We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Tintri VMstore 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.
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"The price was right."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"The install itself is easy as pie."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"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."
"The management interface of this solution is great."
"The most valuable features are its ease of use and its good performance."
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"Acropolis' main advantages are high performance and availability."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's most valuable feature is the flexibility to move the VMs easily, keeping everything together."
"We have been able to scale up to ten VM storages and 500 VMs through a single pane of glass."
"Its VM-aware features have been excellent to use and integrate with XenServer as well."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution was how fast it worked on behalf of VDI desktops."
"We love the real-time replication, ease of use when connecting our servers to the storage, and the level of redundancy inside the box... It's also simple software and integrates well with VMware so we get a lot of information about all of the VMs, how they're performing individually, and about network latency. That's very helpful when you're troubleshooting a slowdown."
"Support from our vendor and Tintri are brilliant. They have always answered all of our questions promptly."
"The most valuable feature is the VM management."
"Performance, cost, and ease of storage management."
"It’s very good at IOPS."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"This is a great product."
"StarWind Virtual SAN architecture is slightly complex and requires the team to carefully identify and study how the solution integrates with VMware vSphere."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"We could always use a performance upgrade, or simplified management."
"I would like better integration of XenServer into the AOS and Prism Central."
"They need to improve the look and feel of the interface. The functionality is fine, but the appearance could be better."
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"To have internal stability, we needed to network the solution ourselves. Performance depends on the application. Performance could be the lack of IOPS, memory and CPU and configuration issues."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"There is a lot of functionality in Prism Central, but sometimes you want to see those features in Prism Element."
"The scalability of the solution had some issues because there were many VMs and the replication ran into some bottlenecks. It was an issue that was known to Nutanix and it was not disclosed to the customer."
"Speed of our VDI machines. We have a very high log in and log out ratio and machines are being refreshed instantly so we have a constant boot storm on our storage."
"It would be beneficial if Tintri could identify issues through telemetry and notify us before we need to contact them."
"More cloud integration."
"I would love more insight into each virtual machine statistic."
"In sync and automated mirror between two Tintris is missing."
"Technical support is an area where we had several issues, and it was hard to get some support in a specific case we had. I'm not very satisfied with them."
"The Tintri OS and GlobalCenter software do a great job of showing you troubled VMs, however it still could be a bit more helpful in diagnosing the issues."
"I think with the world soon becoming only SSD, possibly NVMe, and 3D Xpoint. It would make sense for Tintri to drop the hybrid array down the line."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while Tintri VMstore is ranked 15th in All-Flash Storage with 61 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Tintri VMstore is rated 9.4. 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 Tintri VMstore writes "We were able to push a button—it really is that simple—and flip primary and secondary storage locations". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Tintri VMstore is most compared with Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble Storage, VMware vSAN and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Tintri VMstore report.
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