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Dell SC Series vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
9.3
Dell SC Series lowered costs via virtualization, SSD usage, and easy management, improving performance and reducing support costs.
Sentiment score
7.0
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers cost savings, efficiency, and scalability, reducing expenses by up to 30% annually for users.
Users were very happy when I bought it, as it significantly lowered disk response times.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Dell SC Series support is praised for proactive service, quick response, and knowledgeable staff, with some improvements needed.
Sentiment score
8.1
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's support is highly praised for quick, skilled, and effective assistance, deemed worth the cost by users.
Advanced support offers instant replacement without delays.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Dell SC Series offers scalability and flexibility, though controller capacity and pricing can affect maximum scalability and upgrades.
Sentiment score
7.9
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers seamless scalability, easy expansion, and adaptability, making it ideal for enterprises despite cost considerations.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Dell SC Series offers stability and reliability, with minor issues often due to misconfiguration, and valued proactive support.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is praised for its stability, reliability, minimal downtime, and efficient support, making it a dependable platform.
In storages, stability is the most important aspect, even before performance.
Compared to VM, we find it most stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Dell SC Series needs interface improvements, faster support, better performance, and updates for outdated technology and complex setup.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure needs improvements in pricing transparency, setup, performance, integrations, automation, licensing, and system compatibility.
In the future, I want any box that comes on-premises to have the provision to integrate with cloud storage.
Dell PowerStore, which supports NVMe over TCP, is different and not very affordable.
We hope Nutanix can integrate inside our current license module.
 

Setup Cost

Dell SC Series offers competitive pricing and value, accommodating various enterprises with bundled solutions despite potential support costs.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure provides cost-effective licensing options with free hypervisor, reducing TCO compared to traditional systems.
Sometimes Dell offers better performance for less money.
The pricing is renewed every year, at almost $100,000 per year.
 

Valuable Features

Dell SC Series offers flexible configurations, strong performance, and cost-effectiveness, making it ideal for diverse storage needs.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers high performance, ease of use, scalability, and cost efficiency, benefiting smaller IT teams.
The storage also lowered the response time of disks across the entire farm, making it a great product for operational efficiency.
The system automatically shifts hot and cold data according to usage, with features like resilient hardware and controllers.
The replication method between Nutanix clusters is a valuable feature.
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell SC Series
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
Frame-Based Disk Arrays (3rd), All-Flash Storage (18th)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
197
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (3rd), HCI (3rd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. Dell SC Series is designed for Frame-Based Disk Arrays and holds a mindshare of 11.3%, down 17.5% compared to last year.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 8.3% mindshare, down 8.9% since last year.
Frame-Based Disk Arrays
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Steven McClendon - PeerSpot reviewer
Superior platform with excellent snapshots and cost-saving auto-tiering
I'm a big fan of the SC Series platform. Its feature set is superior to some of the other platforms. The snapshots on SC are excellent, allowing for multiple snapshot schedules for any one system. The auto-tiering functionality intelligently moves new data to the highest performance tier and then progresses it down to less expensive tiers over time, providing cost savings for customers.
MahendraPanchotiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers a unified platform, reduces downtime, and simple updates
Nutanix offers a unified platform for managing databases, virtual machines, and applications. This simplifies management by consolidating everything into a single interface. While Nutanix may have a higher upfront cost compared to other hypervisors, it can significantly reduce the resources needed for infrastructure management. With our previous hypervisor, we needed nearly ten IT personnel. Nutanix has allowed us to streamline our team to just three members. We use a combination of database technologies, including SQL databases and web servers such as IIS, BHP, and NGINX. Nutanix features helped our organization reduce downtime. I don't recall the last time we had downtime related to Nutanix because it is such a stable product. Nutanix, a reliable product, helps us streamline our processes, which in turn improves company revenue. We began to see the benefits after two years, with a 40 percent reduction in operational costs. We migrated 200 servers from AWS to Nutanix. Nutanix may not consolidate applications, but it helps us run them more efficiently on its platform. Updating is simple with one click. I would rate the updating processes 10 out of 10. Adding compute and storage on demand is not difficult. However, we need to factor in the existing and new firmware and software requirements.
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 30, 2015
Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod
Originally posted at www.storagegaga.com/dont-get-too-drunk-on-hyper-converged/ I hate the fact that I am bursting the big bubble brewing about Hyper Convergence (HC). I urge all to look past the hot air and hype frenzy that are going on, because in the end, the HC platforms have to be aligned…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
36%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell SC Series?
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell SC Series?
Cost considerations are crucial when choosing between solutions like Dell and NetApp. Sometimes Dell offers better performance for less money. That said, the costs can vary.
What needs improvement with Dell SC Series?
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Also Known As

SC Series Storage, Compellent
Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
 

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Sample Customers

TGen, Frost Science, Gerrie Electric
St. Lukes Health System, the City of Seattle, Yahoo! Japan, Sligro, Empire Life, Hyundai AUS, and many others.
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