Item: Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco HyperFlex

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ease of use quick installation and ready to use

Pros and Cons

Pros

Integration with ESXi
Install via Installer
easy for enduser to understand the technology both Day-0 and Day-1 activities

Cons

replication - as we need to use the same amount to storage to backup
Cisco should come up with a strong hypervisor equal to vmware ESXi
should come up with the repository of OS images and download automatically when a new OS version is released
hybrid connectivity - missing

Return on Investment

Easy to Install
Easy to upgrade
Easy to Manage

Alternatives Considered

Nutanix AOS, VMware vSAN and Dell EMC VxRail

Cisco tech support is one of the best in the market

Support Rating

Cisco does collaborative support with other vendors (like one ticket is raised to resolve even if it is a VMware issue)

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)'s feature set?

Did Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) again?

Yes

with the 4.5 version in place, the product is matured but needs some improvement stretched cluster upgrade procedure ( changes to witness VM upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 is not clear and some of the validation steps are so confusing.

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