We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) 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 solution's scalability is very good."
"Its scalability has been huge for us."
"Our users are able to easily roll back snapshots without going through IT."
"This has been a valuable solution for our business overall. It offers business continuity and replication features."
"The flexibility and the user-friendly interface are the most valuable features."
"Ability to scale the number of nodes without having to build additional clusters."
"It assists with eliminating storage silos because it provides SMB and NFS protocols. PowerScale has also helped free up our employee's time to focus on other business priorities."
"I don't have to rebuild the cluster to add a node."
"The solution is easy to use, share, and manage."
"Nutanix Objects is reliable."
"The most valuable features are the interface and support."
"The solution is very easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage are the unified dashboard and the ease of administration."
"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."
"What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs."
"The Nutanix block files are the most valuable feature."
"Some improvements to the NFS support would be of interest to us."
"It would be nice to see tools like Superna Eyeglass built into PowerScale."
"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) could improve the load distribution capability. For example, in some cases, the system load is not distributed automatically on all the nodes but is concentrated only on one. You have a peak request on only one node and the others don't do anything."
"The management and monitoring tools comprise a disparate suite of products and the roadmap is very unclear. We've got four different products that look after the Isilon, management-wise, and it's a bit of a mess."
"There is room for improvement in its handling of object storage."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"Dell PowerScale's deployment is not easy."
"The cost of Dell PowerScale is currently high and there is room for improvement."
"If they can add an integrated DLP feature, it would be great."
"The implementation is a little bit complex and should be made easier."
"Lowering the price would improve this product."
"The current hardware is not as dense as it could be. In our deployment, we have 2 PB per site, and we have to have 24 nodes. That's a lot of cabling and network ports that we use up. More dense nodes would be better."
"Customer service is more difficult to call and they do not responding as much as, for example, DataCore. It's not the same level of satisfaction compared to DataCore. Responses could be faster."
"Unified Storage failed to fulfill our object storage requirements."
"The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail."
"We have issues with software updates occasionally."
Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 2nd in File and Object Storage with 37 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) writes "We can easily deploy, manage, and maintain systems without needing a huge amount of expertise to facilitate them". 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 PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with Dell ECS, NetApp FAS Series, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and VAST Data, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS, Qumulo and VAST Data. See our Dell PowerScale (Isilon) vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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