We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Nutanix Unified Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"The solution is scalable."
"EFS is flexible."
"We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"Nutanix's analytics provide better insights into all of our files."
"The life cycle managers of the PCMs are very impressive, and I like them. They make our lives easy when managing patches and security updates when they come in. A life cycle manager helps to consolidate different vendors."
"The most valuable feature is the unified dashboard, as it allows us to easily observe everything from a single location."
"Unified Storage's centralized management features enable us to accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migrations."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is easy to use. New employees are able to come up to speed fairly quickly with regard to the day-to-day administration processes."
"We can utilize mixed storage block-sized objects and combine various databases within a unified interface."
"Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality."
"The most important point is the simplicity of the API integration. We can leverage the API integrations and connect our hybrid-cloud network environment with Nutanix's cloud storage."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Another aspect that needs improvement is continuous protection against security threats such as ransomware and potential data leakage."
"Security is an area for improvement. When there are vulnerabilities, there needs to be a faster approval process. The solution needs to automatically target the vulnerabilities and not waste too much time."
"The escalation process with technical support could do with some improvement."
"We would love to see the analytics and ransomware protection extended beyond just file servers to virtual machines, but they have a different product that covers that."
"What's missing in Nutanix Files Storage is the support for multiple intranets or VLANs on the same file from different networks and network devices."
"The GUI is not user-friendly for new users and has room for improvement."
"Nutanix should improve the one-click upgrade. There are a lot of dependencies on third-party licenses and HP hardware we use internally. The one-click upgrade fails sometimes."
"The documentation on the support site needs to be improved."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 9th in File and Object Storage with 10 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS and Qumulo. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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