Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) vs Qumulo comparison

Nutanix and Qumulo are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Nutanix is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0, while Qumulo is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3. Nutanix holds a 2.3% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Qumulo’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Qumulo users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

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98% willing to recommend

Qumulo

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100% willing to recommend

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) and Qumulo based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) vs. Qumulo

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

Ranking in File and Object Storage

4th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (6th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Public Cloud Storage Services (6th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (4th)

Qumulo

Ranking in File and Object Storage

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NAS (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is 2.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qumulo is 3.5%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Tarik Tnbouh

Network and System Infrastructure Framework at ADD_Officiel

May 23, 2024

Helped us to digitalize the administration and apply our strategy very fast

We normally use it to create servers and manage them. We use four nodes. We have one cluster with four nodes for our production servers, Active Directory, etc Nutanix Unified Storage has helped us digitalize. Our mission is to digitalize the administration in Morocco. It has helped us to apply…

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Sven Missorten

Senior System Engineer at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees

May 22, 2023

Provides rolling updates and all-day availability

We use Qumulo for end-user storage and some application storage as well Qumulo has helped our organization concerning computer storage and speed. The performance and reliability have gone up as well. There is not nearly as much outage because we can easily set every update onto the second…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Nutanix Unified Storage is easy to use. New employees are able to come up to speed fairly quickly with regard to the day-to-day administration processes."

"It is a highly scalable solution."

"It gives more security that the data isn't going to get lost."

"We have virtually zero downtime with Nutanix. It updates itself, and we can easily move machines from one cluster to another."

"Nutanix Unified Storage is a stable solution that provides good storage and efficiency."

"For somebody like me who grew up building what others call three-tier and I call traditional architecture, the valuable thing is that you can now buy it. You can have new deployments and infrastructure up and running with very little infrastructure behind it."

"Nutanix Objects is reliable."

"We can utilize mixed storage block-sized objects and combine various databases within a unified interface."

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"It is a very stable product. I never faced any issues."

"The most valuable feature of Qumulo is the ability to share files and reliability."

"The most valuable features of Qumulo are the ease of management and special permissions that are quick to enable. The overall performance of the solution is good."

"The ratio of total operational cost to complexity versus feature set is very good."

"The most valuable feature is real-time analytics."

"The data protection algorithm to protect the data between the nodes has been the most valuable feature. The integration with backup platforms such as Veeam and Veritas has also been valuable."

"The feature that I like most is the analytics part of the file system."

"The most valuable features of Qumulo are its rolling updates and all-day availability."

Cons

"I believe that one of the most complicated parts of Nutanix Unified Storage is the configuration of the DNS issue in Active Directory. Sometimes it is a bit complicated to troubleshoot or detect an error when integrating it with Active Directory."

"Perhaps Unified Storage could be improved by including artificial intelligence to make searches more effective. Also, if someone has access who shouldn't, it could automatically update, so I do not need to physically remove permission. The platform could do it automatically. AI could make it more self-service."

"The solution should increase its storage capabilities."

"There is no tagging concept in Nutanix Unified Storage where you can tag the servers."

"The biggest thing for me, which is a pet peeve of mine, is the integration with the hardware platforms."

"The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail."

"I haven't had any issues with the solution so far."

"There are still some gaps in the solution's synchronization that could be improved."

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"Qumulo should continue to expand automation and orchestration capabilities."

"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to have more control at a terminal level of the file system."

"In the future, I would like to see non-disruptive updates."

"The solution could improve availability and improve data protection or data services such as compression of deduplication. In a future release, we'd like to have more cloud API integrations."

"One aspect of Qumulo that I hoped to see improved was its software upgrade process, which did see significant progress during my usage. Initially, upgrading the software resulted in several minutes of system downtime. However, by the time I departed last summer, the downtime had reduced to mere ten seconds. Although I am unsure if Qumulo has yet achieved a completely outage-free upgrade, I simply performed the upgrades early in the morning before the marketing department began its workday, so any downtime was inconsequential."

"Some anti-theft permissions do not transfer well to Qumulo."

"The support for iMac and protocols should be improved, not all features are available."

"The price of the software is a bit expensive, so a reduction in cost would make it more competitive."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am not the one who makes the calls, but it seems to me that it was very competitive. Other solutions would have required dedicated hardware, so an additional CapEx has to be put in place. In that sense, it was definitely a more competitive option to go with Nutanix Files."

"Nutanix is very competitive."

"For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."

"Its pricing is good to okay. It is not super inexpensive, but it is still competitive. Everything could always be lower."

"The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."

"It is quite expensive otherwise as it comes with three-tier peer underlying hardware."

"The solution's pricing is fair."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

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"The price of Qumulo is reasonable."

"The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to others. We look at the price per terabyte."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

30%

Computer Software Company

30%

Manufacturing Company

University

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

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By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix Unified Storage isn't expensive.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?

The dashboard could be more customizable

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What do you like most about Qumulo?

The most valuable features of Qumulo are its rolling updates and all-day availability.

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What needs improvement with Qumulo?

Initially, the failover was supposed to be implemented in Qumulo itself. This failed to happen mid-case, so we had to devise a middleman solution. It was not the cleanest of solutions, but we did g...

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What is your primary use case for Qumulo?

We use Qumulo for end-user storage and some application storage as well.

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Also Known As

Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage

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Overview

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

Qumulo is a data storage and management platform that promotes object-based storage for users, backup archives, and surveillance. Its primary use case is to provide a cost-effective and feature-rich solution for managing large data.

Qumulo's data protection algorithm ensures the safety of node data, while its integration with backup platforms like Veeam and Veritas makes it easy to manage backups. The platform offers a good balance between operational cost and complexity versus feature set, making it an attractive option for businesses of all sizes.

Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco

County of Riverside Sheriff Department, Hyundai Mobis Automotive North America, University of Arizona, UCSD - San Diego Supercomputer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Sinclair Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Kaiser Permanente, Deluxe Creative, Vexcel Imaging, University of Florida, The Madison Square Garden Company, Arizona State University, Cinesite, San Diego Padres Baseball, Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, IHME, EllieMae, Washington State University.

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Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) vs. Qumulo

September 2024

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