VxRail Reviews

We use this solution to ensure our hardware is supported. 

This is a good solution if you want to deploy an ACI Environment but don't have all the necessary resources.

VxRail is an expensive solution. It could be improved by having more information on the integration portion of ACI. 

This is a stable solution. We have migrated our old systems on the new ACI station and have experienced no issues. 

This is a scalable solution but this comes at a cost. 

The initial setup was quick and involved medium complexity. It requires help from the vendor to scale. 

We received technical support from Dell as part of the deployment implementation plan and contract.

I would recommend adjusting pricing of this solution to suit your infrastructure.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

VxRail is a comfortable solution for VMware users. You have one pane of glass from vCenter. They have a convenient update, it's just one click like Nutanix.

VxRail comes with vSAN making it an easy solution. You don't need to think about the compatibility of components.

The fact that is based on vSAN is the main issue of this solution.

I have been working with VxRail for one year.

VxRail is not perfect, there are bugs in the plugins.

VxRail has no concerns with scalability.

VxRail support is okay, it is not better than Nutanix.

The initial setup of VxRail is more complicated than Nutanix. If you have prepared the network for implementation you will not have any problems. You need to organize and prepare the network well.

For someone that does not want to think too much about the compatibility of components and VMware, VxRail is better than pure vSAN.

Make sure you have a good network specialist, specifically in VMware, on your team.

We are a customer of VxRail with 200 users. We use the solution for production workloads for the company workflow.

We have Dell enterprise licensing and use all the features. VxRail is a complete solution that includes performance, backups, and disaster recover.

VxRail should try to improve the pricing.

We have been using VxRail for 12 months.

Stability is good.

VxRail is vSAN, so we only need to buy a node when we need to scale, which is not a problem.

Technical support is good.

The initial setup is straightforward. Installation took approximately 2 days, but migration from the old UCS to the new infrastructure took time.

We have ten people on our in-house technical team including networking, security, and data center engineers who do storage and servers.

VxRail is doing the job we require, we are not making money from it.

VxRail is an expensive solution as we have the enterprise license that is billed annually. It has everything we need but it would be nice if they could do something about the pricing.

If you have done the research about VxRail and know what you are looking for then I recommend using it.

I rate this solution a 10 out of 10.

VxRail can be used for application modernization.

VxRail could improve compatibility with other products like VMware vSAN.

I've been working with VxRail for five years or more.

VxRail is stable.

The scalability is limited to a single cluster with 64 nodes. 

We're integrators, and we have clients in various industries, including banking and energy. In general, VxRail is used to virtualize our customers' platforms. For example, some use it for Active Directory or their email solution for Microsoft Exchange. In addition to VxRail, we work with a storage array solution from Dell EMC with other servers. We use IBM Power System for our backup solution. 

For me, VxRail's most valuable feature is its life-cycle management.

I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution. 

VxRail is highly stable.

VxRail is scalable. If you want to add more computer storage, you only need to add a remote.

Dell EMC support is very responsive and helpful.

It's quick and easy to initialize the cluster in VxRail. You can have your cluster up and ready in a few minutes. To deploy and maintain VxRail, we need one person for the solution and another for networking. 

Return on Investment is something you can see on the customer side, but this is a new solution that we deployed this year, so we would need to wait three years to calculate the return.

I rate VxRail nine out of 10. It's a good solution that's easy to manage. It's simple to upgrade and patch, so you don't have to check every component to see if it's compatible. 

All of the primary use cases of the solution are pure infrastructure, and one of two of them are horizon infrastructures.

One area of the product that could be improved is the support. In the first year, it was not that fast. Simple things could be changed, but the support has make the changes because you cannot just change them in VxRail. It had to be the support, and they took a little more time than usual supporting other kinds of infrastructures.

I've been using the solution for five to seven years. I'm an integrator.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

The initial setup is not straightforward, but it's not that complicated. Deployment is supposed to be complicated, so it does not necessarily need to be easier.

If you already have VMware, you just have to convert the license and apply it to the VxRail.

We have about 400 customers, and I would recommend the solution. It's a simple product, fast, and reliable.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We are using the VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure to host some of our applications' virtual machines. We have customized this virtual machine and our applications serve different departments within the company.

The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case. I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand.

It would be great to have a mechanism that identifies whether or not the configuration has been done well. Right now, we are doing that manually. A compliance check would be a helpful feature.

Some of the features of the hyperconverged infrastructure could be integrated with external storage. Right now, for example, if I have surveillance going, I need to purchase very cheap storage. So, an integration between the hyperconverged infrastructure and external storage would be good.

