We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind Virtual Tape Library based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"Given the high availability of the server cluster, we were able to reduce separate physical servers onto one hyper-converged cluster - this saved in OPEX and CAPEX costs immediately, along with licensing costs of the Windows Server licenses."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"The price was right."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN management console is intuitive and easy to use."
"The solution remains stable across versions."
"The pricing is pretty good."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability."
"Acropolis AOS is scalable to nodes and the cloud."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
"The most valuable feature is the integration of all parts in Prism Element, the browser-based management tool."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is easy to use, integrates with other hardware configurations, and is simple to manage."
"I like the fact that we can simultaneously upload the virtual tapes to different cloud providers, and the settings can be adjusted to speed up the upload times even further."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution made our backups way more reliable."
"The most valuable feature of the StarWind Virtual Tape Library is the archiving to the AWS cloud."
"StarWind VTL allowed us to back up to virtual tape that was created within Veeam and upload the tape to the cloud."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"I'd love to see native export of metrics (via Prometheus or something of that nature) to allow us to get more metrics available on our existing dashboard software."
"The documentation is good. However, if compared with competitors, it could be enhanced and made more professional."
"I would like to see more monitoring and alert tools."
"We had a few problems with the foundation machine that you can use to build your systems out. We've got it working now, but it should be improved."
"There is room to enhance the micro-segmentation."
"They could improve the graphical user interface."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"This solution would be improved with built-in integration with Rubrik."
"The licenses for Nutanix are very complicated."
"As far as what could be improved, they have some built-in backup functions already, but any built-in isolation features like vision security features and free LAN features become a security concern."
"Storage utilization and optimization should be better."
"I am not sure if this is a limitation of my physical hardware or if it is the software itself. However, I would like the throughput to be faster."
"The solution's training process and online documentation could be more thorough."
"The initial installation can be complex and should be simplified."
"The main thing that I felt could be improved was having an estimated time of completion for the virtual tape uploads to the cloud."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is ranked 11th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 6 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual Tape Library is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual Tape Library writes "Flexible and reliable with helpful support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, VMware vSphere, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex, whereas StarWind Virtual Tape Library is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, HPE StoreVirtual and StorMagic SvSAN. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind Virtual Tape Library report.
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