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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs SwiftStack [EOL] comparison

The compared Nutanix and NVIDIA solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #3 in HCI , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 9.1% mindshare in the category. Additionally, 94% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NVIDIA users who would recommend it.
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    100% willing to recommend
     

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    We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and SwiftStack [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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    Categories and Ranking

    Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.3
    Number of Reviews
    200
    Ranking in other categories
    Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th), HCI (3rd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (4th)
    SwiftStack [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Number of Reviews
    8
    Ranking in other categories
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    Featured Reviews

    OB
    Obasanjo Biliaminu
    Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC
    Infrastructure efficiency has improved significantly with quick server provisioning, though physical to virtual migrations need a streamlined in-house tool
    From my experience with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), there is one area that needs improvement. When moving a critical infrastructure from a physical machine to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), we currently have to use a third-party tool to convert the physical machine to a VM. We have to use VMware converter to perform this conversion before moving it to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). I would suggest that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) should develop their own P2V (physical to VM) tools instead of requiring users to rely on third-party solutions.
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    reviewer1759539 - PeerSpot reviewer
    reviewer1759539
    System administrator at a library with 11-50 employees
    A nicely-done product that provides a lot of graphs and reports to see what's happening in the background and makes configuration easier
    It's very well done for what it's supposed to do, and I don't have anything to add, but I would like them to keep it available to the public. SwiftStack is going out of the market. NVIDIA purchased SwiftStack a couple of years ago, and they won't be making it available to the public anymore. Our license is up to March 31st.
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    Quotes from Members

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    Pros

    "The most valuable feature is the solution's ease of upgrading."
    "We have been very happy with Nutanix's stable, scalable, software-defined storage capabilities, and it helps our clients reduce their data center footprint while allowing for quick and easy implementation."
    "The solution is much faster, the performance is very good - much better than VMware, and it's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
    "The ease of deployment is very good."
    "Its low maintenance is a key feature, and it is easy to install, upgrade, and scale by adding more blocks, with compute analysis taking hours instead of days."
    "The most valuable features are simple management and one-click upgrades."
    "I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable."
    "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."
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    "In terms of the hardware flexibility, with SwiftStack not being a hardware company, I literally buy any hardware that's the least expensive, from any vendor... from a flexibility standpoint, I think it's fantastic. I can go to anybody, anywhere - any vendor - and get my hardware."
    "The graphs are most valuable. They have a lot of graphs and reports that you can run to see what's happening in the background to configure OpenStack Swift."
    "Management of clusters is easy and it is simple to reduce the man hours needed for a deployment."
    "It is a very well-done solution; I have no issues with it, it is well-explained, and configuration is easy with it."
    "The biggest feature, the biggest reason we went with SwiftStack, rather than deploying our own model with OpenStack Swift, was their deployment model. That was really the primary point in our purchase decision, back when we initially deployed. It took my installation time from days to hours, for deployment in our environment, versus deploying OpenStack Swift ourselves, manually."
    "The performance is good. It is a secondary storage platform designed for archive and backup, so performance for the right use cases is very good. We have been pretty happy in that regard."
    "Their support staff is second to none; they're the best support staff I've ever worked with, with any vendor of any caliber, in the past 20 years."
    "The quality is really good, the stability is fantastic, and it requires very little manpower."
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    Cons

    "The licensing cost could be lower."
    "We feel that the cost for capacity is still more expensive compared to other solutions."
    "The one note of improvement I have for Nutanix is that the installation should be easier."
    "The solution doesn't support older systems, which can be a problem for some organizations who wish to implement it."
    "Notifications could be improved as they're not currently very useful."
    "There is a feature in Nutanix called fault tolerance that could be improved."
    "I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
    "The installation for Nutanix was not easy. We needed to do many interactive things in order to install it, and there were many controllers."
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    "I would like to see better client integrations, support for a broader client library."
    "On the controller features, there needs to be a bit more clean up of the user interface."
    "The file access needs improvement. The NFS was rolled out as a single service; it needs to be fully integrated into the proxy in a highly available fashion, like the regular proxy access is."
    "At the moment we are using Erasure coding in an 8+4 setting. What would be nice is if, for some standard configurations like 15+4 and 8+4, there were more versatility so we could, for example, select 8+6, or the like."
    "We find the pricing rather steep."
    "On the controller features, there needs to be a bit more clean up of the user interface. There are a lot of options available on the GUI which might be better organized or compartmentalized. There are times when you are going through the user interface and you have to look around for where the setting may be. A little bit more attention to the organization of the user interface would be helpful."
    "Management UI can be improved and have more functionalities."
    "The biggest room for improvement is the maturity of the proxyFS solution."
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "It is less expensive than the VMware alternative."
    "Its licensing model is easy, but the bad thing is that we need to pay for the whole capacity at once. With VMware vSAN, we only have to pay for the capacity that we are using, which is not the case with Nutanix. So, we have more overhead for the licensing cost with Nutanix."
    "The pricing is very competitive when compared with other vendors. As long as Nutanix goes forward with the same price and same type of offering, it will definitely have a large number of customers adopting the same solution very soon."
    "The solution is quite expensive."
    "The software only licensing model is priced normally, but the licensing model that comes with hardware is priced very high. You can choose to pay the license yearly, or you can pay every three years, or every five years."
    "It is not cheap, but if you look at the return on investment and the total cost of ownership, it is worth the price."
    "Our licensing fee on the total setup up was about R900 000."
    "This product is expensive, but they do have discounts. At one point, I saw that they were giving a 70% or 80% discount, which is a good thing, but maybe they should have a more realistic price and then a 5% to 10% discount."
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    "One of their advantages of being a commercial open source platform is, for the scale that they offer, the pricing is pretty competitive."
    "We are able to dynamically grow storage at a lower cost. We can repurpose hardware and buy commodity hardware. There is a huge cost savings, on average $100,000 a year compared to traditional storage for what we have at our size."
    "The pricing model is great and makes sense. We have talked about how to get into more of a frequent billing cycle than once a year. That would be an interesting concept to add into the product, having the ability to have monthly billing instead of having to do a one-year licensing renewal. However, the way the license works by charging for storage consumed is definitely what makes them the most competitive."
    "All in, with hardware and everything else - and I hate to say a dollar amount because it's been awhile since I computed it - I know I'm under the $300 to $500 per terabyte mark. I call that my "all in" price, which has replications built in and protections built in."
    "We find the pricing rather steep. Of course, you get quality for your money, that's absolutely true... [But] when you look at the prices of the licensing and the prices of your hardware, it's quite substantial."
    "We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative."
    "The pricing and licensing are capacity-based, so it's hard to put my finger on them, because so many different vendors charge in different ways. We are still saving significantly over any of the other options that we evaluated because we can choose the best hardware at the best price, then put SwiftStack software on it. So, it's hard to complain, even though a part of me goes, "It would be nicer if it were less expensive.""
    "The annual support and maintenance costs compared to our old solution for backups had about a two-thirds savings, so about a 60% annual savings on our support and maintenance contract. That savings funded additional expansion for what it was costing us for the support and maintenance contracts on old solution."
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    Comparison Review