I have been using VxRail for almost three years now. 

The stability and performance of VxRail are excellent. 

VxRail is very scalable. This is one of the advantages of hyperconverged infrastructure: Whenever you need to scale, all you have to do is add a node. We use this product on a daily basis. 

The first layer of technical support is not well equipped to help you identify the root cause of issues. However, the second level is. 

There is room for improvement with the first level of technical support. 

The initial setup was not complex, it was very straightforward. Deployment took us three to four days. 

The maintenance we do on it now is mostly preventative. 

We have two people working on VxRail. 

The pricing is reasonable considering the value of this product. 

There are no additional licensing and support costs. 

I would recommend this product to other users. 

The product's integration could be improved. Its price is also a bit of a challenge, particularly if you want extra features or higher performance.

I've been using this solution for two years.

This solution is scalable.

My experience with the technical support for this product has been good.

The initial setup is straightforward, as everything is pre-installed.

VxRail's performance is tremendous, and it provides fine security. I would recommend this solution for most customers who want to avoid complex SAN storage implementations and managing SAN storage, as VxRail provides a single point of management console. I would rate this solution nine out of ten.

We work with Dell's Italian partner, so we go where the market goes. When Dell merged with EMC, we did several courses, and I got a certification with VxRail. We usually work with companies that have projects. We are solution architects. We don't work with software, programs, databases, or custom software.

VxRail is easy to deploy and easy to scale up, but you have to buy a new server if you want to scale up—not just a classic solution like RAM, CPU, or more disk. The solution would be good for a great company that is dynamic and wants to go up very fast.

When you converge the solution, you have to be very careful because the great scalability comes at an important cost. If you want to use three nodes with a standard license, for example, and you want to converge the solution with three nodes, you have chosen the wrong product because you have to buy a new server if you want to scale up.

In my opinion, the lack of improvement is from a commercial point of view, not from a technical point of view. 

It also lacks a single easy remote server for disaster recovery.

We started using VxRail three years ago.

The stability is great because it is based on VMware, so it's the same panel and same code.

VxRail has great scalability.

Dell's EMC technical support is very good.

The initial setup process is pretty straightforward. Technically speaking, there could be some complications, but Dell's support is very good.

In the course for VxRail, they tell you that it's a single click to deploy. From a technical viewpoint, that isn't true because you have to build the rack system. If the system is projected well, then you have a single click to deploy it with a single panel of glass.

The price could be lower. If the price were dropped, the products could sell more easily.

Compared to Nutanix, we are not as aggressive in the market, but VxRail is a good product with good design. If VxRail is to compete with Nutanix, it needs a single easy remote server for disaster recovery, but that depends on vSAN, which the design of VxRail is based on. The core of vSAN is not designed for this, maybe because vSAN customers are higher level.

I would give this solution a 9 out of 10. 

VxRail isn't for a small company. If you need less than five servers, you could technically use it, but there are probably other solutions that are cheaper. A classic solution for a small customer is cheaper than other convergence solutions.

In my mind, the hyper-convergence solution is a requirement only for a great company. If you are a small Italian company that isn't going to scale up for a few years, it's very difficult to afford the price, and you might have a problem with technical knowledge as well because your normal technicians won't be able to assist in other convergence solutions if you have an issue. In this case, we prefer traditional systems over VxRail to give the client the correct stability and simple management.

Here in Mauritius, most companies prefer on-premise deployments. We use VxRail for civil aviation services.

The solution could improve by having more storage performance because in some other solutions you can have a file system that can be mounted at several places at one time.

I have been using VxRail for approximately 10 years.

VxRail is stable and we have had no issues.

The scalability of VxRail is very good.

We have four customers using this solution.

We have previously used Nutanix and SimpliVity. The support was not very good. VxRail could be viewed as lower grade and not a top seller compared to others, but if you have an issue with anything, such as the control or engines and it needs replacing, VxRail is better.

Additionally, I have used PowerScale and Isilon.

The process of the installation is straightforward. The initial implementation took use three to four months. The technician allocated to it did not have much networking experience. Once he mastered networking everything went well. You have to be good at networking to be able to have everything completed in a timely manner.

We do the implementation, maintenance, and support of VxRail with one technician.

The VMware licenses are included and we do not have to worry about the license, everything is integrated.

I would recommend this solution to others if the use case fits. Other solutions, such as PowerScale might be better in a particular use case.

I rate VxRail a ten out of ten.