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Dell PowerEdge VRTX [EOL] vs Oracle SuperCluster comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge VRTX [EOL]
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle SuperCluster
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

KA
Systems Engineer at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
Enables continued support and efficient data management in IT infrastructure
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is mainly used for virtual environments and is beneficial for IT infrastructure. It offers scalability, allowing customers to scale up as needed, which is crucial for maintaining hardware without purchasing new products. Its integrated storage solutions improve data management by providing the flexibility and ease of scaling up.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides excellent internal communication and scalability
Scalability depends on the workload because SuperCluster is available in three models: small, medium, and high-end configurations. The high-end configuration is suitable for very large organizations. However, scalability is limited by the initial configuration. You can upgrade to medium or high configurations if starting with a small configuration. Expanding with a high-end configuration requires adding a new rack or configuring a new SuperCluster instance and integrating it with the existing setup. Approximately three thousand or more users can simultaneously access the SuperCluster.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We now find that the solution is quite stable."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX's most valuable feature is its reliability. It offers a good experience for my IT teams."
"The cloud is the solution's best feature."
"The most valuable feature is the combined management in one box."
"While I cannot say Dell is better than HP or IBM, Dell has a strong presence here in Qatar. We can recommend Dell because of that strategic factor."
"From a hardware perspective, it's interesting. The selling point of VRTX is that everything is built-in. For a small company that doesn't have a server room or the capabilities of hosting several servers, VRTX has four blades. The equivalent in regular server models would be four servers, which is a minimum of 4U, but it could easily be 8U, and then it would have storage. The storage is included inside the enclosure, and it would require a storage unit. It would also require connectivity, which would be ethernet or another protocol switch. From a software perspective, it's a little bit more integrated. You have an integrated way of managing the whole thing, including storage and networking. It has an internal network that can also be useful. I know for a fact that Dell is almost fazing out the product, and it is not that available anymore because it will just cannibalize their sales. They want to sell the more expensive stuff."
"The online UA is very good in comparison to others."
"Our primary use case is for the branch office of our company which doesn't need a lot of IT, and it's a good solution when you don't need so much IT."
"The scalability and the technical support that you get from Oracle are very valuable to us."
"Scalability and technical support."
"When you look at SuperCluster's complete infrastructure as a whole and the fact that we can run the database and application all on the same infrastructure, I feel that SuperCluster is a better solution than most."
"The promise of consolidation is still a strong selling point, especially if the prospective client has applications that run on SPARC and has its data store in an Oracle Database."
"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."
"In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server."
"Upon migrating to OSC M7, the customer achieved significant performance, reduced cost for licensing and used the Exadata and SuperCluster features."
"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."
 

Cons

"I'd like to be able to increase capacity."
"The nodes should be synced with the server so that the solution can be used from the cloud when any or all nodes are down."
"Dell PowerEdge VRTX can improve by providing support for M2 drives."
"The scalability could be better."
"The cost of Dell PowerEdge VRTX is high, making it difficult for small and medium businesses to bear."
"It would be better to have a compact version of this solution for customers that have a small office and don't require a proper data center with power or an industrial type HP."
"The storage can be improved, and the ability to use UCS to manage your hosts more than using Azure Arc could be included in the next release."
"I think the networking parts of this solution could be improved."
"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."
"The problem with the scalability at this point is that, while it is field upgradable, in order to do a field upgrade at this point in time, the entire SuperCluster has to be rebuilt."
"We have faced network connectivity issues."
"The solution is not very user friendly and that could be improved."
"If they had an application that centralized the administration, not about the monitoring, but for the configuration, it would be better."
"Oracle SuperCluster M7 is bit expensive."
"It's not working as we expected. We thought it would be fast and reliable but we are not getting the reliability. It's not stable."
"It would be more convenient if the Agta Logic worked within the SuperCluster with the Agta data, as it may boost the speed of the applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We bought a license for seven years."
"This product is more reasonably-priced than similar solutions by HPE."
"The solution is less expensive than competitors."
"We are renewing the support and we are purchasing the license for the software."
"Fully configured, it costs about $50,000 or $55,000. I did purchase a used one or refurbished one. I have been very happy with it so far. Even if it is an older unit, it doesn't look like its age, and I would say it has been a great choice so far for me. Obviously, I would have thought twice if I had to pay for a brand new one because it is still an older technology with the risk of being discontinued. I talked to Dell, and they're still selling it, but they're not promoting it. They're promoting another line of products right now for hyper-converged, which are much more expensive."
"The solution price of Dell PowerEdge VRTX could be reduced. However, when comparing the price of Dell PowerEdge VRTX to other solutions, such as HP and Lenovo, it was the best price for what they offer."
"The tool's pricing is fine."
"On the scale of pricing, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I would rate it as a three. I am familiar with the overall cost, which involves licenses from Dell and VMware, among others, making it a combination of various license types."
"Due to the multiple products involved in our use of SuperCluster (including different software, hardware, etc.), I cannot comment on the licensing aspect."
"For us, the licensing costs are a large amount, but we are also paying for the rack, the SLA, and other extras. When I look into our organization's requirements regarding performance, machine load, etc., I believe that, while expensive, SuperCluster is nevertheless good for us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
 

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise4
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Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerEdge VRTX?
The cost of Dell PowerEdge VRTX is high, making it difficult for small and medium businesses to bear. I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten.
What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge VRTX?
It would be much better for customers if Dell could provide firmware updates even after the end of the product's life, enabling them to manage and keep their hardware for a longer time.
What is your primary use case for Dell PowerEdge VRTX?
I work with Dell PowerEdge servers and Unity 400. I have been working with Dell PowerEdge since 2022 and provide third-party support after the warranty and end-of-support period. My job involves ma...
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Also Known As

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Oracle MiniCluster, S7-2, M7, M6-32
 

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Sample Customers

University of Dundee, GE Healthcare Japan
Advania, Dimension Data, Atos, Etisilat Nigeria, HDFC, Specialized Bicycle Components, Uganda Revenue Authority, iQor, United Energy, Portic Barcelona, B Logistics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSC, CNSI, REDISA
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