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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
199
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th), HCI (4th), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (3rd), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th)
Vblock [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
24
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JD
Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN
Hyper-converged storage has improved performance and now supports high redundancy for our VMs
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) was transparent because we were on a regular infrastructure before. We went on NCI and were able to improve performance, but it did not really change how things worked. The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data. I regularly looked at the analytics to see what was going on in my servers and what it was saying to optimize performance. It was pretty interesting because it could analyze and give insights on how to get things working better. In the latest versions, the Prism interface has been replaced by Prism Central. This requires another machine to be deployed to manage the servers.
TS
Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services
Centrally-managed and stable, but the initial setup could be made simpler and technical support can be improved
There is a different platform and there are different interfaces for different parts of the product. Although there are some centralized components, you still manage each component using its own set of tools. There is definitely room for improvement in this regard. I would like to have a catalogue like menu where you simply define your end computing needs and the rest would be taken care of internally. The initial setup could be unified to make it simpler.

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Pros

"Most beneficial feature is simplicity, ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the one-click to update the firmware and software."
"Nutanix has helped us with a system that has high performance in a small footprint."
"Interestingly here is Nutanix without RAID but using NDFS, no volume or LUNs."
"I would advise others this solution is simple to use, it is good."
"The solution brings a lot of convenience and ease of use for the customer, is easy to manage, has easy scalability which is one of its great advantages, and is highly compatible with other platforms."
"I'm satisfied with Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"The most valuable feature is the analytics, as it gives us a projection of our usage and we can easily justify any request that we have for improvements."
"​It has improved system performance, batch times for off-hours processing, and reliability with production applications.​"
"​We have seen measurable increases in our system performance. Those increases have been directly measurable in application performance and the delivery of critical business information to our users.​"
"VCE’s secret sauce is their release compatibility matrix which allows us to deploy updates without the need for significant testing."
"This solution has rock-solid reliability."
"It's been very reliable, the support is very good, and it fit our needs very well, but our needs are constantly changing."
"The high redundancy of components has minimized frequent service degradation/failure."
"The Vblock is designed to make IT life simpler (infrastructure framework) and more cost effective (an appliance) for an organization."
"The most valuable features are reliability and high availability."
 

Cons

"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"One of the improvements I would like to have is related to naming. It is getting confusing because they are using three-letter acronyms, which are more or less misleading. What I do not like is that they changed names and reused names. They had a meaning in the past and they are still using the names for something similar."
"We did have some integration issues. We did have a problem with a Veeam integration."
"Make it easier to manage."
"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."
"There is a feature that exists used for disaster recovery, but it requires an extra license. It should be included with the regular normal standard license."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"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."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"RCM upgrades are painful."
"The implementation and support could be better."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
"VCE tools, like Vision or AMP were not stand alone, and depended too much on other management consoles."
"It's pretty good, but not great."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is high."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is expensive."
"It's a bit expensive, but it's worth it."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure’s pricing is very good and competitive."
"Licensing depends on the features needed."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's core licensing needs to have an upper limit since processors are coming out with incredible numbers of cores on them."
"The price of the license for Nutanix Acropolis AOS is less expensive than the competition. There is a favorable cost saving. Having only the need to deal with a single vendor, the management of the customer's entire stack is cost-effective."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS price includes no additional costs for features."
"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."
"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."
"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."
"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."
"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."
"Strive for a consolidated ELA."
"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."
"It is not cheap."
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2015
Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
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Financial Services Firm
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Small Business93
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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
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