We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Frame-Based Disk Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The flexibility of this solution has been valuable for our business."
"The most valuable feature is the no-forklift upgrade. While the thing is running, I can change out the controllers one at a time and keep the customer up and running. I can add shelves and storage and SSD drives or spinning drives to the system, while it's running. I can bring all that in and rebalance the load across the new disks or, if we take disks away, rebalance the load across what's remaining, and it just works."
"The most valuable features are the with back-end dedupe, and the thin nodes. For a 20TB or 60TB, we're using almost a one-to-two ratio."
"Easy management of volumes: You can create volumes and easily assign them to VMware clusters, increasing their size."
"I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational aspect is also noteworthy. Additionally, its availability and performance are commendable. The speaker are also equally powerful."
"They have a feature called Live Migrate; it's been very, very useful."
"I've found the stability to be very good."
"What is most valuable about the Dell EMC SC Series system was its reliability."
"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."
"It is easy to use. One of the things they have as a design goal is to reduce complexity and simplify things."
"It is 100% stable. It's the most stable infrastructure that we have."
"Their Google operating system is more mature, so their results are much better."
"The technology of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the most valuable feature. You don't need multiple screens to manage."
"Nutanix does a superb job with technical support."
"The solution remains stable across versions."
"Acropolis has a great interface and lots of management features packaged with it at an affordable price."
"The configuration could be easier in Dell EMC SC Series."
"I would like to improve the processing ability."
"From a performance point of view, it's getting a bit old."
"The cost of the solution could be better."
"We have seen some degraded throughput with mixed workloads. We have been working with Dell EMC to correct some of these latency issues."
"Technical support should respond more quickly because the turnaround time is very high."
"Compellent comes in the form of a component that's not true of a unified storage platform."
"I don't think the solution is very scalable."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"Benchmark testing indicated that workloads did slightly better on our Vblock by a few percentage"
"The patch updates of Nutanix Acropolis could be improved. I'm work on the corporate side, but I get feedback from our IT team that patch updates and other updates are taking a significantly longer time. This definitely needs to be resolved. We are in discussion with Nutanix regarding certain configuration issues we are having, so maybe something can be changed to ease these patch updates."
"We would like to see a cloud version of Acropolis AOS. Currently, we're trying to implement an AWS environment for some solutions, but we would like to use another technology also to enhance our organization, so we are looking for another technology for this, especially a cloud solution."
"It is a CentOS-based operating system, but CentOS releases security patches almost every week or every other week. However, Nutanix releases their upgrade at three or four month intervals. According to my organization's SLA, if a critical patch is released during that time, then I need to implement the patches within 30 days. If it is a standard patch, then I need to patch it within 60 days. Since that is my SLA, I cannot meet my SLA for security because Nutanix will not release the upgrade within these 30 days. Between the critical patch release and the Nutanix release, my customers say they are vulnerable and I am accepting the risk while the SLA is breached."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"If they can simplify the software slightly for the installation, that would make all the difference."
More Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Pricing and Cost Advice →
Dell SC Series is ranked 3rd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 49 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Huawei OceanStor and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V. See our Dell SC Series vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
We monitor all Frame-Based Disk Arrays reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.