How Flexible is FlexPod?
Rating: 10 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
FlexPod is the backbone of the city. We use it for all departments and services within the city. It gave us a single point of management for our servers and the ability to move or migrate physical server profiles from one server to another. [It gives] us a very consistent and reliable experience.
Pros
- Single Pane of Glass Server Administration.
- Ease of firmware upgrades.
- Incredible support when you have an issue. The Cisco/NetApp/VMware FlexPod support teams work together and drive your issues down to the root cause.
Cons
- Initial setup and config. You won't do it by yourself without going to a class. No wizards here. Very complex till you get used to it.
- iSCSI boot could be easier. Lots of ways to implement it, but no real definitive guide.
- Could use better documentation with specific examples. Would be nice if it had an initial setup wizard.
Likelihood to Recommend
<ul><li>Scenarios where downtime isn't possible. </li><li>Being able to move a physical server config to another physical server within the FlexPod is a god send.</li><li> Hardware fails, we all know that.</li><li> It happens, by being able to move a profile from one blade to another, it allows you to quickly and easily restore service while waiting for hardware to arrive onsite to repair/replace the failed component.</li></ul>
WH
Wesley Harris
Senior IT Systems Engineer in Information Technology at City of Avondale (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
5 years of experience