Pivot3 vs VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL] comparison

Pivot3 and Broadcom are both solutions in the HCI category. Additionally, 100% of Pivot3 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]

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83% willing to recommend

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Pivot3

Average Rating

8.6

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VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

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Featured Reviews

reviewer1124199

Senior IT Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Stable, good technical support, and the the visual encoding works well

The most valuable feature is the visual encoding I would like to see better video compression. Snapshot notification would be a good addition. The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered. I have been using Pivot3 for between four and five years. This…

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it_user335727

Deputy Director of Information Technologies at County of El Dorado, California

We've just gotten started with it. We've seen that the single interface makes it easy to manage and the expandability makes it flexible for us.

Well we've just gotten started with it so it's hard to say. What we have seen as benefits but I think that going forward, I think that the expandability is going to be absolutely crucial for us. Eventually we want to make our disaster recovery site into more of just a barebones continuity facility. We'd like to really kind of have a, full data center there that we can replicate everything and the EVO:RAIL is just I think a great way for us to get started on that path. Combination of the VMware, SRM and vSphere, makes it very manageable. I think that we're again looking forward to exploring more of the capabilities, of the box itself. It's established a kind of a really strong base for us going forward as our clients’ needs change, as our IT infrastructure requirements change, this is going to be kind of a basis for us going forward. It is easy to manage because we have a single sort of interface to it being just a hyper-converged, box I guess the real advantage would be having a single interface to manage the box.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It greatly streamlined the time it took to scale out the enterprise and it completely eliminated the need for a SAN/Storage engineer, with the simplicity the Pivot3 Stack Manager brought with it for managing storage."

"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."

"The technical support is very good."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."

"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."

"My view on EVO:RAIL has always been that it is a nice piece of technology, but it is way too expensive with a deeply flawed licensing model."

"I have put together some of my own notes from the demo and it looks like a great product with a comprehensive feature set right at launch time."

"Support was excellent, and this is key when I'm selecting new vendors."

"Technical support for EVO:RAIL has been awesome."

"Using the VSA is allowing vendors to offer deduplication, compression, backup and replication among other services."

"For sure this could awesome for customers that need to build new infrastructure and potentially could be valuable for the SMB and the Mid-size."

"EVO: RAIL Management revolutionizes management computer with live monitoring of the health of the CPU, memory, storage and use of virtual machines to complete clusters EVO: RAIL, individual appliances and individual nodes."

"I really like what VMware is doing with their Software-Defined Data Centre strategy – the idea of allowing customers to use commoditised low cost compute, storage and networking hardware for their infrastructure has got to be a good thing – we are on the verge of hopefully making IT both much simpler and cheaper."

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Cons

"The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered."

"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources."

"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."

"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."

"Marketing needs improvement."

"So for me EVO:RAIL just does not make sense, not from a technical point of view, but commercially."

"Flexibility is probably the biggest constraint for customers – it’s a ‘fixed’ appliance and there’s limited scope for change."

"They are already addressing this, but it could be better in terms of licensing and overall costs."

"The only limit that I see is potentially the cost: the vSphere edition will be the Enterprise Plus one, where the cost is not so much SMB friendly!"

"But note that EVO:RAIL remain still with vSphere 5.5… and not on vSphere 6.0!"

"It wasn’t scalable enough for our needs – could be more scalable to add more VM clusters."

"VMware EVO:RAIL only support VMware while Nutanix support KVM or Hyper-V over VMware."

"Even though VMware had a great chance to really make things so much better they have wasted the opportunity – amazingly they are still forcing you to use Enterprise Plus whereas Essentials Plus would be more appropriate in most cases."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."

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it_user244362

Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees

Aug 30, 2015

Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod

Originally posted at www.storagegaga.com/dont-get-too-drunk-on-hyper-converged/ I hate the fact that I am bursting the big bubble brewing about Hyper Convergence (HC). I urge all to look past the hot air and hype frenzy that are going on, because in the end, the HC platforms have to be aligned…

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Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

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Overview

Pivot3 specializes in delivering hyper-converged infrastructure solutions tailored for industries looking for advanced data management and resilience. Known for scalability and security, it addresses complex storage demands with innovative technology.

Pivot3’s architecture integrates software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure features, offering a unified platform for managing virtual desktops, video surveillance, and disaster recovery solutions. Its scalability and ease of management make it an attractive choice for organizations needing robust IT ecosystems capable of handling demanding workloads. With a focus on enhancing performance, Pivot3 is engineered to optimize IT operations across diverse environments.

What are the key features of Pivot3?

Scalability: Allows businesses to scale resources as demand grows, ensuring flexibility in resource allocation.
Performance Optimization: Enhances application performance with rapid storage and networking capabilities.
Data Protection: Ensures data security and continuity through advanced resilience features.
Integrated Management: Simplifies IT operations with centralized management interfaces.

What are the benefits or ROI to consider?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces overall IT expenses by consolidating infrastructure.
Superior Flexibility: Adapts easily to changing business requirements, supporting growth.
Enhanced Security: Delivers reliable security features to protect critical data assets.
Streamlined Operations: Maximizes operational efficiency and productivity through streamlined processes.

Pivot3 is widely implemented in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and public safety. In finance, it supports secure data handling and compliance requirements. Healthcare facilities benefit from its ability to manage large volumes of confidential patient data securely and efficiently. For public safety, Pivot3 enables real-time video surveillance analytics, making it an essential component for critical infrastructure.

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VMware EVO:RAIL combines VMware compute, networking, and storage resources into a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance to create a simple, easy to deploy, all-in-one solution offered by Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners.

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SNHMC, HPD Software, The Hurlingham Club, NHS, Rochester Police Department, The Doe Run Company, 101 Casino, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

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