Cisco HyperFlex vs Oracle VM VirtualBox

• 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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• Can spin up multiple VMs on a host-only network that speak to each other and allow for interesting test environments spun up at will.
• Cross-platform functionality allows me to run it on my Linux Desktop and know that tutorials I make with it could be approached by someone on a Windows or Mac OSX system. Hyper-V is limited to Windows, and VMware Workstation requires a license (VMware Player is free, but is not open-source and is more limited in comparison to VirtualBox).
• If you are testing tools like Vagrant and Test-Kitchen, VirtualBox often seems to have the highest amount of support and documentation when it comes to compatibility (though, many people do use Hyper-V or VMware Workstation without issues).

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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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• The memory footprint is high, and requires above 8 GB of memory to run an Ubuntu VM smoothly (considering developing inside ubuntu OS inside a MacBook Pro).
• Some known issues with OVF/OVA images import/export. We had the issue of some sections in OVF being ignored (especially Startup and Install sections).
• Some intermittent issues when mounting external hard drives and trying to access them from within the running VM.

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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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• Mainly in avoiding costs of other solutions by providing virtualized options instead
• It makes it easier for our engineers to get the resources they need in a portable environment
• It is great to do research or test things out in an isolated virtualized environment without affecting the host system

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