Cisco HyperFlex vs HPE Nimble Storage

• Cisco Hyperflex integrates network and security services suing compute , network and storage
• Cisco Hyperflex provides Cisco Intersight platform to manage the entire clusters and go with non disruptive upgrades
• Cisco Hyperflex edge provides integration between Intersight and Cisco SDWAN vManage which helps in deployment , management and extensive security

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• Nimble provides top notch predictive flash caching that "just works". We typically see 95% + cache hits daily.
• World class support... You typically don't' call Nimble support when there are problems, they call you.
• The Nimble hybrid array is a cost effective solution with no compromises.
• Infosight, the cloud management dashboard, is easy to use and provides quick access to useful information.
• Our Nimble has had 100% uptime, 4 years and counting.

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• I feel that Cisco team should work hard in simplifying the HX version upgrade process. Currently there are many dependancies to be taken care of and the process is felt to be quite complicated.
• We have automated teething issues in day to day operations using PowerShell. However, when it comes to the HX Controller VM, we could not fetch desired details. Using PowerShell, we were looking to fetch the details like which is the master controller VM (truly useful while troubleshooting and while performing upgrades).
• Finally, if Cisco could give an option to add a datastore using PowerShell, it will help automate ops processes and provide a faster turnaround to business.
• In a nutshell, Cisco should open up more so that organisations can use scripting for automation and setting up custom alerts.

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• I'd like the GUI to include more information for some of the features such as replication data totals each night. You have to go to the command line for this.
• It would be nice to have a feature built into the GUI that would show you the command line equivalent to get the same results you are seeing in the GUI.
• Although the intial setup was easy, they could always improve on that portion. During my setup, I did have to do a lot of back and forth with research on their site as to what each setting was that I was setting up. They could have provided some sort of description for each field within the setup that would have made it easier to know what they were having us set up.

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• Saving our operational cost and data center space.
• One platform for production and development.
• Quite expensive compared to other HCI solutions.

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• People walked by my office for the first time ever asking what did we do to the servers because they are much faster. I have never experienced that before when putting in a new piece of equipment.
• It has paid for itself in space savings of not having to increase the size of the array.
• Speed and performance and data migration times are all parts of my ROI. Its been a great ride so far.

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