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Cisco SmartStack vs. EMC VNX (Discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco SmartStack
Score 0.0 out of 10
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SmartStack integrated infrastructure, jointly developed by Cisco and Nimble Storage integrates computing, networking, and storage resources. It's designed to scale transparently and independently, so users can quickly respond to changing business requirements.N/A
EMC VNX (Discontinued)
Score 5.2 out of 10
N/A
The former EMC VNX series is EOL. The vendor invites users to instead try Dell EMC's Unity series family of midrange storage appliances.N/A
Pricing
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Best Alternatives
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Everpure FlashArray
Everpure FlashArray
Score 8.2 out of 10
Everpure FlashArray
Everpure FlashArray
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco SmartStackEMC VNX (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
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Discontinued Products
  • EMC VNX is suited for VMware environment as it integrates with vCenter.
  • Integrates well with SolarWinds storage monitoring software.
  • It is well suited for enterprise-level organizations with 100+ servers.
  • It is not suited for small businesses as it requires specialized administrators and has relatively high license cost.
  • It is not suited for businesses that host most of their servers on the cloud.
Timothy Sawah | TrustRadius Reviewer
Timothy Sawah
Lead Systems Engineer
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Pros
Cisco
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Discontinued Products
  • VNX has had very solid uptime. Over the course of the last 5 years, we have had very little if any downtime.
  • We have also used it for our home directories, and with the data dedupe on the file side it has saved us a lot of space.
  • Adding additional drive space has also been really easy.
Ryan Andrus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ryan Andrus
Network Services Manager
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Cons
Cisco
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Discontinued Products
  • It occupies a large floor space in the data center.
  • Unisphere management interface uses Java, which is problematic to run.
Sam Majam | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sam Majam
Systems Administrator
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
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Discontinued Products
  • Dell EMC Unity is the improved version of EMC VNX. It has all the features in VNX with better performance.
  • NetApp all flash is faster and more expensive. It performs better with Citrix systems and VDI solutions.
  • HP MSA storage system is less performant and less expensive. It works better for file and CCTV data storage.
Timothy Sawah | TrustRadius Reviewer
Timothy Sawah
Lead Systems Engineer
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Return on Investment
Cisco
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Discontinued Products
  • I think it has provided improved reliability and performance [compared to] our previous solutions.
  • The lack of performance metrics has led us to need a 3rd party tool that integrates into our Vsphere environment to give us feed back on performance.
Ryan Andrus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ryan Andrus
Network Services Manager
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