We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"It is extremely stable."
"StarWind vSAN is easy to deploy and administer."
"Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"We can lose a site or even two of our three, and we would lose no data and have no outage."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"Having the ability to migrate machines live in our environment was made possible by this software."
"You need to send commands through the command-line interface(CLI). This could be improved. The commands are done better in VMware."
"We really love the Lifecycle manager and one-click upgrades."
"The solution is easy to use and the pricing is affordable."
"It allows us to have a cloud-based ecosystem."
"The product is easy to manage."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is the One-Click Upgrade. When I need to update the system, I do it with one click. This product is amazing because everything is easy to manage, from network management to snapshots."
"The best feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the central management of all of our resources. Additionally, it is easy to use"
"When it comes to saving time managing our backups, Rubrik has saved us a lot of time compared to what we were using. It feels like it has saved us lifetimes of time because the process used to be difficult. It's not just the day to time savings. When something goes wrong, that's where the real time savings comes into play. We are able to get back to where we need to be more confidently and with much fewer steps."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"Instant recovery of virtual machines allows for the restoration of services in minutes."
"We had some VMware issue as VMware did some changes on the AHCI drivers. Rubrik saved our environment those times."
"The web interface is user-friendly, clean, and it provides a good summary of what you're protecting at a glance."
"The most valuable feature of Rubrik for me is its user-friendliness and efficiency."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"It has the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"The platform needs to improve user management and the web console."
"The documentation can be better for the free tier."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"The Command Center, a free guest VM for management and monitoring, leaves something to be desired. It could have more accurate real-time information and better reporting visuals, which seem to be an afterthought."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"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."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other vendors and public clouds."
"As far as what could be improved, they have some built-in backup functions already, but any built-in isolation features like vision security features and free LAN features become a security concern."
"One thing to keep in mind is that only experts can use it. It has to be in the proper hands, instead of going to XYZ people just for some cost savings. So lift-and-shift and migrations might be tricky, because it is not like a VMware."
"The pricing of the solution is too high. It needs to be adjusted or lowered to be more competitive."
"We had a few problems with the foundation machine that you can use to build your systems out. We've got it working now, but it should be improved."
"The name of the solutions offered by Nutanix does not indicate what the tool does."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"It would be great if they could improve the GUI features."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"I want to see more features regarding filtering in the Snapshot Window, as I need to be able to set a filter for specific dates and times. If I want to check an old backup, I must scroll through one or two years of backups to find what I'm looking for."
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"It is not Windows Cluster-Aware at the moment or Exchange DAG-Aware. If they add support for these particular use cases, it would be even better."
"Its cost is high."
"There could be better reporting and better filtering."
"If there was something that we could get Rubrik to fix, it would be when our DBS takes snapshots of a server or the database, the replication doesn't kick off fast enough. They can't remote it to the peer site and manipulate it back up in order to move it over, take a copy of production, slap it over, and test it out. As I understand, they are working on it. Replication works. We also get spoiled by how good things are now. We get to a point where it is so easy but when something isn't instant gratification, it seems that everything else is so amazing, why isn't this right?"
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Rubrik 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 Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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