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Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)

Score8.3 out of 10

58 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)?

Cisco HyperFlex Systems is a hyper-converged infrastructure product, based on technology acquired with SpringPath (acquired September 2017). Cisco's modern HCI solution is Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix.

Categories & Use Cases

Cisco HyperFlex Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We using Cisco HyperFlex to simplify our data centers.

Pros

  • So when we need a server for our operation, it just only take less than 30 minutes to build the server to support our business application.

Cons

  • So far it's good.

Return on Investment

  • It provides the reliability to support the business operation.

Nodes for robust mission-critical workloads.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

A very flexible and fast system that offers great technical support ready to help at all times. It adapts to the needs of each user since it provides us with high resistance and unmatched security. Without the need to purchase new storage devices and other computing resources, with Cisco HyperFlex we achieve everything, due to its great capacity. We need to have this product in use throughout the company so that all departments can enjoy unmatched results.

Pros

  • Excellent storage capacity.
  • Cost reduction in the company.
  • Very easy to implement.

Cons

  • Improvement of updates.

Return on Investment

  • We implement more nodes to increase the scope, this is more expensive but without a doubt, it is the most appropriate.
  • Workload-critical nodes enable robust management.

Cisco HyperFlex Doesn't Disappoint!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, we design HyperFlex Solutions and sell them to our customers. We solve a multitude of their business and operational problems, via our Cisco HyperFlex solutions. Some of those problems are lack of computing power in their environment, lack of storage, or primarily network connectivity upgrades.

Pros

  • Easy to install
  • Easy to manage
  • Easy to expand

Cons

  • Centralized management
  • A 3D visualizing tool for partners to show customers while pitching the solution

Return on Investment

  • Ready for the future
  • A little more expensive than competitors at times

Alternatives Considered

Cisco UCS X-Series

Hyperflex Ease of installation

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hyperflex is used to facilitate our back-end labs for production and test environments.

Pros

  • Ease of installation
  • Management
  • Scalability

Cons

  • on prem deployment method

Return on Investment

  • Savings on infrastructure cost

Alternatives Considered

HPE SimpliVity

HyperFlex Can be a solid All in One Virtualization Product

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were looking to replace older virtual servers and needed a new approach to handling our data. We are using HyperFlex as our primary UC data center environment. The scalability and ease use of management with Insight allows ease of use with managing VMs and Management of resources across the platform.

Pros

  • Resource Management
  • Storage visibility
  • Redundancy
  • Dedublication

Cons

  • Simplify Implementation
  • More Detailed Day 2 documentation for adding addition vNics
  • HyperFlex vs HyperFlex Edge clearer documentation

Return on Investment

  • Positive impact on improving overall older infrastructe
  • Allowed us to bring up OOB to production within days
  • Some in depth understanding of VMware is needed to understand operations

Alternatives Considered

Dell/EMC CX4 series (Clariion)

Other Software Used

Unimax, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager), Cisco Unified Contact Center