We performed a comparison between Nutanix Database Service and VMware Tanzu GemFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management."It is also a single platform, all in one place, and that is a reason we went for this solution. Earlier, we had multiple platforms, the database and the OS, but this is a single platform that helps us with what we are doing."
"It has some very good features. It really works with multiple silos in terms of infrastructure, database updates, and migration. So many things are easy with Era."
"Overall, the solution is very good. It's easy to use and simple to handle many actions, such as VM cloning, testing, and prediction."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Database Service is the ability to manage multiple vendors."
"There are a lot of options for working with the database."
"What I like about this solution is that it's more reliable compared to other solutions."
"The patching is the most valuable feature. We spent a lot of time and effort on the patching of our SQL instances after hours. With Nutanix Era, you can schedule and automate them during your normal operational hours (during the day). You schedule all the patching, then everything happens automatically with minor tickets from the engineer. So, our patching, which took four hours, went down to an hour for the engineer. This is much better for us from a return on investment perspective."
"We have an enterprise-level backup product that we're required to use, so we don't rely on Era's version. [But] it could be an awesome first-line backup. It's very elegant the way they designed it. It's quick and it doesn't take up nearly as much storage space as traditional backups. It would definitely help to save on tier-one storage."
"The solution improved our site reliability."
"The solution could improve by providing more support for more vendors."
"Patch management is an issue as it regularly causes stability problems."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing structure."
"It would be helpful if we could patch Windows operating systems with the solution."
"The patching should be a one-button function. Also, it works about 80 percent of the time, but 20 percent of the time it requires manual intervention. And sometimes, until you understand the technical underpinnings of that process, you can't fix it. I thought we would move past that. In the last version, they broke a big chunk of that for me, and that's why I'm waiting for the new release because they promised me it would fix the problem."
"The downside of this solution is that it's more expensive than its competitors."
"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."
"The initial deployment was a little difficult."
Nutanix Database Service is ranked 5th in Database Development and Management with 16 reviews while VMware Tanzu GemFire is ranked 19th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. Nutanix Database Service is rated 8.4, while VMware Tanzu GemFire is rated 7.6. 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 VMware Tanzu GemFire writes "The product improves site reliability, but it is not stable, and the initial deployment was a little difficult". Nutanix Database Service is most compared with Oracle Enterprise Manager, VMware Postgres and EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager, whereas VMware Tanzu GemFire is most compared with VMware Postgres.
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