We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind HyperConverged Appliance 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."We can lose a site or even two of our three, and we would lose no data and have no outage."
"Using our own choice of HW allowed us to price our service to answer our customers' needs."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great."
"Without the need for any downtime, enterprises can simply grow their storage infrastructure using StarWind Virtual SAN by adding new servers or disks to the current infrastructure."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"A great feature is that I basically set it and forget it, as everything is automatic."
"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."
"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."
"Acropolis AOS is scalable to nodes and the cloud."
"The solution is well integrated with other vendors."
"The speed of the operations and of creation of VM is fantastic."
"This operating system offers stability. Setup is straightforward."
"I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable."
"It is all-in-one. The compute processing, storage, and network altogether make it convenient. We don't have to have different modules for expansion."
"One of the main features of the solution is that it works on many hypervisors. It is a big advantage. Additionally, the solution is compatible with VMware and Hyper-V, and the management interface, which is called Prism, is very intuitive and user-friendly."
"However, StarWind HCA won us over in two areas: price and support. We were actually able to install an all-flash StarWind HCA for less than other vendors' spinning rust solutions! We were able to roll five years of warranty and support into the purchase price and still save thousands of dollars upfront."
"Servers came pre-configured for our environment and as soon as they were in the rack, Starwind got them up and running."
"High-availability is what I bought it for."
"Reliability and overall uptime are key as we're also hosting client environments in addition to our own."
"The pricing and discounts given by Starwind on the hardware were unmatched."
"It improved all services running on the new cluster and took up less space and less energy."
"The product runs wonderfully and has already gone through several failure tests."
"The presence of built-in storage saved the company from having to purchase a separate storage array and related network equipment."
"The setup and documentation for the installation with the free version could definitely be improved."
"Updating the software can be a bit tricky."
"They require more media visibility."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"Management tools could be improved, sometimes the usage seems to be slowed down and confusing. A native web interface could also be an option. I love to see in the future port of the software on a general Linux distribution like RedHat or Ubuntu in order to avoid windows license costs. I would also like to see features like erasure coding implemented. On the VSAN software, I would like to see some improvements in the storage pools (eliminate the usage of the file as a data container and use the raw partition)."
"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."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by adding some NAS features, similar to the ones that are available in the NetApp solution."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with external storage using the fiber channel"
"There is room to enhance the micro-segmentation."
"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."
"I'm not very technical, so I don't know if there are any features that are really lacking. Our customers seem pleased with it, and I haven't heard of any downsides."
"I'd like it to be more API-based."
"Usually, there are separate administration teams that take care of servers, but in our organization, servers are usually looked after by the application owner. However, the application owners cannot reinstall the software, OS, and other things. That only aligns with the role of the HCI administrator. If these rights can be provided, it will be very easy."
"The truth is that the operation and support offered is good, but we consider that the product's usability could improve, as well as the data resynchronization time after an unexpected closure."
"The overall product documentation and knowledgebase articles could use some rewriting and clarification."
"I think some performance metrics would be nice to see, especially on the storage side."
"I think that the pre-installation questionnaire was a little confusing and ambiguous."
"The management console could use a facelift."
"This product is not one hundred percent enterprise-ready, so it is more suitable for SMB."
"We ran into some issues with going from Hyper-V 2012 R2 to Hyper-V 2019."
"CSVs require the storage to be configured through iSCSI, even though the storage is local."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 5th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 65 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance 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 HyperConverged Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good remote management and a simple GUI". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, VxRail, StorMagic SvSAN and Red Hat Ceph Storage. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance report.
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