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Based on 32 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Cisco HyperFlex
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.3
Dell EMC SC Series
83%
Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) ranks higher in 6/6 features
Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) ranks higher in 6/6 features
Flash Array Performance
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Flash Array Integration
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Data Compression
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Simplicity
N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
3 Ratings
Power Savings
N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
3 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cisco HyperFlex is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
Cisco HyperFlex
88%
17 Ratings
9.0
Dell EMC SC Series
90%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
Cisco HyperFlex
100%
1 Rating
Dell EMC SC Series
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
9.0
Cisco HyperFlex
90%
1 Rating
Dell EMC SC Series
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.7
Cisco HyperFlex
87%
19 Ratings
5.0
Dell EMC SC Series
50%
2 Ratings
Implementation Rating
10.0
Cisco HyperFlex
100%
1 Rating
Dell EMC SC Series
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco HyperFlex
Hyperflex is best for customers who already have Cisco UCS because of its integration with UCS fabric interconnects. You can add UCS blades to your Hyperflex cluster to increase compute capacity without increasing storage--which is great depending on your needs--but it's still limited to UCS. Installations without fabric interconnects have been limited in scope and most importantly expandability. I like that it doesn't require data locality. While I've used Nutanix extensively and SimpliVity to a less extent, I'm not as sold on their use of it. On the one hand your reads are faster if they're all from the node currently running a VM, but it also means your data has to move around if you vmotion your VMs. I do feel that Cisco has been playing catchup for a few years now with Nutanix, but Hyperflex has become a decent product that I would recommend to my customers where it's a good fit. However, I recommend being careful to make sure that it has all the features you need.

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Computer Hardware Company, 201-500 employeesDell EMC SC Series
All in all this series great in addressing issues applications that need flash storage as a backend storage supply. It addresses the need for fast, responsive servers that need to boot quickly. It is easy to use and for the most part there are few issues and none that can't be addressed/fixed quickly.

Verified User
Director in Other
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPros
Cisco HyperFlex
- UCS manager in HX is truly helping us in doing one touch firmware upgrades. Scaling of HX cluster (in few minutes) is too seamlessly due to service profiles.
- HX does not hold you back by creating a single data store unlike other HCI products. With HX, you can create multiple data stores and allocate those to desired services. This help logically separate the install base on HX and removes confusion for the admins too.
- We run high IOPs workload on HX, and we never felt latency issues due to the Cisco backbone (as you get FI as a TOR switch and options to choose 10G or 40G speeds).
- With HX you truly enjoy a single window support from Cisco including for the top of the rack switch (FI in HX case). In other HCI infra, you certainly have to bank on to network switch vendor for support and bring HCI and switch vendor at one pane for troubleshooting latency related issues.
- While we increased our footprint on HX, we didn't added additional administrators to support the landscape. This was possible because of the simplicity in managing HX clusters.
- With HX we had setup stretched cluster between two near site data centres. This is a unique proposition in HX (we have 2 nodes in each data centre) and data centre failover works absolutely seamless.
Sr. Practice Manager - Cloud & Platform
KPITInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Dell EMC SC Series
- Dell Compellent support (Co-Pilot) and the add-on service (Optimize) are critical services that Dell Compellent does very well. Alerts from the array are sent to Co-Pilot where tickets are automatically generated and customers are notified of events. Of greater importance at times is the proactive support Co-Pilot and Optimize provide by contacting us of inefficiencies in the array and consulting on resolutions.
- Enterprise Manager (Dell's "single pane of glass" management framework) is a useful tool for configuration/evaluation of the array and other Compellent products.
- Ease of management. From firmware upgrades to managing server volumes the process is much simpler than with other arrays.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employeesCons
Cisco HyperFlex
- replication - as we need to use the same amount to storage to backup
- Cisco should come up with a strong hypervisor equal to vmware ESXi
- should come up with the repository of OS images and download automatically when a new OS version is released
- hybrid connectivity - missing

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesDell EMC SC Series
- The GUI could be a little more updated with a lot more information regarding usage.
- There could be some assistance with high I/O times where snapshots go to consolidate. There seems to be issues when that attempts to occur, and there will times where the virtual machine stuns due to the I/O intensity.
- Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of multiple volumes is a pain in the DSM management console.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPricing Details
Cisco HyperFlex
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Dell EMC SC Series
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex 10.0
Based on 1 answer
We are doing it in the current moment. The platform expansion will be twofold.
IT Infastructure Team Lead
ArcelorMittal TemirtauMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees
Dell EMC SC Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Everything is fine if you work as a user of the system. Difficulties in fine tuning the system.
IT Infastructure Team Lead
ArcelorMittal TemirtauMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees
Dell EMC SC Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex 8.7
Based on 19 answers
Nowadays being agile and efficient is most really important. Hyperflex has the ability to be agile and efficient. Cisco HyperFlex functions based on UCS technology, it includes built-in networking and integrated management with pre-configured software. Cisco HyperFlex has everything in one place as a data center, so there is no need to focus on extra things.
Application Development Associate
AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Dell EMC SC Series
Dell EMC SC Series 5.0
Based on 2 answers
This is not solely based on the support engineers themselves but more so that the logging and gotcha's that their array has. There have been multiple times where logs are pulled, but the folder is not large enough, and it crashes the array. Other times there are certain aspects that support either does not know of or isn't knowledgable about how to look at particular issues that could be causing problems.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employeesImplementation Rating
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Fast, powerful, flexible.
IT Infastructure Team Lead
ArcelorMittal TemirtauMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees
Dell EMC SC Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco HyperFlex
HyperFlex is built on top of Cisco UCS infrastructure, which allows us to manage other non-HX servers attached to the same UCS environment. This allows us to tie everything together via Intersight and see all of the servers in our data centers. Other platforms don't really have a comparable offering.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 1001-5000 employeesDell EMC SC Series
We selected Compellent solely based on price. Honestly I would rate it only slightly better than a QNAP we used (which was even cheaper). If performance and reliability are factors in your decision (and they should be) I would recommend looking at something like a VNXe.
Principal Systems Administrator
ConcurInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco HyperFlex
- The simplified management makes it easier to operate and prevents mistakes.
- Guided installation using the installer VM means you don't have to configure every component by hand. Improves deployment speed and lowers the risk of configuration issues.
- Performance increase of 40-90% compared to our previous compute/storage cluster.
Technical Team Lead Network & Security
Missing Piece BVInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Dell EMC SC Series
- The SC9000 has been able to serve our current and futures needs well enough to not need to upgrade anytime soon.
Vice President of Technology
Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of ScienceMuseums and Institutions, 51-200 employees