Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Reviews

We are a solution provider and Nutanix is one of the platforms that we implement for our clients.

This operating system includes support for a complete ecosystem.

The ability to integrate with other products is fine.

This is a flexible solution.

The interface is okay.

With some projects that we are deploying, there are errors that arise when adding nodes.

I have been using Nutanix Acropolis AOS for perhaps four years.

The stability is good. This is the number-one product in that regard.

Scalability-wise, it is okay.

It is straightforward to deploy. The documentation available online makes it very clear.

We do see ROI but also experience problems with some deployments.

The local Nutanix representative in our region is not very good, so we are stopping our work with Nutanix products for the moment. We have worked on nice projects together in the past but for now, we are stopping our work with them.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

I use it to host all the servers and the storage. It's a replacement for the Vblock.

The customer is happier now with the services. It's much faster for storage with the server connection.

The solution is much faster. The performance is very good - much better than VMware. It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone. 

The licensing gave us trouble. The licenses for Nutanix are very complicated. Everything had a separate license, and we are having some trouble with that. Some of the licenses are expiring, and when we purchased the solution, we didn't know everything would be all over the place. It's not like there's one server license. Every node has a license, and a person has a license of their own too. They should just group everything together instead of forcing users to worry about separate licenses and various renewal dates. We actually have had some meetings about this and have tickets open about the licensing. 

I don't have a full picture of all the features just yet.

I've used the solution for seven or eight months. it hasn't been a long period of time. 

The performance, the stability, are good. My only concern is about the licensing process and the difficulties involved with licensing. It's much too complicated. That said, overall, we have not worried about bugs, glitches, or freezing.

The scalability is good.

We have roughly 2,000 users on the solution. We use it quite extensively.     

Support is great. We contacted them to help us with the initial implementation.

They are, in general, very helpful and supportive.

It was migrated from Vblock.

The initial setup was straightforward. It's not overly complex.

The migration from Vblock to Nutanix took two days. I remember that didn't take a long time in regards to setting up the hardware or changing the configuration from Vblock to Nutanix. The migration is easy. There is a tool from Nutanix to migrate the servers from Vblock to Nutanix which simplified everything.

We have three people that handled the deployment and maintenance tasks. 

We couldn't do it by ourselves. The implementation was with the help of Nutanix support. They did the job for us.

We have not noted an ROI.

We are a customer and an end-user.

We are using the latest version of the solution.

It's not a very common solution in Saudi Arabia. Not all companies use it. My advice is to, even for the large organizations, is it's better for them to move to Nutanix solution, even though they may not recognize it as a brand in this region.

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

We provide server consultations and help customers reduce their footprint and begin their FTDC journeys with this solution.

Nutanix has the best virtual desktop infrastructure.

I believe that improvements could be made in regards to the DR in addition to deduplication and integration with others platforms. They also do not offer opportunities for network virtualization so it would be nice to see that in the future.

I have been working with Nutanix for three years.

I think this solution is stable.

Scalability opportunities are great with this solution.

I have not yet required technical support.

I do not have experience with the installation process with Nutanix, but I believe that it would be pretty easy - similar to VMware or SimpliVity.

Nutanix price is high because it bundles all the components into single deals rather than allowing you to select the features that you want/will use.

I live in Sri Lanka, which is a developing country, so the cost is especially high for us.

I would rate this a five out of ten.

Our primary use case of Acropolis was for pre-sales on architecting the solution. The company was partners with Nutanix and I'm a business development consultant. 

I found the most important feature to be the flexibility that the solution offers in adding nodes to the clusters. Nutanix provides a level of scalability and flexibility that you don't get with any other solution on the market. 

I'd like to see more integration with other vendors and integration with public clouds. The feature is there but it could be improved. 

I worked with this solution up until a couple of months ago and I used it for three years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable, it's a key feature. 

The technical support is not great, but it's good. The main problem is the time it takes to connect with the person you need to speak to.

The initial setup is quite easy. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

I'm an IT manager

The product provides a complete and wonderful package. The best feature is the level of user-friendliness the solution offers, it's a class apart.

I'd like to see an improvement in the notifications because it's not very useful as it is now and it's quite difficult to find out what the problem is when something goes wrong.

I've been using the solution for three years. 

This solution is highly scalable. 

The customer support is very good. 

The initial setup was straightforward. We have over 100 users and their roles are in sales, operations, supply chain and production.

We haven't yet had a return on our investment, we're expecting that sometime this year.

Licensing is on an annual basis. 

I would definitely advise all my peers and anyone working in the same field to at least have a look at this product. 

I rate the solution nine out of 10. 

We mainly use SAP S/4HANA as well as the domain controller and file servers.

I have used this solution for two years.

This is a very stable solution. 

The support for this solution is really good. 

The initial setup was straightforward and we completed it with a Nutanix partner. The installation took four hours.

The standard version of this solution is free but we are using a paid version which is billed annually. Previously with another soltion, we needed to purchase SAN storage to accommodate the storage needs which was expensive. With Nutanix, we saved a lot of money due to that new technology.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

We primarily use the solution for our clients. 

