We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VNX [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"I save both physical and virtual space."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."
"I've had to open a few support cases over the years due to administrator errors, and the support received was top-notch."
"The access to our data is quicker and cheaper than it used to be in a traditional storage system."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team."
"It is a good solution and it is easy to work on their platform."
"I like NCI's dashboard. If there are any infrastructure issues, we'll get alerts inside the dashboard. NCI provides a single platform for managing all of our databases. We are running SQL and Linux databases."
"The most valuable aspect of Nutanix is the performance of the storage, which is excellent. And controlling compute, storage, the network, and security all together in one box is very efficient for us. It gives us a single platform to manage our all infrastructure."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"The most valuable feature is the integration of all parts in Prism Element, the browser-based management tool."
"We are suggesting Nutanix to the management because of scalability and time efficiency."
"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable feature for me as it allows me to scale the hardware according to project requirements."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"I really value deduplication and compression to save space."
"Good performance for VM environments"
"Multi-tiering, positively affects the efficiency of the storage space."
"It is very stable, even during multiple power failures."
"Integration with VMware"
"High availability including non-disruptive updates: We cannot afford downtime windows."
"The replication feature provides another functionality to protect your data."
"The implementation of both block and file system storage in a single GUI provides is better situated than most other storages."
"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."
"Performance when in storage-separate configuration needs to be improved."
"There should be publicly available tutorials on YouTube or other platforms that help the users to integrate this solution with other platforms, for example."
"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."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"Pricing and varieties of options could be better."
"When we have issues with the solution, they tend to be around networking."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
"It would be great if it could emulate some of the features that their competitor VMware has, for example port mirroring or Netflow output at hypervisor level."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
"In the licensing, it needs to be clear about features because it is not clear whether Flow is integrated or not."
"The administrative console (Navisphere/Unisphere) needs some improvement, especially on their Java-based GUI. The updated version of Java is not compatible."
"If the VNX had embedded encryption, that would be great."
"Intel Xeon processors with under 2 GHz processing speeds could be replaced with more recent ones."
"VNX can improve by offering flexible upgrade options. It's not possible to add a single HDD to a current array and there are fixed rules to make upgrades."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSDs. Next generation EMC Unity will do this."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSD and the Next Generation EMC Unity does this."
"There is an easy replication process between distinct data centers via VPLEX and/or RPA. But I hope in the future that EMC/Dell could replicate this with other types of storage."
"The scalability is average because the storage has some hardware limitations and, obviously, operating system limitations."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while VNX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in HCI. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while VNX [EOL] is rated 8.0. 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 VNX [EOL] writes "The auto-tiering helps in the speed of data access". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas VNX [EOL] is most compared with .
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