Nutanix Database Service Reviews

We used to use Oracle ODA and it was difficult to provide test and development database snapshots for the whole Dev team. It's easier with Nutanix. We switched to Nutanix because of its scalability and simplicity. 

Oracle is fantastic but it's really difficult to deploy. With Nutanix, I can deploy an image and I can replicate it to my Dev team. All of my servers have the same CPU, RAM, disk, and cloning. Nutanix is much easier than Linux or Oracle ODA. 

Snapshots take up a lot of disk space in Oracle. My team and I really like that Nutanix duplicates the size of the snapshot.

My organization has improved with Nutanix because now, the Dev team can use CI/CD. Before, it was a monolith application and now Dev cut the application into microservices and began to deploy with continuous implementation, continuous development, and quality assurance. This was impossible with Oracle ODA, it was a monolithic application.

The API and monitoring features are good. Nutanix is good for my use case. I don't see the need for it to improve.

Our developers use Nutanix to provision and refresh databases directly from their development environments. It affects developer productivity. They're a lot faster. They can create all Dev databases on demand. When they want something, they execute the code and they have the environment, clean, fresh, and usable.

With Oracle, it took around one hour to refresh the database and now, with Nutanix, it takes a quarter of that time. 

Nutanix has helped to automate tasks. I schedule a refresh for a clone every morning for the team for troubleshooting purposes. 

It has simplified my life. It simplified tasks. 

I can check the status of my database from my monitoring tool, the report teams can refresh the database with API, and close the database with API. It's very useful and powerful.

I have been using Nutanix Database for two to three years. 

Their support is great. 

It's expensive but it's a good price. We have a regular license program because it's really expensive. 

We run Nutanix on HPE hardware because Oracle is only one vendor with one CPU. Oracle's licensing model is a CPU model and Nutanix's hardware is multiple CPUs. 

I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. 

Nutanix Era is used for multiple databases where there are a lot of compliance requirements, including backdated restore points for applications. This is particularly useful when the application team needs to be restored quickly. In normal scenarios, this setup would take a day. With Era, it takes minutes. Additionally, the solution simplifies the deployment of various supported databases for UAT service, easing the workload for infrastructure and database teams.

Nutanix Era significantly reduces operational overheads for the IT infrastructure team, backup team, and application team.

Nutanix Era effectively reduces operational overheads by streamlining the application team's implementation of multiple environments. The solution provides databases for audit or analytics services, which are crucial in operations. It supports fast database cloning, enabling quick responses from the application team for product launches without accessing production databases. Proper use reduces errors from infrastructure teams and improves time to market efficiently.

Era should be compatible with various environments, such as VMware and Red Hat, to be hypervisor agnostic. Due to increasing adoption among enterprise clients, integration with Kubernetes platforms is also needed. Furthermore, the product can benefit from improving its understanding of architectural setup and communicating its limitations to users and partners.

I have been working with Nutanix Era for more than four years.

With Nutanix on-premise, I rate the stability as eight out of ten. However, for hybrid platforms, I would rate it lower due to limited functionality.

Scalability is an inherent function of Nutanix Era and works well both on-cloud and on-premise, deserving a high mark.

Technical support from Nutanix has room for improvement. There seems to be a lack of understanding of system limitations and architectural specifics, resulting in deployment challenges.

Neutral

The initial setup of Nutanix Era is straightforward, maintaining Nutanix's reputation for simplicity and ease of installation.

The pricing for Nutanix products is on the higher side, and more flexibility in the licensing model, such as a GB-based license, would likely increase adoption.

I rate Nutanix Era five out of ten. The core-based licensing model is restrictive, and I would recommend that consideration is given to use-case-based license models to improve adoption. I have recommended Nutanix Era to others after increasing awareness of its functional limitations and support challenges.

We propose this solution to our customers to integrate part of their databases into Nutanix Database Service to manage and provision the database.

Management and provision are the most important features of Nutanix Database Service.

The solution can increase its database compatibility and backup options.

I have been using Nutanix Database Service for one year.

Nutanix Database Service is a stable solution.

I rate the solution’s stability ten out of ten.

Our customers for Nutanix Database Service are small and medium-sized businesses.

The solution can be deployed in two days.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten.

My customers don't use the solution's automation features. DB as a service solution is new to my customers, who don't know the solution. Our goal is to increase the knowledge of our customers.

I would recommend the solution to other users because it's a new solution that has more functionalities. It's similar to a cloud solution but can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud according to the customer's needs. With this solution, the customer can recreate a cloud environment in their private cloud, and it's really interesting.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

At my company, I use Nutanix Database Service to set up and version machines, install and configure precomputed machines, and establish connections between databases and application services.

The most valuable features of Nutanix are its robust infrastructure management tools, including a powerful firewall, analytics for system performance, and convenient automation. 

There is room for improvement in the pricing structure, especially given the complexity of our business model involving multiple data centers and a variety of services. While the user-friendly GUI and branded plug-ins for HPI solutions make management easier, there is still a need for simpler operational tasks.

I have been using Nutanix Database Service for two years.

Nutanix's stability is excellent. It has consistently performed well over time, supporting multiple operating systems without any significant issues. It aligns smoothly with our company's varied use cases. I would rate the stability as an eight out of ten.

I would rate the scalability as an eight out of ten.

My experience with Nutanix technical support has been great Whenever I have contacted them directly, there have been no issues, and the support provided regarding mechanics has been very effective. I would rate the support as a nine out of ten.

Positive

I have worked with various products from different vendors before Nutanix, including Cisco's UCS, IBM's Internet, and HPE servers. When choosing Nutanix over other solutions, the decision was based on the HCI features, especially for edge computing with one to three nodes.

