We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup was really straight forward."
"The amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"The simplicity of it. The performance is good, but the simplicity is the best thing. Storage management is quite complex, but Pure Storage is easy to manage."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"The most valuable feature of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is its capability to tier to the cloud, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS. Additionally, the integration is good and they are user-friendly."
"The FlexClone feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The product’s quality of service guarantees the performance of each workload."
"Ability to cluster two storages together with HA availability."
"Last year, I did a DM Series installation with my colleague, and this installation was effortless because we had Lenovo support on the phone, so it was easy to get help if we had any problems."
"The price of this solution is good."
"Scalable and stable storage array."
"We are satisfied with the stability."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability."
"The flexibility of this system is very good. It's also faster than others, and has skilled technical support who showed more initiative than a competitor, e.g. VMware."
"The most valuable features are the user-friendly dashboard and that we don't need to move resources manually when adding new nodes into running clusters."
"The most valuable feature is Move, which allows you to migrate virtual machines from VM to AHV."
"The maintenance software is straightforward because you do not need to do any configuration."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable feature for me as it allows me to scale the hardware according to project requirements."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"The licensing model needs to be revisited. It needs to be simplified."
"I would like Lenovo to add a feature like IBM Easy Tier to DM Series. This is a crucial feature for the customers."
"The solution should change the licensing model and allow customers to choose features based on their requirements."
"I would rate the support of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series a four out of five."
"The solution needs a simpler licensing theme around the DM series. The problem is if you only need one of the features, you still have to buy the whole thing. The licensing needs to be more granular or flexible so you have the option to only license FlexCone or Inline Compression features."
"It takes a very long time to enter the management console, as well as to restart the system, and these are things that should be improved."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series could improve by having a snapshot feature. Additionally, there can be other features added to help restore the data faster."
"The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series was very hard to configure. Installation of the product was very hard. These are its areas for improvement."
"Native File-Services are under heavy development and Container Services just came out."
"In the licensing, it needs to be clear about features because it is not clear whether Flow is integrated or not."
"The technology has a lot of room for improvement. For example, when they want to segment applications in conjunction with NSX, which VMware uses, Acropolis is not compatible with the competitors. The integration in the security layer is not compatible with NSX for the application segmentation that uses VMware."
"It does not have good backup feature tools, like having templates or being able to back up every two or three days."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure can be improved in terms of the sizing of the solution."
"I would like to see more Kubernetes and container-related workflows and multiple cloud-partner management. I would also like to see how they will synergize all these AI/ML functionalities that are available on other platforms."
"The product needs improvement in the areas of SAN attachment for high capacity and high I/O profile workloads."
"Nutanix could streamline Acropolis' advanced management to keep pace with its competitors. For example, in VMware vSphere ESXi Hypervisor, you can directly put a host into maintenance mode via the GUI. However, it takes several steps to do this with Nutanix Acropolis, and you need to use the command-line interface for most of the steps."
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Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is ranked 21st in All-Flash Storage with 10 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 192 reviews. Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is rated 7.4, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series writes "Simple deployment, stores data well, but missing features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is most compared with NetApp AFF, Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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