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We performed a comparison between Nutanix Unified Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page.""Nutanix Volumes is a perfectly stable product.""The management interface is great and you have handy access to several details about your file shares.""The most valuable features are the interface and support.""What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs.""It is a highly scalable solution.""The real-time alerts generated by this system enable us to swiftly address and mitigate such threats.""The most valuable feature is the easy interface."

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"The technical support team is excellent.""The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided.""It's very easy to upgrade storage."

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Cons
"The solution should increase its storage capabilities.""We would love to see the analytics and ransomware protection extended beyond just file servers to virtual machines, but they have a different product that covers that.""The interface could be improved.""The implementation is a little bit complex and should be made easier.""We have had to deal with some infrastructure and general cluster issues but these issues don't impact storage.""The documentation on the support site needs to be improved.""The solution is very expensive.""If they can add an integrated DLP feature, it would be great."

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"The performance of the solution must be improved.""The user interface could be simplified.""The system should be more intuitive and easier to manage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
  • "I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."
  • "If we compare the cost of Nutanix Objects Storage to other solutions such as VMware licenses, our current choice is Nutanix Objects Storage. This solution is more cost-effective. However, adding VMware to Nutanix would not be a cost-efficient decision, which is why we do not use it anymore."
  • "It is quite expensive otherwise as it comes with three-tier peer underlying hardware."
  • "For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."
  • "With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."
  • "It's not the cheapest solution. It's in line with other solutions, but it offers features that the competitors don't have at any price point, especially with regard to analytics and ransomware prevention. No one else has any sort of object-based storage available. Nutanix Unified Storage is a lot more feature-rich. This is a situation where you get what you pay for."
  • "The product is pricey."
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  • "If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.
    Top Answer:The pricing is a bit too high. I would like more flexibility.
    Top Answer:From a management side, the one thing I would prefer is if it were a bit less expensive for smaller enterprises. It's a bit costly. If they provided flexible modules where you could pick and choose… more »
    Top Answer:The performance of the solution must be improved.
    Top Answer:The solution is used in banks and financial institutions. Customers use the replicated configuration for high availability. They either use the native Gluster client or configure it with NFS… more »
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    Also Known As
    Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
    Red Hat Gluster, Red Hat Storage Server
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    Overview

    Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

    Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly known as Red Hat Storage Server) is a software-defined storage (SDS) platform designed to handle the requirements of traditional file storage—high-capacity tasks like backup and archival as well as high-performance tasks of analytics and virtualization. But unlike traditional storage systems, Red Hat Gluster Storage isn’t rigid and expensive. It easily scales across bare metal, virtual, container, and cloud deployments.

    Sample Customers
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
    NTT Plala, McMaster University, University of Basque Country, Goodtech ASA, Cox Automotive, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), SaskTel, Glashart Media, Casio
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company16%
    Construction Company9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization31%
    Computer Software Company28%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Financial Services Firm4%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    Software Defined Storage (SDS)
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    Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 6th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 39 reviews while Red Hat Gluster Storage is ranked 12th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 3 reviews. Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0, while Red Hat Gluster Storage is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Gluster Storage writes "A scalable and easy-to-implement solution that has an excellent technical support team". Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS and Qumulo, whereas Red Hat Gluster Storage is most compared with VMware vSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage, IBM Spectrum Scale, LizardFS and LINBIT SDS.

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