We performed a comparison between Maxta [EOL] and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"The single-pane-of-glass VMware interface makes configuration and management easy so you do not need IT specialists."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's most valuable feature is the flexibility to move the VMs easily, keeping everything together."
"The most valuable features are easy cloud administration and management."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Being able to upgrade our entire cluster with the click of a button during business hours with zero downtime has made managing our infrastructure so easy."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"The scalability is great."
"I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable. Another aspect I really like, when one compares Citrix to VMware, is the interface where you talk directly to your VM from the present software."
"The documentation can be better for the free tier."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"The initial setup got a little confusing at a few points with differences between the VMware version in documentation vs the latest, etc."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
"Updates seem to be non-existent."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"Performance when in storage-separate configuration needs to be improved."
"A new company took over the product and now the support for Maxta has gone way downhill."
"In terms of what I would like to see improved, I would say the life cycle management. I don't know if it is because they changed to an LCM from the previous way of upgrading the hardware or software but sometimes it feels that it needs a wizard that says, "Check this, check this," telling you your options. The only thing that's a bit frustrating for me is the life cycle management interface. That's the only thing on the entire system that frustrates me."
"We could always use a performance upgrade, or simplified management."
"It was not a great fit for really large databases that required high-end or lots of compute. They might already have addressed this concern around very high-end databases that require high-end compute. In the past, it wasn't a great fit for them."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"This solution would be improved with built-in integration with Rubrik."
"Native File-Services are under heavy development and Container Services just came out."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"Reduce its power consumption."
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Maxta [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews. Maxta [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Maxta [EOL] writes "Has the ability to have a single-pane-of-glass using the VMware interface but it needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Maxta [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V.
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