We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"The ROI is great on this product."
"I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch."
"StarWind Virtual SAN can improve an organization's storage infrastructure by providing high availability, scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and ease of use."
"The iSCSI protocol is quite simple to configure."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"Their Google operating system is more mature, so their results are much better."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its software Move, which we use to migrate virtual info from another platform to the Nutanix platform."
"The most valuable feature is the integration of all parts in Prism Element, the browser-based management tool."
"In terms of scalability, adding a number of nodes, I find that it will not be any issues."
"We have had good feedback from our customers about this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the one-click to update the firmware and software."
"We saw an ROI. We have saved both time and money by using it."
"Having instant failover redundancy helps me sleep easier at night."
"The management interface is the most valuable feature for us."
"We are able to easily back up our data and send it to an offsite location."
"They call us when monitoring shows a possible issue and are very flexible in working with our schedule to troubleshoot when it is convenient for us."
"Another good feature is that you can pause the appliance if you want to move it from one location to another and then once it's moved you can resume it, this way you can physically move the whole cluster or storage without any downtime. Its really easy to use, if you have a good foundation in storage and clustering then you will need less then one hour to figure out how to operate it."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it an attractive option, especially for customers who may not be highly tech-savvy."
"The integration is excellent."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"The gathering of monthly consumption and performance reports for future dissemination to concerned parties is very important. Unfortunately, StarWinds vSAN doesn't offer this functionality."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"I would like an automated installation/configuration despite the fact that their service is very collaborative, a customer should be able to deploy the solution by themselves."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"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."
"We'd like to have more resource management."
"We would like to see a cloud version of Acropolis AOS. Currently, we're trying to implement an AWS environment for some solutions, but we would like to use another technology also to enhance our organization, so we are looking for another technology for this, especially a cloud solution."
"The GUI for this solution needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see multi-tenancy in Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"The licensing cost could be lower."
"The process of migrating from old hardware to new could improve."
"I believe that improvements could be made in regards to the DR in addition to deduplication and integration with others platforms. They also do not offer opportunities for network virtualization so it would be nice to see that in the future."
"They could improve by providing integration with HP."
"It needs more integration with backup vendors so there is native integration with it that will allow storage level backup/snapshots. I would love to see integration with Veeam and Commvault so it can be recognized by them directly and added as network storage."
"An improvement would be if they reached out to education customers with other available products."
"StarWind no longer sells HDDs for primary storage."
"With StarWind Storage Appliance, it would be better to have an overall easier setup with a little bit of configuration changes since, currently, even a small mistake may cause the setup process to go wrong."
"Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in terms of handling caching and moving data between additional nodes."
"StarWind should improve the synchronization time of its product. There should be a standard operating procedure (SOP) for synchronization to reduce the time it takes."
"They offered onsite installation, but we chose to do it ourselves. That took longer and was more work for us but saved us a ton of money in the end."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while StarWind Storage Appliance is ranked 10th in NAS with 9 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind Storage Appliance is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Storage Appliance writes "Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas StarWind Storage Appliance is most compared with FreeNAS, StoneFly VSO NAS, StorMagic SvSAN and VMware vSAN. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind Storage Appliance report.
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