We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Tintri VMstore T7000 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 configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"StarWind is very easy to use, even if you have had no experience using a SAN before."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"Given the high availability of the server cluster, we were able to reduce separate physical servers onto one hyper-converged cluster - this saved in OPEX and CAPEX costs immediately, along with licensing costs of the Windows Server licenses."
"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 fact that I can now count on a true failover solution is what is most appealing."
"The product's core feature of virtualizing our storage is by far the most valuable."
"The most valuable features are the user-friendly dashboard and that we don't need to move resources manually when adding new nodes into running clusters."
"The most valuable features are easy cloud administration and management."
"Technical support is okay."
"One major thing that comes up again and again is stability. Our downtime is literally based on hardware upgrades that need to be done. Acropolis is very, very user friendly. You don't have to physically have a super IT guy to manage the system. You can actually give it to a younger guy to manage and there won't be problems. And if he makes a mistake, it's very, very easy to fall back and sort out the mistake."
"The management interface of this solution is great."
"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 features are its ease of use and its good performance."
"The most valuable feature is the solution's ease of upgrading."
"The cloning is very fast... Another aspect I like is that it's very simple. It's an easy GUI to use."
"The data encryption feature adds a valuable security enhancement with no impact on performance."
"Upgrades are super easy and can be done during business hours without interruptions in production."
"Support from our vendor and Tintri are brilliant. They have always answered all of our questions promptly."
"It has easy setup, easy administration, and no LUNs!"
"Tintri VMstore is rock solid. We have not had a single issue with stability. It is also very low maintenance allowing us to concentrate on project work."
"Fast deployment for virtual machines"
"We have been able to scale up to ten VM storages and 500 VMs through a single pane of glass."
"The main thing I would like to see improved is the level of documentation."
"For the StarWind VSA vSphere solution, I would like to see a simpler and automated virtual machine installation process in terms of network settings."
"The product can include a more simple way of synchronization after a forced shutdown as the current process has a few more steps to check that hosts have synchronized and this can be automated."
"It would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows"
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"vSAN's free version does not have a graphical user interface."
"The console is something that I feel could be improved. There is nothing technically wrong with it, but it can be jazzed up and/or made to be a little more intuitive."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"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."
"We would like to see it support other systems outside of the compute stack from which it was built."
"Nutanix can be a bit complex to understand."
"I think some of the tasks that must be done using CLI could be added to the web interface."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is new technology in a competitive market. Pricing is too high for a new product and requires better discounts to be able to compete with IBM, Dell EMC, and HP."
"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."
"With some projects that we are deploying, there are errors that arise when adding nodes."
"NCI's pricing is expensive."
"What I feel would be nice, in terms of a wishlist, is scalability. Rather than replacing the whole appliance, I would like to be able to just add another unit and scale it like that."
"The biggest area for improvement, and there has been some roadmap work in this area already, is cloud integration... Tintri has been investing in this area and I'm sure will continue to, but cloud integration has been the biggest area that we've been crossing our fingers and hoping for quick development around."
"More cloud integration."
"In sync and automated mirror between two Tintris is missing."
"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."
"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 would love more insight into each virtual machine statistic."
"The solution is already good but the brand name is not so popular here."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Tintri VMstore T7000 is ranked 14th in All-Flash Storage with 61 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Tintri VMstore T7000 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 T7000 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 Dell PowerFlex, whereas Tintri VMstore T7000 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 T7000 report.
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