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    Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
    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…
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    Top Industries

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    Computer Software Company
    11%
    Manufacturing Company
    9%
    Financial Services Firm
    8%
    Government
    7%
    Manufacturing Company
    12%
    Comms Service Provider
    12%
    Construction Company
    9%
    Computer Software Company
    7%
     

    Company Size

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    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
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    Small Business92
    Midsize Enterprise77
    Large Enterprise82
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business3
    Midsize Enterprise2
    Large Enterprise3
     

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    Also Known As

    Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
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    Overview

    Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure delivers high performance and scalability with central management and one-click upgrades. It enhances data protection and reduces deployment complexities, perfect for businesses seeking efficient virtualization.

    Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers a comprehensive platform integrating compute, storage, and network for optimal infrastructure management. It supports multiple hypervisors, offering flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use. With features like Prism for centralized management, organizations can manage resources effectively while benefiting from data protection enhancements such as deduplication and compression. Hyper-convergence enables seamless integration, reducing operational costs and increasing scalability. Though the pricing is high, and setup and administration can be complex, the ability to support hybrid cloud implementations and critical infrastructures like VDI and databases provides notable advantages.

    What are the key features of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?
    • Prism for Centralized Management: Simplifies resource management with a single control interface.
    • High Performance: Offers efficient I/O operations to enhance processing efficiency.
    • Scalability: Easily adjusts to growing business needs with one-click upgrades.
    • Data Protection: Uses deduplication and compression for secure data handling.
    • Hyper-Convergence: Integrates compute, storage, and network to optimize infrastructure.
    • Multi-Hypervisor Support: Provides flexibility to choose preferred hypervisors.
    What benefits should users look for in Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?
    • Cost Effectiveness: Reduces operational costs through resource optimization.
    • Ease of Management: Centralized control enhances administrative efficiency.
    • Scalability: Grows seamlessly with business demand.
    • Data Protection: Increases security and reliability of data management.
    • Performance Improvement: Streamlines server provisioning and resource management.

    Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure finds adoption across industries for virtualization, cloud services, and infrastructure consolidation. Organizations utilize it for hybrid clouds and virtual server hosting, supporting applications like databases and virtual desktop infrastructures. They report enhanced data protection, disaster recovery capabilities, and improved performance, facilitating effective resource management.

    Nutanix

    SwiftStack [EOL] offers robust cloud integration, rapid deployment, and hardware-agnostic capabilities, making it a preferred choice for organizations needing scalable and flexible storage solutions. It supports a variety of storage needs from object storage to enterprise-grade backup systems.

    SwiftStack [EOL] is recognized for its seamless cloud integration and platform independence, enabling rapid deployment and superior scalability. Its metadata search, proxyFS, and 1space feature enhance versatility and backup efficiency. SwiftStack Controller provides an enhanced management experience with easy system upgrades and performance monitoring. While the management UI and ProxyFS maturity have room for improvement, users seek more organized interfaces and better REST API support. Enhancements in erasure coding configurations and data archiving, along with improved client library integrations, are highlighted needs. The demand for NFS integration improvements and options for data movement between storage policies is noted.

    What are the key features of SwiftStack?
    • Rapid Deployment: Fast and efficient system setup.
    • Scalability: Easily adapts to growing storage needs.
    • Flexibility: Hardware-agnostic and platform independent.
    • Resiliency: Robust data protection mechanisms.
    • Cloud Integration: Seamlessly integrates with cloud services.
    • Metadata Search: Facilitates efficient data retrieval.
    • ProxyFS Capability: Offers versatile storage solutions.
    • 1space Feature: Enhances backup efficiency.
    What benefits and ROI should be expected in reviews?
    • Cost Efficiency: Reduces deployment and operational costs.
    • Performance: Fast data ingestion and access speed.
    • Enhanced Management: Simplifies system management with advanced tools.
    • Versatility: Supports diverse storage needs from backups to cloud services.

    SwiftStack [EOL] is implemented in industries as a backup platform for Commvault and Veeam, cloud storage similar to Amazon S3 or Azure Blob. It's essential for SaaS platforms, data sharing in research, preproduction object storage, data center operations, and archival management for OpenStack Swift servers in educational and research institutions.

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