We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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 most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"StarWind vSAN has allowed us to grow rapidly while still providing flexibility and reliability."
"Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"The ROI is great on this product."
"The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"It is all-in-one. The compute processing, storage, and network altogether make it convenient. We don't have to have different modules for expansion."
"One of the main features of the solution is that it works on many hypervisors. It is a big advantage. Additionally, the solution is compatible with VMware and Hyper-V, and the management interface, which is called Prism, is very intuitive and user-friendly."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable feature for me as it allows me to scale the hardware according to project requirements."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"It is very easy to clone systems using the solution."
"The most valuable features are the RBAC, role-based access control, and the reporting. NCI also provides a single platform, a single pane with a dashboard, to manage the entire infrastructure. We have complete information about overall utilization, performance, and a forecast for our platform in that single pane."
"The best feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the central management of all of our resources. Additionally, it is easy to use"
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"Sangfor has many solutions, and you can easily manage their machine servers with just one management. They're always striving for greatness, and they continuously update their products. For example, they have now built endpoint security within the firewall. They are continuously improving not only the security but also all other products."
"Sangfor HCI has a bundle of security features that are easy to monitor on the HCI dashboard."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"It is flexible like a hyper-convergence system. You can add nodes, and you can scale to have better performance and stability. I also like the backup feature, the recovery system, and the web interface GUI to handle everything."
"Sangfor is user-friendly and simple to upgrade."
"Very user-friendly and simple."
"Sangfor HCI is a one-stop solution that enables you to store and centrally manage your VMs."
"If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"I wish they would improve the documentation for the beginner level as it's not very clear on the web page."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"When StarWind Virtual SAN for vSphere nodes go offline unexpectedly, the nodes have to re-sync disks fully which takes a long time. We had a power failure and when both nodes came online, VMware vSphere didn't see StarWind disks before I manually re-scanned them form ESXi administration console even though it should happen automatically"
"I'm sure it needs bug fixes..."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
"When you will cease your contract with StarWind (for support) your product won't be updated and that is a big selling point, especially for us, as we have loads of products from StarWind."
"The product could be improved with more security. The product needs a bit more experience in the market. I think you don't have the possibility to add other hardware. It could be improved with the ability to add and extend."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"I'm sure there are a lot of things that could be improved, but I'm actually very satisfied with this product. There may be some possibilities to move the virtual server dismounting points or to move the server from one group to another, but I can't think of any special improvements or update features."
"In the next release of this solution, they could improve by being more competitive with VMware. I would like all third-party solutions to work well with Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"The GUI of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved that can be done from the OEM side. It's a very basic stable web browser that they're using. It is not very inclusive."
"Storage utilization and optimization should be better."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's cloud platform management software could be improved so that I can manage my load between the cloud and on-premises."
"The pricing model for software and hardware subscription renewals can be improved."
"There is a feature to upgrade multiple VMs simultaneously, but it crashes."
"Sangfor HCI has room for improvement in terms of integration. So, the integration with Sangfor HCI is not as extensive as in Nutanix."
"The documentation and support from the community are not as good or as mature as VMware or Hyper-V."
"Sangfor’s hypervisor is not mature enough to handle all the flavors related to industrial needs."
"It should have object storage. It already has network virtualization and micro-segmentation, but it is missing object storage. It does not have object storage. vSAN also does not have object storage, but Nutanix has object storage, and it is natively integrated into its HCI. So, if you pay for the object storage license, you have that module pre-built."
"The solution could improve by including backup capabilities."
"Sangfor does not support a SAS configuration, which is something that we would like."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 9th in HCI with 28 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. 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 Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, HPE Hyper Converged and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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