Cisco HyperFlex vs Pure Storage FlashArray | TrustRadius

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Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 18 reviews and ratings

Score 9.4 out of 10

Based on 342 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco HyperFlex

Pure Storage FlashArray

Flash Array Performance

Flash Array Integration

Data Compression

Non-Intrusive Upgrades

Simplicity

Power Savings

Pros

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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Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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The Pure Array does data reduction particularly well. We've seen a 7x reduction on some of our volumes.
It is easy to get used to the system after coming from other storage arrays.
It has some welcome additions such as a smartphone app that makes it easier to view your cases, etc.

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Systems Administrator, Core Infrastructure & Microsoft Systems

Cancer Research UKNon-Profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

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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Sr. Practice Manager - Cloud & Platform

KPITInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Reporting is too general. Being a tech nerd, I want to be able to see the nitty-gritty details. I also need to be able to define canned sets of reports for problem application systems.
Pricing is a bit higher then some of their direct competitors .
Seriously, I have nothing else.

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Storage Architect

JBS USAFood Production, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.9

Based on 28 answers

It has so far been a very fast and stable product. We have had wonderful support when we have needed it and the account manager and engineer attached to our organization have been very responsive with any questions and concerns we have had.

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Technician in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.9

Based on 19 answers

The install went smoothly, and the engineer explained every step along the way. The next couple of days he checked in to make sure that migration was running as planned. The user interface is designed with usability in mind. You don't need a dedicated "Storage Silo" to manage this product. For smaller IT departments that need to support many different workloads, this could not be a better feature

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IT Director

Town of BelchertownGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.9

Based on 9 answers

We have never had an outage with Purestorage. Yes we have had 2 drives go out but replacements were installed so fast there wasn't any issues. We have had a NVRAM module replaced but were noticed from Pure they were sending a replacement because they were predicting a failure so pure was proactive preventing any issues. Knowing Pure is monitoring our device 24x7 gives us peace of mind.

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CIO (Chief Information Officer)

Paramount AcceptanceFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Performance

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.7

Based on 9 answers

The corporation has a very diverse data load and when we migrate from a hybrid storage to pure all-flash, significant gains have already been observed. Latency always remains below 1 ms regardless of the load and volumetry used. Application performance also depends heavily on whether or not the code is more permormatic and network access infrastructure. The product has been meeting expectations

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Support Analyst

Secretaria da Fazenda de PernambucoGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco HyperFlex 8.1

Based on 9 answers

Support with Cisco depends a lot on the type of contract you have, which is something to consider when purchasing the Cisco HyperFlex solution. In most cases, the resolution time for problems is good, although there are times that it may take longer than expected depending on the problem that arises and the expertise of the engineer who is attending to the problem. Regarding hardware replacement, response times are punctual, according to the policy contract.

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IT Engineer

Best Day Travel GroupLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 501-1000 employees

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.7

Based on 109 answers

Pure Support is timely and communicative. They are always ready to assist and very skilled at what they do, no matter the time of day. Even at 12:10 a.m. on New Years Day when your array has a hiccup that causes some errors in your environment, they will be on the phone with you in an instant. If they are unable to determine the cause right away, because things appear to be normal, they will take your environment's configuration, lab it up in their support environment and then research until they figure out what caused the problem. Even if it takes 3 months. True story.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.7

Based on 5 answers

Excellent training and really you don't need that much. We received training at the Pure offices and also on site when the product was installed. Simple things like how to login to the GUI interface, how to setup users, how to create volume and mount it. How to make a snapshot, how to copy it and mount it. Really is pretty self explanatory on how to do things with the GUI interface. We were expecting complicated base on other vendor products, we got super simple.

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CIO (Chief Information Officer)

Paramount AcceptanceFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Online Training

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.5

Based on 3 answers

Great videos and documentation. There is a common theme with PureStorage, "Keep it elegantly simple". They have great support network and great support user groups. Documentation has been very helpful with providing auditors with methods and procedures on security and other ways the product works. Great documentation on setting PureStorage to be the most effective with VM's, SQL Server, and other products.

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CIO (Chief Information Officer)

Paramount AcceptanceFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.6

Based on 11 answers

The install was very quick. The engineer that Pure sent said that if we started by 10 am we would be done by lunchtime, and he was not kidding.

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Professional in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Interestingly enough, depending on which box you purchased the two may be able to be combined into one setup. The UCS series is great and provides a lot of compute but lacks the storage. Hyperfex has a bit less compute but contains lots of storage space and memory needed for VDI

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Employee

Central Texas CollegeEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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[They] seemed to have all the right things in place for our environment. A bit costly up front, but good return on less stress, better performance and good support whenever we do have issues.

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Sr. Systems Administrator

Blue Cross of IdahoInsurance, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

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Pure Storage FlashArray 8.6

Based on 6 answers

In our case we have equipment in all of Latin America in different data centers and with the mobile app or with pure1 we have everything centralized in just one

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Engineer in Information Technology

Translation and Localization Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Senior Technical Specialist

Synnex Metrodata IndonesiaInformation Technology & Services, 201-500 employees

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Thanks to the deduplication that is built into the product we are seeing great reduction in total space required by consolidating similar data types on the same array.
Our users are very pleased with the performance.
The replication allowed us to move our workload from to another data center with minimal downtime.

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Technician in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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