We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind HyperConverged Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."
"PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts."
"It's quite easy to install."
"They offer top-tier support."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"The price was right."
"The fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"In the three years that we have been using StarWind, the product has yet to cause us any problems."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)."
"One of the most valuable features is how well this solution performs. It's stable, aside from some patch issues, but it's great from a virtualization and scalability perspective."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"Its most valuable feature is simplicity. It is so easy to use. Upgrades are easy. It is easy in terms of disaster recovery, failover, database provisioning, and reporting. Everything about it is just simple."
"The most valuable features are easy cloud administration and management."
"The interface is very good. Before we used this solution, we had separate storage and switches, but with the hyper convert, it's all in one."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is flexible and has helped people to work from home during the pandemic."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"The option to deploy a hyper-converged system without an expensive storage switch was a benefit."
"The customer service has been the most valuable feature of the product to me."
"It is the perfect solution for hyper-convergence at a fair price. Our customers have Hyper-V and VMware environments, with Windows servers and Linux."
"The full suite of redundancy gives a nice sense of security for the whole environment."
"The solution has provided our company with a fully redundant virtual environment at half the cost of a traditional SAN implementation."
"Their service is top-notch and if a node goes down they immediately are following up with us to make sure that everything is working smoothly."
"StarWind is very resilient and built off of quality vendor hardware."
"The solution has easily deployed instances for multiple fast-paced projects."
"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."
"I would like to see different levels of support offered."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"I had issues locating the documentation that applied to my version of StarWind vSAN."
"The documentation could be better."
"A mobile app to sync up for overview and status would really be helpful."
"Maybe in the future, the replication will be supported in more cloud providers."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"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 self-service side of the product needs to be improved. We should be able to add two-factor authentication and more security layers to it."
"The licenses for Nutanix are very complicated."
"Setup can be a little difficult"
"With some projects that we are deploying, there are errors that arise when adding nodes."
"The only problem is that not many operating systems are supported on the AOS hypervisor. They need to probably increase the support on multiple operating systems. As of now, a very limited number of operating systems and patch levels are supported on AOS."
"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."
"Areas for improvement would be the memory setting and the CPU setting reserve features, which are not available on Acropolis. I also feel that the DR solution, the reporting, and the component that is combined with the Nutanix OSP need to be improved."
"An emphasis on security can be improved."
"I think some performance metrics would be nice to see, especially on the storage side."
"The truth is that the operation and support offered is good, but we consider that the product's usability could improve, as well as the data resynchronization time after an unexpected closure."
"Maybe they could have a support portal that you can have direct access to a current support representative."
"It would be nice if the software told you a new version was available and prompted you to do the upgrade to keep everything up to date."
"The only area that the product could improve would be user training."
"I had some initial difficulties understanding the solution which could have been solved via additional documentation aimed at newcomers."
"We'd like an easier setup for Windows updates on the Hyper-V servers so you don't have to use a script to ensure auto-updating is done."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 86 reviews while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 43 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is rated 9.8. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "Serious reliability and stability across the entire system makes for ROI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind HyperConverged Appliance writes "Flexible and easy to set up with excellent support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, whereas StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, NetApp HCI, StorMagic SvSAN and DataCore SANsymphony. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance report.
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