS

Dell VxBlock System offers excellent speed and performance.
Integration with VMware and VMotion brings substantial value.
It is factory-built and tested, ensuring reliability and trust.
It's ideal for server consolidation and efficient deployment in new environments.
It delivers everything in a single box, simplifying management.

CONS

Does not support Hyper-V and lacks flexibility with different kinds of mixed applications and third-party applications.
Scalability and integration of different parts need improvement, with no single console management for all components.
Management of specific VxBlock components is challenging, particularly with automated detection and notification for Cisco components.
There is a risk of mistakes in implementation requiring a rebuild, highlighting the need for precise upfront configuration information.
Hardware lifecycle documentation is insufficient, and disparate ownership between Dell and Cisco complicates issue resolution.
 

Dell VxBlock System Pros review quotes

AKINJIDE OKE - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Sales Engineer / Team Lead Datacentre Solutions & Applications at ARIT OF AFRICA
Apr 24, 2024
Customers use the Dell VxBlock System for new applications or solutions. For example, I'm working on a new mixing solution for a whole country in Africa. When we talk about it, there are many locations, and we're looking for efficiency, utilization, and solutions that can expand the application database we're deploying. It's used a lot for server consolidation and to consolidate environments into new ones for easy management. It's also used in health environments where they need to create infrastructure for products or solutions they want to launch to the market quickly.
SamuelOguta - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Infrastructure & Operations at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 5, 2023
In comparison to traditional file load systems, Dell VxBlock System can be deployed quickly and results in monthly cost savings.
SamuelThomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.
Jan 15, 2025
Everything is delivered to me in a single box, which simplifies management.
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reviewer1160451 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager -Enterprise Technical Solution at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Oct 18, 2021
It's at least 99 percent problem-free because it's factory-built. So from an informational point of view, everyone trusts that VxBlock has been tested well at the factory and has been configured to their requirements.
dataware204993 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 13, 2021
Good flexibility and speed.
it_user1215906 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees
Aug 13, 2020
Virtual machines for the infrastructure.
reviewer1393923 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director, Operational Technology (OT) at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 29, 2020
Integration with VMware and VMotion definitely brings a lot of value.
AA
Enterprise Information systems/Wintel Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 1, 2023
With a converged infrastructure, it's easy to troubleshoot from network to server issues from a single point of reference.
reviewer1331985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 19, 2021
Its performance is very good.
reviewer1401666 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data center Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 22, 2020
The monitoring and management parts are the most valuable. Monitoring is specifically valuable because you have one console to monitor everything. This console is called Vision.
 

Dell VxBlock System Cons review quotes

AKINJIDE OKE - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Sales Engineer / Team Lead Datacentre Solutions & Applications at ARIT OF AFRICA
Apr 24, 2024
I'd like to see more simplification regarding integration, deployment, and connectivity for future releases. In deployment, I'd like to see simplification in creating VNets and positioning VMware across nodes. I want a template that simplifies the creation of VNets and VMware positioning. I'd push for more simplification and an intuitive graphical GUI that simplifies things with just a click.
SamuelOguta - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Infrastructure & Operations at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 5, 2023
There are components of VxBlock that are not managed or supported by Dell because some of the components are from Cisco. Thus, when there are problems with compute nodes, though Dell was managing the interaction, we had to rely on Cisco to solve the issue. When Cisco was not responding as quickly as Dell would for their components, it made it difficult for us because we needed to have the failed nodes back up and running. As such, the disparate ownership of components in the equipment is an issue.
SamuelThomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.
Jan 15, 2025
There is a need for single console management.
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reviewer1160451 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager -Enterprise Technical Solution at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Oct 18, 2021
The hardware lifecycle is not documented very well. For example, now you can buy a piece of equipment, but you don't know if the hardware is going to be a team production next month or next year.
dataware204993 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 13, 2021
Lacks flexibility with third-party applications.
it_user1215906 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees
Aug 13, 2020
Does not support different kinds of mixed applications.
reviewer1393923 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director, Operational Technology (OT) at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 29, 2020
Scalability is an area that needs to be improved.
AA
Enterprise Information systems/Wintel Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 1, 2023
The solution could use a clearer description of working methods to tell people more about its use cases.
reviewer1331985 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 19, 2021
It is a good product, but for us, it is like a black box. We are not really sure about its internal components, and how to do the terminal upgrade, and how to make sure about the security of the device. We understand how it works, but in order to do the upgrades, we have to get help from the company. We cannot do it ourselves. In another model that we had, the internal team could do the upgrade but not in this one. There is no clear process for a new upgrade or update. They should provide a software intelligence tool that has a dashboard where you can see the current firmware, the latest firmware, and the documentation and the process for the upgrade. For VxBlock, we have different management consoles. There is no single management console that you can use to manage all components inside VxBlock. Their scale up and scale out process is also not clear. Their support is also a little bit slow in responding to the cases.
reviewer1401666 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data center Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 22, 2020
We are finding it a bit challenging in terms of the management of a specific VxBlock component. Currently, we have different units as a part of the block storage. We have one for Cisco equipment and one for Dell. When we have an issue in the infrastructure, Dell EMC VxBlock System should automatically detect it and send a notification to VC support, but, unfortunately, it is doing that only for one unit. It is not working for Cisco components. We have informed them about this area of improvement, and they are working on this. The way different parts are integrated should be improved. We should have one console to log in to see all the infrastructure in terms of each machine and hardware.