We performed a comparison between HPE StorageWorks MSA and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."The product is very easy to deploy."
"The solution is very easy to use, it is not really complex for any user, such as non-technical individuals."
"I like StorageWorks' snapshots for our backup system. We had a pool of SSD and traditional drives. StorageWorks has a feature that transfers the hot data to high-performing drives."
"Monitoring is a very big thing. Other great features include block storage; volume creation and the data reliability scalability, which makes the solution really good."
"The solution is pretty transparent and works well."
"The cost to performance for HPE StorageWorks MSA is good."
"The simple configuration feature is great. It is very simple, allowing you to set up MSA very easily."
"The most valuable features are the storage levels and snapshot features."
"Acropolis' main advantages are high performance and availability."
"To receive a performance enhancement by merely clicking the one button upgrade is the true value of the platform and what I look forward to the most."
"The virtualization environment is now much easier to manage and maintain, there is only one vendor to call in case of issues and one single console to manage everything."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS makes it easy to use and manage projects and it has a good reputation."
"The tool is simple, stable, and easy to upgrade. It also requires few resources to manage, which simplifies our work. The solution's ease of upgrading is its valuable feature. AHV, provided by Nutanix, is excellent in performance and ease of use. It's based on an open-source product called KVM, which I also use for other services."
"It has seamless expandability."
"Ability to create multiple VMs."
"The solution's license should be integrated and not separate."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA could maybe include a pay-top of texture feature or something like job replication."
"I rate HPE support four out of 10. I'm not happy with them. We purchased mission-critical support, and we're supposed to get a response in four hours. Instead, I'm waiting days for them to replace the drive. They asked me to send back the failed one, and I don't know the address. After I sent it back, they told me they haven't received it. It's a nightmare."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability. There are times when we need to upgrade the device and the firmware. Sometimes, that can be a struggle."
"This product is getting a little bit older, so new features like deduplication are not included."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"The solution could improve by adding configuration tools."
"We have a team that does the implementation of the solution for our customers, it is better to have professionals handle the process."
"When we have issues with the solution, they tend to be around networking."
"The product needs improvement in the areas of SAN attachment for high capacity and high I/O profile workloads."
"Pricing and varieties of options could be better."
"They could improve the graphical user interface."
"The self-service side of the product needs to be improved. We should be able to add two-factor authentication and more security layers to it."
"This solution would be improved with built-in integration with Rubrik."
"There is a feature that exists used for disaster recovery, but it requires an extra license. It should be included with the regular normal standard license."
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HPE StorageWorks MSA is ranked 5th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. HPE StorageWorks MSA is rated 8.4, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE StorageWorks MSA writes "An affordable solution for data storage but lacks cloud backup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". HPE StorageWorks MSA is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, IBM FlashSystem and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V.
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