Dell VxRail vs. HPE SimpliVity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dell VxRail
Score 8.8 out of 10
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The Dell VxRail is a VMWare-based hyper-converged infrastructure appliance.N/A
HPE SimpliVity
Score 8.6 out of 10
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HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. HPE acquired SimpliVity for its Omnicube line of products in January 2017.N/A
Pricing
Dell VxRailHPE SimpliVity
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dell VxRailHPE SimpliVity
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Dell VxRailHPE SimpliVity
Considered Both Products
Dell VxRail
Chose Dell VxRail
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.
Chose Dell VxRail
At the time we had a deployment of SimpliVity which did not measure up. We demo'd other products such as HyperFlex. We appreciated the ease of use of the VxRail and the overall value.
HPE SimpliVity

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Top Pros
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Dell VxRailHPE SimpliVity
Small Businesses
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.6 out of 10
StarWind HCA
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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 VxRailHPE SimpliVity
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dell VxRailHPE SimpliVity
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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
I only know what I know...which is my IT world. Having two datacenters that were physical servers attached to a SAN that "attempted" to replicate and then migrating. For a SMB small IT shop that happens to have two datacenters already in place...this has been ideal. I can have a generalist maintain the system and we have a private cloud for DR with hardly any effort...the biggest gain by far!
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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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Deduplication and Compression - SimpliVity keeps the space consumption to a minimum. We currently have 60 servers running virtually and we still have room to grow. This really helps with the backups as we can have longer retention.
  • Backups - Ability to keep backups for longer and to create multiple backup policies for a VM is a breeze. You can have a backup policy for each datastore as well as a separate backup policy for the same VM.
  • Creating Datastores is very easy. No more messing around with LUNS and iSCSI. Just go to the SimpliVity tab and select create datastore and it's done. You can also increase the datastore on the fly as well as have a datastore bigger than 2TB.
  • File level recovery is included as well. The whole backup process in SimpliVity can help you do away with other software.
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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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Upgrades are better than they used to be, but still complex.
  • Make existing RapidDR product integral, versus a separate licensed component.
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Support Rating
Dell Technologies
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Support is very good. With proactive support, you are supported by an engineer in North America who answers the phone and immediately begins assisting with your issue. The folks I have dealt with in the last several years have been very skilled and it is rare to have a ticket open for more than a day or two. Issues affecting production are dealt with appropriately and are escalated within the support organization.
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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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
We have decided to sign with Nutanix. We feel they are improving technology and are just a better software now.
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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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • HPE SimpliVity provided us with the ability to replace our existing infrastructure with a solution that provided better backup and recovery, and an off-site DR solution, at a lower price point than other solutions.
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