We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."To receive a performance enhancement by merely clicking the one button upgrade is the true value of the platform and what I look forward to the most."
"The fact that there is only one interface to deploy a complete solution for maximum storage is fantastic."
"The most valuable features are easy cloud administration and management."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its software Move, which we use to migrate virtual info from another platform to the Nutanix platform."
"I like NCI's dashboard. If there are any infrastructure issues, we'll get alerts inside the dashboard. NCI provides a single platform for managing all of our databases. We are running SQL and Linux databases."
"Acropolis AOS is scalable to nodes and the cloud."
"It's quite easy to scale, and you have the option to have distributed nodes everywhere around the world that work as one. You can also have a solution for small branch offices with only two nodes for redundancy, and that's good enough to start."
"Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"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 StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"Could have better visibility with the main OEM backup integrators."
"I'm sure there are a lot of things that could be improved, but I'm actually very satisfied with this product. There may be some possibilities to move the virtual server dismounting points or to move the server from one group to another, but I can't think of any special improvements or update features."
"The process of migrating from old hardware to new could improve."
"The storage and back-up facilities could be improved. We need day-to-day encrypting of the database."
"The price could be lower."
"We could always use a performance upgrade, or simplified management."
"Areas for improvement would be the memory setting and the CPU setting reserve features, which are not available on Acropolis. I also feel that the DR solution, the reporting, and the component that is combined with the Nutanix OSP need to be improved."
"It already has the capability to integrate with the major cloud providers but, in an upcoming release, if there is a possibility to have it integrate with other cloud providers like IBM, Alibaba, and other moderate-level cloud providers, that would be good."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"I would love to see more vendor selection to be available for the HCA/vSAN appliances."
"The number of different ways you can set it up can make it a little daunting."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"Updates seem to be non-existent."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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