We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Pivot3 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."As the client had acquired another company some distance away, they were concerned about having a single SAN in one location or the other. StarWind vSAN allowed us to keep a copy of the data local to each site without asking the client to pay for two SANs in addition to the two new servers they needed."
"The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"I like the asynchronous replication and failover features. They are what I'm primarily using it for. The asynchronous replication is helpful because our servers are backed up continuously throughout the day. If anything goes wrong we just fail over immediately. That is a very nice feature to have."
"PowerShell library is pretty good feature as I created with APC PowerChute a script to put volumes on maintenance mode then turning off the StarWind nodes together with the VM and Hosts when UPS reaches 15 percent, this way after a blackout or electrical problems when turning servers on again, there is no issues for syncing or data loss due to energy interrupts."
"The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The most valuable feature is the integration of all parts in Prism Element, the browser-based management tool."
"The solution is well integrated with other vendors."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability."
"It has a single pane of glass and you don't have to jump around various toolsets."
"The technology of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the most valuable feature. You don't need multiple screens to manage."
"It has been stable so far."
"The fact that there is only one interface to deploy a complete solution for maximum storage is fantastic."
"Acropolis AOS is scalable to nodes and the cloud."
"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"If there was a way to automatically put disks in maintenance mode when shutting the host down and exit maintenance mode automatically, that would simplify things."
"Though I have learned some of the nuances with the upgrading of firmware/windows/etc., it would be nice to have a more efficient method of doing so."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"I want to suggest that the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure needs to be reduced."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"There is a feature that exists used for disaster recovery, but it requires an extra license. It should be included with the regular normal standard license."
"In terms of the IT different categories, I would like for the governing sections to be able to use it in the IT department. If they can have something like a one view management portal or software similar to VMware that would be an added value."
"There should be a little more access to Nutanix files."
"It would be great if they could improve the GUI features."
"I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
"Compatible with third party hardware, but it's still very limited."
"In the licensing, it needs to be clear about features because it is not clear whether Flow is integrated or not."
"The cost of the solution is too expensive. There are other options, such as VMware, that are offered for less money. In Latin America, it seems to be overpriced for the market."
"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Pivot3 is ranked 25th in HCI. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Pivot3 is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pivot3 writes "One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas Pivot3 is most compared with VMware vSAN. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Pivot3 report.
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