We performed a comparison between Nutanix Database Service and SQL Sentry based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One feature that is very good is the backup and validation process that's built into Era."
"It has wizards that are very helpful in the installation, and it handles automation as well as virtualization once deployed."
"This is a very useful solution for database management."
"The Time Machine is the most valuable feature for us. Using it means that we don't have to take regular snapshots, yet we are still able to restore the database quickly in the event of a problem."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Database Service is the ability to manage multiple vendors."
"What I like about this solution is that it's more reliable compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."
"AI has been deployed within Nutanix. It's very easy to provision the machine within minutes of the application orders. They can hand those over and work along with the AI team to get the data available quickly for business analysis."
"This solution has identified blocking, deadlock, memory pressure, and high CPU consumption issues."
"To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product."
"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."
"The solution could improve by providing more support for more vendors."
"The updating of the database engine is something that can be improved. For example, assume that we are using PostgreSQL out of the box, and it is version 10. If we want to migrate to version 11, 12, or 13, then it is not very easy to do that using Nutanix Era."
"The solution should provide more integration with more databases."
"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."
"The initial setup was a little tedious and complex. If they could make the setup slightly more user-friendly, then that would definitely be beneficial. If they could give a clear indication of what ports are required across the business and multiple VLANs, then your prep work can be done beforehand and before you do the actual installation. Because the documentation that was provided was not 100 percent accurate, so we had to do a lot of custom firewall rules after we deployed Nutanix Era."
"Their support is helpful, but maybe they need more technical staff. Their response was slow once, but that was the only time it happened, so I'm not sure."
"Patch management is an issue as it regularly causes stability problems."
"There could be some more metrics on the high availability to let us know when there are issues synchronizing between the hosts."
"If we can get details on wait types from system views, it will help identify a more detailed root cause."
Nutanix Database Service is ranked 6th in Database Development and Management with 16 reviews while SQL Sentry is ranked 8th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. Nutanix Database Service is rated 8.4, while SQL Sentry is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Database Service writes "A single solution that provides you new deployments and monitoring as well as everything in one bucket". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Sentry writes "Lets you know when your jobs are taking longer than average and allows you to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times". Nutanix Database Service is most compared with Oracle Enterprise Manager, VMware Postgres, VMware Tanzu GemFire and EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager, whereas SQL Sentry is most compared with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, Quest Spotlight, Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Quest Foglight for Databases. See our Nutanix Database Service vs. SQL Sentry report.
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