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VxRail pros and cons

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PROS

VxRail offers seamless upgrades and maintenance through VxRail Manager, improving time management and operational efficiency.
The integration with VMware facilitates easy cloud transition, offering flexibility between private and public cloud environments.
VxRail's high performance and stability ensure minimal business disruption and enhanced system reliability.
Automation and centralized management simplify deployment and management, leading to cost and time savings.
Scalability and flexibility in resource management make VxRail an ideal choice for varying business needs.

CONS

Pricing is high and licensing costs are too expensive.
VxRail lacks flexibility with different use cases and needs support for multiple hypervisors like Hyper-V or KVM.
Deployment and setup processes are complex and fragmented across different Dell departments.
Integration with other virtual software is lacking, particularly outside VMware's ecosystem.
Scalability and storage expansion are limited and come with high costs.
 

VxRail Pros review quotes

RB
Server\Storage Administrator at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
Jun 21, 2017
Being able to perform upgrades and check the system through the VxRail Manager has been very helpful.
it_user419235 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Senior Specialist at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Nov 14, 2017
It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability.
it_user762255 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems / Security Administrator with 51-200 employees
May 31, 2018
Its ease of administration is extremely valuable. It allows me to make better use of my time for other tasks instead of maintaining systems through multiple administration consoles.
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CS
IT Manager at Celtic Manor Resort
Nov 12, 2018
There is no in-depth config involved nor third-party needed, saving us time and money.
it_user714864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 7, 2018
There is a single vendor with the hardware, software, and maintenance. Thus, there is a single vendor with whom we can contact.
Enterpri68a5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at Unisys
May 8, 2019
It is truly a hyper-converged infrastructure, so everything is there together.
Managing56d7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 8, 2019
I like the new releases that Dell EMC is doing with VMware. They are allowing for flexibility across the hybrid cloud. This allows organizations to use containers and to be able to move into the public cloud, but also not have lock-in. They can come back to the private cloud when they want to, so it's creating a lot of flexibility across the stack.
Principa0cc5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal at Austin Tovey Ltd
May 8, 2019
It's a turnkey solution, which is good for customers, because they are buying into stability.
SystemAdbf21 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 8, 2019
We were able to speed up our gaming software, which was a big plus.
DR
Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
May 8, 2019
It gives us tons of flexibility. We can create new machines, then destroy them if they don't work out. We test a lot of use cases that may or may not play out. We can build all types of scenarios into virtual machines that we may or may not use. If we don't use them, we just turn them off, no using up resources.
 

VxRail Cons review quotes

RB
Server\Storage Administrator at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
Jun 21, 2017
My main issue so far is that the installation created a default datacenter name of "Marvin" and it cannot be changed.
it_user419235 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Senior Specialist at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Nov 14, 2017
We spend around six months waiting for a confirmation and firmware upgrade to confirm this step.
it_user762255 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems / Security Administrator with 51-200 employees
May 31, 2018
It needs faster deployment of security patches.
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CS
IT Manager at Celtic Manor Resort
Nov 12, 2018
The initial setup between the different Dell departments is fragmented. The engineers who come to rack/stack and do the initial config should be trained on all the areas and work with the different Dell departments whilst they are onsite to give a smoother install and better experience for customer.
it_user714864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 7, 2018
They should add automation and activation going forward.
Enterpri68a5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at Unisys
May 8, 2019
I would like better integration with VCF from VMware, which is the Cloud Foundation tool set, so we can easily provision servers very quickly.
Managing56d7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 8, 2019
It still has some maturity to grow. It needs to be more tightly integrated with its own family of products. It has shown that it is open with the other products within the market, through its stack, but it needs to have the proof in the market (with use-cases), and it has to have the scalability with the integration.
Principa0cc5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal at Austin Tovey Ltd
May 8, 2019
I would like it to tier to the cloud effectively, making sure that cold data can be pushed out to some sort of Bitbucket.
SystemAdbf21 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 8, 2019
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.
DR
Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
May 8, 2019
I would like them to include an easier solution to host its own DNS. When they changed to version 6.5, they took out the easy features of letting the rail be its own DNS. You can still trick the system and make the VxRail Manager another one of the rail-required VMs become the DNS, but it's a lot of extra work. I'd like to see it put back into the UI.