The initial setup was incredibly quick and straightforward. It took just a matter of minutes to deploy and prepare Nutanix for usage.

Overall, I would rate Nutanix Database Service as an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for managing SQL databases within an organization. It facilitates tasks such as creating clones of production databases for various purposes, including software development and reporting. These clones provide a sandbox environment for development teams to work on without impacting the production database. Additionally, they serve as data sources for reporting functions, ensuring that analytical processes can be conducted without disrupting the primary operational database.

The solution allows quick setting up of new development environments and ensures the use of the storage more efficiently. It manages to create new clients to be utilized for development or reporting.

We have been experiencing significant performance issues with Nutanix Database Service, primarily due to our many clients. While the product is designed to scale effectively, we have encountered performance limitations when handling many clients. These limitations have impacted our business operations, highlighting the need for further optimization and improvement.

We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product.

I have been using Nutanix Database Service as a reseller for two years.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

Nutanix Database Service offers scalability, but there are limitations regarding the number of clones created due to hardware resource constraints. This can pose a challenge as the hardware may not have sufficient CPU resources to support extensive cloning. 

I rate the solution’s scalability a three out of ten.

Nutanix has really good technical support capability. However, they were not very helpful in resolving performance issues associated with this product or providing a suitable conclusion on problem resolution.

Neutral

The solution is easy to deploy. We have three or four people to support deployment.

Nutanix provided a couple of different licensing options. They were pretty flexible in how we could structure the licensing. Initially, it was a bit confusing, but their flexibility made up for it.

There are quite a few competitive products out there that offer similar features. I could say that Nutanix performed very well when competing against these other products regarding feature sets; Nutanix came out on top. 

Nutanix Database Service requires significant hardware resources to perform.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

The primary use cases for our clients are storage and data management.

What I like about this solution is that it's more reliable compared to other solutions.

The downside of this solution is that it's more expensive than its competitors. 

The other thing is that the scalability part of this solution should be improved.

I have been working with this solution for about four years.

I would rate the scalability of this solution a nine, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Neutral

My impression is that the initial setup process is a bit complicated but manageable. It's a good product and it's easy to manage. The deployment time depends on the amount of data the client is gonna be storing. 

Usually, it will take one or two people to carry out the deployment.

I would rate this setup process an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

My impression is that this solution is really expensive. The licensing is based on a yearly basis since a monthly basis is hard to maintain.

Overall, I would rate this solution an eight, on a scale from one o 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

When there are multiple teams, there are frequent new requests for copies of production databases. The load is usually on the DB team to create and maintain the copies. We can optimize the process and make it more efficient using the solution. It is one of the main benefits.

We have seen an improvement in the platform management. The effort required to manage a cluster is reduced. It is our main benefit. The skill level needed to manage a Nutanix cluster is less than that of a vSAN cluster. We can have a less expensive resource managing a Nutanix cluster.

The solution enables us to speed up the creation of new instances. A DBA might take a day or two to do it, but the solution can help us do it in half an hour. The snapshot feature is useful.

The tool cannot be sold without a Nutanix platform. There is a dependency. We can sell the product only to a Nutanix customer. Convincing a customer to choose Nutanix is a huge project. It might take two years. We faced some performance issues with Nutanix. Nutanix has limitations. We worked with the support team to overcome the limitations.

I have been using the solution for four years.

The support is pretty good.

Positive

The initial setup is complex. Moving a database to Nutanix and convincing the stakeholders takes time. Validating the business case and realizing the benefits is a very time-consuming process.

The tool is expensive. We need to work more on the business case. It's not a solution for everyone. It has its own niche market. The product is available as a bundle.

I recommend the solution to medium and large enterprises. It makes sense if a customer has multiple instances and has internal dev teams. It will not make any sense if it's just a production database. The product is suitable if an organization has a CI/CD pipeline to develop new functionality. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

The primary use case is to switch different phases of development, for example, to testing, prediction, etc., which are all quite easy to execute. It's an easy way to switch to one type of development and to use testing and prediction on cloning VM. 

Overall, the solution is very good. It's easy to use and simple to handle many actions, such as VM cloning, testing, and prediction.

The management of the solution needs to be improved.

The solution needs better backup support, especially with Amazon Media. 

The solution needs to improve compatibility with other back-ups and products.

We've been using the solution since the TA version. It's been about a year and a half.

The solution is very stable. We haven't experienced any bugs or glitches. I don't have anything bad to say about it. It's a very stable product.

I would say that the solution can be scalable. If you run it, for example, on Nutanix, it's quite scalable. However, if you use it with another infrastructure solution, it may not be scalable anymore.

Our company's clients are medium to large enterprises. The solution wouldn't be suitable for small companies.

While there aren't too many users on the solution itself (usually there are only two or maybe three), it's indirectly a useful product for many users. It accelerates the time to market of the application, for example. It's useful for many users but it's only used by a few people in the organization.

I've never used the technical support offered by the product so I can't speak to any experience I've had. I don't think it's bad, but, like other products, because I don't use it myself, I can't rate it.

The solution is really easy to set up. Users get good results with the tool they use to deploy the solution and to run it. It's really helpful.

It takes about 30 minutes for an organization to deploy.

I don't recall the cost of the product or the term life of the contracts. I'm not involved with handling the pricing of the solution.

We're reseller partners, and we sell various solutions to our customers.

We only set up the solution for our customers; it's our customers that choose the deployment model they want to work with.

If others are considering implementing the solution, I'd advise that the first check the availability and compatibility of the product against their existing systems and infrastructure.

I'd rate the solution quite high, at about nine out of ten.