The solution has a strong foundation.

The support of the infrastructure is very good.

It offers very useful data protection. It's one of the best features. 

We've had very few problems converting this solution with the iOS or virtual iOS. 

The stability is pretty good.

When we have issues with the solution, they tend to be around networking. 

When we tried to upgrade the LCM, we had issues around the process. When we refreshed the CVM of VM and restart the upgrade, the CVM would not start again. We needed to see the logs to see if we could figure out what happened and if there was something we could do.

We'd like to see a bit more integration with certain products, for example, Qlik, among others. 

I've been using this solution for five years now. 

I like the level of stability we get. It's a good product in that sense. 

In some cases, the setup could be more simple. However, it's important to view the network process surrounding the customers as this is the first problem we face when we try to implement for the first time. Once you've gotten past the initial process, the other processes are simpler. 

We have two to four people that can implement the solution.

While all versions start as on-premises, and we mostly use on=premises, we do have one deployment on the cloud.

I'd advise potential new users to get a little bit of training before starting.

I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten. It's been very good so far in terms of the level of capabilities on offer.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS is used for server virtualization. It replaces the three-tier traditional architecture.

The most valuable feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is it has centralized management.

The GUI of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved that can be done from the OEM side. It's a very basic stable web browser that they're using. It is not very inclusive.

Nutanix should provide its customers with the documents for predictive workload analysis and other performance metrics, such as compression. This would be a great benefit.

I have been using Nutanix Acropolis AOS for approximately one year.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS is a stable solution.

I have found Nutanix Acropolis AOS to be scalable.

We have two to three clients using this solution.

The initial setup is straightforward. The time for the process depends on the size of the cluster.

I rate the initial setup of Nutanix Acropolis AOS a three out of five.

Our customers typically do the implementation of the solution themselves. They have the trained resources. I personally have not had the opportunity to do the implementation.

One engineer and one architect are required to do the implementation.

The price of the license for Nutanix Acropolis AOS is less expensive than the competition. There is a favorable cost saving. Having only the need to deal with a single vendor, the management of the customer's entire stack is cost-effective.

I believe Nutanix has started a subscription-based model. We will need to pay separately for parts of Nutanix. However, I have not explored it and it could still only be a non-subscription-based model at this time.

I would rate the price of Nutanix Acropolis AOS a three out of five.

We evaluated other solutions before choosing Nutanix Acropolis AOS, such as VMware VxRail.

When comparing Nutanix Acropolis AOS to VMware VxRail, in terms of features, VMware VxRail provides a lot of options, such as integration with block storage and other products. The GUI for the browsing product or the console for the VMware VxRailis very simple.

A lot of people have VMware expertise, they don't feel many challenges while using the VxRail platform, it's quite easy. However, the cons with VMware is that you need to buy a license for every feature that you add on. It's not a full-fledge bundle license. Many features have extra costs and licenses.

I would recommend this solution to others.

My advice to others is to do some kind of POC, try and test it themselves before selecting any HCI solution. They should not purchase anything until they have confidence in their abilities. I would suggest they use a demo to receive some hands-on experience, evaluate, and compare both the technologies simultaneously, and then decide which is best suited for purchase.

I rate Nutanix Acropolis AOS a six out of ten.

We use Nutanix Acropolis AOS for compute virtualization. The main purpose was to replace FlexPod. The important problem we were trying to solve was to replicate between the two data centers. However, we encountered some issues.

I have been using Nutanix Acropolis AOS for approximately two years.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability.

The scalability of the solution had some issues because there were many VMs and the replication ran into some bottlenecks. It was an issue that was known to Nutanix and it was not disclosed to the customer.

The support is very good, responsive, and helpful. Even with the issue we had,  where they did not disclose beforehand, they were very quick and helpful with fixing it.

I have used HPE SimpliVity previously and Nutanix Acropolis AOS is better.

We had a service provider do the implementation of the solution for us. They were able to do it quickly.

The amount of people needed for the deployment and maintenance depends on the size of the implementation. We had 30 or 40 hardware systems and they're servicing them with a team of six people.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS is affordable, it has good value. The final price depends a lot on the hardware used, it's an appliance in the end. Whether you use HPE as the hardware vendor or Supermicro as the hardware vendor, it really depends on what hardware is used which is the main cost.

I rate Nutanix Acropolis AOS a seven out of ten.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS is easy to use and there are no hardware limitations.

You need to send commands through the command-line interface(CLI). This could be improved. The commands are done better in VMware.

Nutanix has a complex infrastructure, we have customers that consider VMware instead. Additionally, the performance could be better.

In an upcoming release, it would be a benefit to have live updates.

I have been using Nutanix Acropolis AOS for approximately three years.

The stability of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is good. It has high availability.

The solution can scale well.

The technical support was great they were very helpful.

I would rate the technical support a five out of five.

The installation is simple.

I would rate the initial setup a four out of five.

Nutanix Acropolis AOS price includes no additional costs for features.

I rate Nutanix Acropolis AOS an eight out of ten.