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"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."
"It also provides a high degree of mobility, as the virtual SAN can be moved relatively painlessly between on-site devices and the cloud."
"The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"It's very easy to resize disks and they show up in VMware almost instantly."
"It is less expensive than VMware products. It is also a little bit more flexible, but it really comes down to price for us."
"A lot of features are there, but for us, on the server administration side, creating a clone of the VM is valuable because many times, we have to deploy security patches. For deploying these patches, it helps to have a clone so that if something goes wrong, we can discard that VM and put back the clone VM. That is a very cool feature."
"Hyperconverged Infrastructure is the most valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure."
"It is a good solution and it is easy to work on their platform."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"The technology of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the most valuable feature. You don't need multiple screens to manage."
"Acropolis' main advantages are high performance and availability."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"This product would benefit from having automated alerting functionality."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"USB dongle-based licenses do not allow us to directly locate the USB ports on Nutanix."
"The reporting feature isn't very good."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure lacks compatibility with certain older processors."
"The compatibility and integration of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved. For example, we have a WAF application firewall and it does not work on this solution. Not all the OS's run on AOS. You need to have a newer version of an operating system if you want Nutanix to perfectly run all the different options."
"It does not have good backup feature tools, like having templates or being able to back up every two or three days."
"Nutanix has a complex infrastructure, we have customers that consider VMware instead. Additionally, the performance could be better."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"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."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 8th in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays with 2 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo and Red Hat Ceph Storage.
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