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HPE ConvergedSystem vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (3rd), Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (2nd)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
200
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th), HCI (3rd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. HPE ConvergedSystem is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 11.5%, down 19.1% compared to last year.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 9.4% mindshare, up 8.3% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ConvergedSystem11.5%
FlexPod XCS12.6%
Dell VxBlock System8.7%
Other67.2%
Converged Infrastructure
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)9.4%
VxRail12.4%
VMware vSAN10.0%
Other68.2%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

PF
Project Engineer at Astellas Pharma US
With good integration and expansion capabilities, the tool also offers good technical support
It is a solution that we could expand in our company. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Our company has 400 users, all of whom have used it at one point or the other. All of the departments are involved in the usage of the tool.
OB
Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC
Infrastructure efficiency has improved significantly with quick server provisioning, though physical to virtual migrations need a streamlined in-house tool
From my experience with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), there is one area that needs improvement. When moving a critical infrastructure from a physical machine to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), we currently have to use a third-party tool to convert the physical machine to a VM. We have to use VMware converter to perform this conversion before moving it to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). I would suggest that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) should develop their own P2V (physical to VM) tools instead of requiring users to rely on third-party solutions.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The best value was in the service because we receive the solution as a managed service from HPE, so it's a box somewhere in the data center that we don't care about, it's always running and so far, no problems."
"The best feature of this solution is the backup system."
"This solution is very simple to use."
"One of the biggest things is, the fact that it can be a turn-key solution."
"The most valuable features of HPE ConvergedSystem are scalability and resilience."
"As far as what we are doing now, there is no problem with stability; it's pretty flexible, it's efficient, and it is centralized management, cost-effective."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"The solution's technical support was good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"From a software perspective, it's incredibly stable and portable."
"With the whole rack becoming a 2U Box, we had a smaller data center footprint and power consumption, and compute and storage became one, so it became easier to manage."
"Their Google operating system is more mature, so their results are much better."
"SRM capabilities for replication have been proven reliable and very useful for our organization."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is its low cost, guaranteed to failover and failback with only a few clicks."
"The most valuable feature is the analytics, as it gives us a projection of our usage and we can easily justify any request that we have for improvements."
"They have one of the best technical supports in my experience."
 

Cons

"It was a very rough ride. The people they sent, I don't think they had experience in doing these kinds of implementations before."
"With ConvergedSystem, we'd like to see just how portable and scalable HP can make it. Is it really just an add-on each time and not a complete redesign?"
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"The solution needs to add NFS features."
"Perhaps they can work on providing faster allocation of memory or storage."
"This solution offers excellent functionality but could use a stronger interface."
"The initial setup does need a team with experience with it in order to execute it correctly."
"Limits on increasing space with the inability to have or attach external storage."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"The scalability of the solution had some issues because there were many VMs and the replication ran into some bottlenecks. It was an issue that was known to Nutanix and it was not disclosed to the customer."
"Extra features should not be so expensive. We would love to be able to use or even just try some of the extra features without having to buy them."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with external storage using the fiber channel"
"Areas for improvement would be the memory setting and the CPU setting reserve features, which are not available on Acropolis. I also feel that the DR solution, the reporting, and the component that is combined with the Nutanix OSP need to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is competitive. Not a major problem. We have a subscription model."
"The pricing is sensitive."
"My company has a five year contract for HPE ConvergedSystem. The contracts depend on companies and sometimes it can be three years. The solution is worth its price."
"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."
"Pricing is good. We have not calculated what hyper-converged infrastructure has brought us but I think there has to be some lower cost for us, compared to the public cloud. Obviously, there would be a lower cost, probably by more than half."
"This is an expensive solution."
"I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"In terms of the solution's licensing, it's quite comprehensive."
"The license is quite clear to me. It's much clearer than what we had with our previous virtualization environment. The licensing is not complex to understand."
"When we purchase a new physical server or a couple of physical servers into our cluster, we always purchase it with Nutanix licensing. We are receiving the license from Nutanix directly and not from the vendor. In the way we're dealing, with the licenses it is a bit costly for us but as the company is getting larger, day by day or year by year, those licensing costs become lower each time for us. We are purchasing the licenses for three years for some of our clusters and for some others for five-year licenses and the licenses are still costly. We have good discounts for the licenses, but it is still expensive."
"We got the renewal done recently, and there was no cost involved."
"Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment"
"When compared to the competitors, the price is reasonable."
"Licensing depends on the features needed."
"I know Nutanix and VxRail have similar prices and licenses. Nutanix is a go-ahead if AHV is used as hypervisor because it is already embedded in the price."
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Performing Arts
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business92
Midsize Enterprise77
Large Enterprise82
 

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Also Known As

HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300
Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
 

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