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."The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"EFS is flexible."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"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."
"The solution is scalable."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"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 solution is stable and extremely easy to calibrate."
"What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs."
"My opinion is that this solution has very good stability."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward. With a few clicks, you can stand up your storage. It reduces the overall life cycle of deployment within the ecosystem."
"The most valuable feature is the unified dashboard, as it allows us to easily observe everything from a single location."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is a simple, user-friendly, and stable solution."
"The customer service executives of all Nutanix products are active and responsive."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"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 interface seems strange and complicated."
"The GUI is not user-friendly for new users and has room for improvement."
"The solution should keep adding new features to be competitive in the market."
"One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered."
"The interface could be improved."
"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."
"While they are good and they do work, some of the snapshotting and tiering features are not as simple to set up as they could be."
"We have issues with software updates occasionally."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in File and Object Storage with 9 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 "Useful for storing details of projects and has an easy configuration". 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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