We performed a comparison between Dell ECS 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 technology is very good, it performs well."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"Dell ECS is a cost-effective solution that provides ease of use and availability."
"The performance is good."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"What I like best about Dell ECS is its stability. I also like that you can use it for large-scale data purposes. The solution works fine for me, and I haven't encountered any issues with it."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"What I like most about Nutanix Files Storage is the way it makes copies of the data. The solution also has high availability, which is excellent. Another valuable feature of Nutanix Files Storage is self-service, so users won't have to depend on the IT team much."
"The solution is easy to use, share, and manage."
"The most valuable features are the interface and support."
"The most valuable feature is the easy interface."
"My opinion is that this solution has very good stability."
"What I found to be the most valuable features were better performance and uptime."
"The most valuable feature is that it is highly available, solving the pain-point of delaying updates to Windows-based file servers during production hours. And then the second one would be ransomware protection and analytics. It gives you great visibility and protection on your file shares that are otherwise the most common sources of vulnerabilities."
"The scalability, ease of use, and technical support are the most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"The major weakness in the solution is that there is no cloud version for Dell ECS."
"You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"Dell EMC ECS could improve by having Relational Database Services(RDS) to review progress. Additionally, if the training was provided it would be a benefit, it would be good for our engineers."
"Dell ECS could improve the price of the solution. It is expensive."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"The interface is not logical. It should be a little simpler."
"Allowing the use of the Gflag compromises the integrity of the Nutanix system and its established standards."
"We have some problems with Nutanix Unified Storage's support because they asked us to change our hardware."
"Lowering the price would improve this product."
"Managing other storage infrastructure on Nutanix Files Storage is an area for improvement. In particular, I want to add other forms of storage from different vendors not currently in Nutanix Files Storage, to the file server, for better management."
"I would like to see the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. That could definitely be a major breakthrough in providing a unified, seamless experience for end-users. It could reduce costs as well as human effort."
"It is challenging to configure access control settings."
"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."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". 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". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Quantum ActiveScale, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Qumulo and VAST Data. See our Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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