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Nutanix Database Service pros and cons

Vendor: Nutanix
4.3 out of 5
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PROS

Nutanix Database Service offers efficient database provisioning, reducing setup time to minutes and enhancing operational efficiency.
The built-in automation features of Nutanix Era simplify database patching and management, greatly reducing the time and resources needed for such tasks.
Nutanix Database Service's Time Machine feature minimizes downtime by allowing quick database restoration without frequent snapshots.
Users value Nutanix Database Service for its ability to manage multiple vendors and its robust infrastructure management tools.
Nutanix Era streamlines database deployment and management processes, supporting faster business analysis and new application development.

CONS

Nutanix Database Service needs enhanced SQL compatibility and improved integration with other backups and products.
Patch management should be more stable and ideally be a one-button function to reduce manual intervention.
Compatibility with multiple environments like VMware and Red Hat would make Nutanix Database Service more versatile.
The pricing structure has room for improvement, making Nutanix Database Service more accessible.
Enhanced logging and error pinpointing are needed, as users find it challenging to navigate logs.
 

Nutanix Database Service Pros review quotes

NP
Sr.System Engineer / Consultent (Professional Services) - Infrastructure Management at Future Technology Systems Co. (FutureTEC)
Sep 2, 2019
There are a lot of options for working with the database.
Emmanuel Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at Anetys
Feb 6, 2020
Overall, the solution is very good. It's easy to use and simple to handle many actions, such as VM cloning, testing, and prediction.
MS
Pre-sales Technical Solution Architect at Mustafa Sultan Office Technology Co. LLC
Feb 6, 2020
It has wizards that are very helpful in the installation, and it handles automation as well as virtualization once deployed.
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RV
Academic Application Support at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 9, 2021
One feature that is very good is the backup and validation process that's built into Era.
HK
Senior Sql Server Database Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 16, 2021
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.
reviewer1600125 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 13, 2021
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.
GG
IT Manager at Semlex
Sep 23, 2021
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.
NP
Principal technology specialist at Ooredoo Kuwait
Sep 23, 2021
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.
AE
Sector Manager at ESky IT
Apr 27, 2022
This is a very useful solution for database management.
Prasad Pimple - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Information Technology at network techlab
Jul 1, 2022
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.
 

Nutanix Database Service Cons review quotes

NP
Sr.System Engineer / Consultent (Professional Services) - Infrastructure Management at Future Technology Systems Co. (FutureTEC)
Sep 2, 2019
I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced.
Emmanuel Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at Anetys
Feb 6, 2020
The solution needs to improve compatibility with other back-ups and products.
MS
Pre-sales Technical Solution Architect at Mustafa Sultan Office Technology Co. LLC
Feb 6, 2020
Patch management is an issue as it regularly causes stability problems.
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RV
Academic Application Support at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 9, 2021
If there were data integration services included with the platform then it would be interesting, and it would help us a lot.
HK
Senior Sql Server Database Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 16, 2021
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.
reviewer1600125 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 13, 2021
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.
GG
IT Manager at Semlex
Sep 23, 2021
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.
NP
Principal technology specialist at Ooredoo Kuwait
Sep 23, 2021
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.
AE
Sector Manager at ESky IT
Apr 27, 2022
This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers.
Prasad Pimple - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Information Technology at network techlab
Jul 1, 2022
It should be able to be consumed by other customers because only the enterprise cloud customers are able to buy this software.