We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Proxmox VE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs."
"It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!"
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"In the three years that we have been using StarWind, the product has yet to cause us any problems."
"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"Updates to server hardware are now painless and done during working hours with zero stress. We had a RAID failure a few months back, and nobody in the building even noticed and there was no after hours time used for repair."
"When we need additional storage but want to keep the size of the SANs manageable, the StarWind Virtual SAN has allowed me to do everything needed."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"This is a complete, very user-friendly product."
"The dashboard of Nutanix Acropolis AOS allows for simple management. The dashboard has all the information online about what's going on at any given time."
"Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
"Some of the most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis are that it's free from Nutanix and it's very stable."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"Single-click upgrades are the most valuable feature. In the sector in which we work, it is tough to have downtime and arrange firmware upgrades."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"We are happy with Proxmox VE. We use it as part of a cluster."
"In addition to the virtualization, the firewall and the routing functions that it provides are valuable."
"Proxmox VE is simple to use and it is feature rich. The fact is that it performs,"
"The most valuable features of Proxmox VE are the ease of containerization. Overall the solution is generic, feature-rich, and has compatibility."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"Proxmox allows us to achieve affordable performance while keeping high levels of data protection and flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the linked clone."
"Its compatibility is most valuable."
"Performance when in storage-separate configuration needs to be improved."
"To enable the proactive support capability that is part of our support agreement, I would ask that the terms and conditions be revised and made acceptable to corporate security."
"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."
"I wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"Perhaps more reporting features on the utilization, usage, and performance of the configured high-availability images and underlying physical disks would be helpful."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"It would be fantastic if there was a built-in layer, in Nutanix, that acted like a cloud interface. So far, we need to integrate a cloud interface on top of Nutanix for billing the usage for specific customers' domains. It would be great if a cloud gateway was built-in, inside Nutanix."
"The compatibility and integration of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved. For example, we have a WAF application firewall and it does not work on this solution. Not all the OS's run on AOS. You need to have a newer version of an operating system if you want Nutanix to perfectly run all the different options."
"NCI's pricing is expensive."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by having an auto-update feature. At this time I have to update each system manually. However, I bought the standard license and I did not buy the maximum license they have available. There could be a certain license that does the updates automatically."
"I would like to see more Kubernetes and container-related workflows and multiple cloud-partner management. I would also like to see how they will synergize all these AI/ML functionalities that are available on other platforms."
"When we have issues with the solution, they tend to be around networking."
"In Thailand, there really isn't a cloud version of Nutanx available to us."
"The process of migrating from old hardware to new could improve."
"Its user interface can be improved. In the version that I am using, not all functions can be performed by using the UI. There can be some improvement on that. I'm assuming that it has already been improved in the latest version."
"The solution is not good at upgrading and this is why I using version 6.2 and not version 7. There is no easy way to implement the upgrade. I don't have enough experience to do it safely."
"Proxmox VE needs to make a deal with Veeam. I was also unable to make version upgrades. I have also encountered backup problems."
"I would like to see more monitoring in the next release of this solution."
"It would be nice to have total CPU and RAM allocations show for all VMs/CTs to avoid overloading an individual hypervisor."
"The virtualization can be better."
"The compatibility with non-English operating systems needs to be improved."
"The solution can be improved by making it more secure and scalable."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Proxmox VE 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 Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and oVirt.
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