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HPE ConvergedSystem vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (4th), Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (1st)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
199
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), HCI (2nd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. HPE ConvergedSystem is designed for Converged Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 11.2%, down 17.6% compared to last year.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 9.0% mindshare, down 9.4% since last year.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ConvergedSystem11.2%
FlexPod XCS12.8%
Dell VxBlock System9.4%
Other66.6%
Converged Infrastructure
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)9.0%
VxRail9.9%
VMware vSAN7.9%
Other73.2%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Charu Mazumdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at DXC Technology
A robust product that offers great flexibility
The initial setup process was neither easy nor difficult, as it is somewhere in the middle, but at times, it is difficult to make certain decisions. The availability of the product is high. The deployment model of the product is chosen depending on the requirements of the customers, but our company does sea consultancy to figure out what the advantages and disadvantages of both deployment models are. The discussions mostly led my company to opt for a hybrid cloud deployment model. It doesn't take more than two days to complete if the installation is only for a couple of systems, or else if there are multiple ways to decide, then the installation part depends on the rate type.
JD
Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN
Hyper-converged storage has improved performance and now supports high redundancy for our VMs
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) was transparent because we were on a regular infrastructure before. We went on NCI and were able to improve performance, but it did not really change how things worked. The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data. I regularly looked at the analytics to see what was going on in my servers and what it was saying to optimize performance. It was pretty interesting because it could analyze and give insights on how to get things working better. In the latest versions, the Prism interface has been replaced by Prism Central. This requires another machine to be deployed to manage the servers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"Consolidation and duplications features."
"One of the valuable components in this solution is HPE Synergy, which is a useful tool for deployments and updates."
"The tool's most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"After we migrated to this environment, everything changed."
"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution; our system has a very big environment and, due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task, yet we prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment even when we have some different cases in operations."
"We find the deduplication and compression features to be most valuable, as well as that of the backup solution inside."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features of Nutanix is that it's easy to use. I love this solution—it's easy to maintain and update, and I think it's almost perfect."
"The HCI environment itself is very intuitive. Everything is centralized under one solution. And, they also have fast server built in in addition to a network analyzer."
"They have one of the best technical supports in my experience."
"The Nutanix customer service is outstanding and easily the best from all vendors we work with."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis AOS are storage and hyper-converged. The solution is easy to use and the administration is very good."
"You can be sure that whatever you patch is already compatible with the current firmware and the current version of the Acropolis that you're using."
"I can use VMware or Hyper-V license, if I already have. But if I use a similar solution as Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor (AHV) that comes embedded in Nutanix solution, I can manage all my virtual environments with everything I need without spend more money on licenses."
"My advice to anyone considering Nutanix Acropolis AOS is that you won't go wrong."
 

Cons

"My biggest pet peeve with the HC250 are the descriptions that they put on our parts list."
"Technical support hasn't seemed to be that simple or that easy."
"Perhaps they can work on providing faster allocation of memory or storage."
"I think the MTG inside HP could be improved."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"This is an expensive solution and could be improved with lower pricing."
"I would like to see a full flash array added and the pricing improved, as HP is expensive."
"The biggest thing that I've seen has been the backup and recovery which has been challenging for them over the past couple of years."
"The most glaring gap of the Gartner MQ is, it does not measure how good each technology is against the competitors, and therefore, boxes like Nutanix and Simplivity, and also the motley crew of so-called EVO:Rail partners, are simply betting on how good they pitch to get into the MQ Leaders Quadrant as part of their agenda."
"For these types of workloads, we realized the solution doesn’t seem to fit well, leaving many of the requests either being dropped or transmission lost."
"Limits on increasing space with the inability to have or attach external storage."
"It already has the capability to integrate with the major cloud providers but, in an upcoming release, if there is a possibility to have it integrate with other cloud providers like IBM, Alibaba, and other moderate-level cloud providers, that would be good."
"If they can simplify the software slightly for the installation, that would make all the difference."
"This solution offers excellent functionality but could use a stronger interface."
"AHV is a great hypervisor but still limited compared to VMware. AHV is the one product they must improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is competitive. Not a major problem. We have a subscription model."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"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."
"The pricing is sensitive."
"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."
"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."
"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."
"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."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's pricing is higher now."
"Our customers are on three years license to use Nutanix Acropolis AOS. The price of the solution includes all features and support."
"This product is less expensive than some of the competing HCI solutions."
"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. Buying those features is just as expensive as buying vSphere licenses, so the cost savings is nullified."
"It is not cheap, but if you look at the return on investment and the total cost of ownership, it is worth the price."
"The price of the solution is high."
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2015
Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod
Originally posted at www.storagegaga.com/dont-get-too-drunk-on-hyper-converged/ I hate the fact that I am bursting the big bubble brewing about Hyper Convergence (HC). I urge all to look past the hot air and hype frenzy that are going on, because in the end, the HC platforms have to be aligned…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business93
Midsize Enterprise76
Large Enterprise88
 

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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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