Dell VxRail vs. Riverbed SteelFusion

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell VxRail
Score 9.4 out of 10
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The Dell VxRail is a VMWare-based hyper-converged infrastructure appliance.N/A
Riverbed SteelFusion
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Riverbed Technology in San Francisco offers SteelFusion Edge, an HCI solution featuring SteelFusion Edge, a hyperconverged appliance, and SteelFusion Core, a storage delivery controller.N/A
Pricing
Dell VxRailRiverbed SteelFusion
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Offerings
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Dell VxRailRiverbed SteelFusion
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Best Alternatives
Dell VxRailRiverbed SteelFusion
Small Businesses
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 9.0 out of 10
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell VxRailRiverbed SteelFusion
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Dell VxRailRiverbed SteelFusion
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
As Dell EMC VxRail comes as pre-built, the deployment process is simple and easy. It is possible to scale out easily and will get support from the vendor instantly. As it is a Hyperconverged Infrastructure and it is also the integration of Dell EMC hardware and Vmware, the flexibility that VxRail provides is effective. An organization that is looking for all in one place like data management, network management, Integration, and backup software ecosystem can go for this product.
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Riverbed Technology
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Pros
Dell Technologies
  • VxRail gives us a standard, predictable, unit of scale and purchase.
  • Infrastructure maintenance and upgrades are much easier than on a traditional infrastructure stack.
  • Performance tuning is much easier and more straightforward than on a traditional infrastructure stack
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Riverbed Technology
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Cons
Dell Technologies
  • The software release cycle is slow compared to general release of software. Particularly with VMware based releases.
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Riverbed Technology
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
All of these solutions scored very close together in our testing. Nutanix actually was the highest scoring in ease-of-use, but the integration with Vmware and the pricepoint led us to choose VxRail.
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Riverbed Technology
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Return on Investment
Dell Technologies
  • We were able to exponentially reduce the cost spending to buy different components.
  • As it has VMWare integration, possible to work on different operating systems.
  • Automation of IT operations helped the colleagues to work on different manual tasks.
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Riverbed Technology
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