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Sysadmin at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
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We see a real difference in performance when compared to the rest of our infrastructure
Pros and Cons
  • "There are so many valuable features but Nutanix Flow for microsegmentation of the network, and the Life Cycle Manager for dating hardware and software are among the most important for us."
  • "The interface is good, but it needs improvements. There are a lot of functions that are only available in the CLI. In addition, some of the hardware components could be improved. We already had some trouble with disks."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for our production environment where we have a lot of applications running on this cluster. We also use it for our testing environment. In the future, we may have machine learning and artificial intelligence on it.

How has it helped my organization?

We chose Nutanix for its scalability, flexibility, and performance. In performance, we really see a difference when we compare our whole infrastructure and the Nutanix cluster. It's very different.

It has helped us with real flexibility today and for the years to come. We have used it for three years and we have a lot of performance flexibility, and ease of management. This cluster has reduced the time it takes to manage this project for this infrastructure. In the past, we spent many more hours managing, but today it's efficient. Our management overhead costs have been reduced by about 20 to 30 percent.

We have also seen improvement in the number of help desk calls, a reduction of about 20 percent, but only in terms of performance issues. We have fewer calls from users telling us they are seeing poor performance. With the Nutanix cluster, we don't have those calls anymore.

And our data protection team's efficiency has been improved by about 50 percent. Our security has really been improved by the features of Nutanix, such as Nutanix Flow and snapshot backups.

What is most valuable?

There are so many valuable features but Nutanix Flow for microsegmentation of the network, and the Life Cycle Manager for dating hardware and software are among the most important for us.

And the user interface for Nutanix for compute, storage, and networking, while it's very new for us, is not very difficult. It's very intuitive. Compared to what we had in the past, it's very new.

What needs improvement?

The interface is good, but it needs improvements. There are a lot of functions that are only available in the CLI.

In addition, some of the hardware components could be improved. We already had some trouble with disks.

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For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Nutanix Prism for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a 10 out of 10 in stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's very scalable.

We have about 500 users of the solution.

How are customer service and support?

Their technical support is very good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Three years ago we wanted to renew our infrastructure and our choice quickly came down to Nutanix. This solution perfectly met our expectations. Before, we had a traditional infrastructure, consisting of different virtualization hosts and a dedicated storage area network. All that infrastructure was difficult to maintain and manage because we had a multitude of different technologies and manufacturers. That is why we chose Nutanix.

How was the initial setup?

We have Nutanix on the same site, but in two different locations. The initial deployment is very easy. It took us about two weeks. It involved me, other people on my team, and the service provider.

Learning to use Nutanix Prism took very little time, only a few days.

Except for upgrades, there is no maintenance.

What was our ROI?

The ROI we have seen is indirect, in terms of time saved. Overall, it has saved us 40 to 50 percent in time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's expensive in comparison to the rest of our infrastructure. But the quality is there.

What other advice do I have?

I absolutely recommend this solution. It has some faults but, overall, it's very good.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Infrastructure Project Manager at CDM
Real User
Provides good capacity strength
Pros and Cons
  • "In the six years we have been using Nutanix Prism, we have never had a problem with stability."
  • "There is a bug with the HTML5 interface."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Nutanix Prism for the replication between two sites and to manage our cluster. With the latest version, we have been able to use the synchronous replication. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Nutanix Prism is the capacity strength.

What needs improvement?

There is a bug with the HTML5 interface. I don't know if it is recorded to my laptop or the application, but sometimes we have to restart the CVM. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Nutanix Prism for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In the six years we have been using Nutanix Prism, we have never had a problem with stability.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is quite good. I can recall four times when we needed to call support. One time it was for a performance issue on one of our IT applications. Another time was regarding an exchange problem, we had lost OneNote. This was a hardware issue that they were also able to help us resolve.

I would rate it a five out of five overall.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

Nutanix Prism is easy to install. 

What about the implementation team?

Our company used our local partners to implement the solution. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a license with the core product. If the cluster is on SSD, the number of SSD disks will impact the license fee. 

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend implementing Nutanix Prism to anyone considering using it as a solution for their organization.

Overall, I would rate this product an eight out of 10.

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On-premises
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Presales Manager at Mideast Data Systems
Real User
Top 20
A solution that offers helpful and responsive technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution's technical support is helpful and responsive."
  • "The product currently fails to provide a complete view to customers."

What is our primary use case?

Our company's customers usually ask us about simplification of their virtual environments, and they don't want to go for an external storage option or have a three-tier data center architecture. Our company's customers want small boxes that can handle the complete workload, including the storage, owing to which they prefer the HCI infrastructure. Nutanix Prism is basically used to monitor and manage specific areas of Nutanix HCI.

What is most valuable?

Usually, my company attempts to provision or propose Nutanix Prism when our customer asks for simplicity in their infrastructure. Simplicity and unified management are options or advantages when it comes to Nutanix Prism. Nutanix Prism is a complete infrastructure solution as it offers reduced complexity and gives users the option to use its unified management capabilities. With the product's features, a user can extract different kinds of reports and what is going on in their environment and infrastructure while having the option to look into how it can be optimized and how troubleshooting can be carried out better. The aforementioned details are the reasons my company prefers Nutanix Prism.

What needs improvement?

The UI offered by the solution is okay. Some of our company's customers who use the product ask for some granular level reports which make up for an area where improvements are required. If users want to check the top five high-performance virtual machines in their environment, then the tool should provide them with granular-level reports. In relation to the product's reporting capabilities, some features need to be improved.

Currently, there are different products in Nutanix, especially in the area of databases. Nutanix is also working on the AI part presently. The tool should try to consolidate all applications in one single platform and give the customers a good view of all the applications that are being managed by OpenShift or any containerization platform while differentiating them from the applications that are monolithic. The product currently fails to provide a complete view to customers. From an improvement perspective, provision for a complete view might help the product's customers to improve their experience with the tool.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Nutanix Prism for five to six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product's scalability features are good. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Our company deals with certain customers who use HCI solutions from Nutanix and not specifically Nutanix Prism alone. Some government and non-government entities prefer Nutanix products. My company also deals with customers from the healthcare and education sectors who use Nutanix products. Nutanix offers some VDI solutions. Some banks, like Commercial Bank of Dubai, use products offered under Nutanix.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is helpful and responsive. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Being a system integrator, I have experience with HPE, VMware, and Nutanix. From an infrastructure perspective, my company deals with HPE. My company prefers to use HPE hardware on the software offered by Nutanix.

How was the initial setup?

I don't really engage myself in deployment, so I may not be able to discuss if I faced any difficulties during the deployment process, but from an engineer's perspective, its deployment phase is quite smooth.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. In one of the sister companies, the solution is deployed on the cloud. Some of our company's customers who use hyperscalers are considering moving to the cloud solutions offered by Nutanix.

Though I am not a part of the deployment team, the engineers who deploy the product say that it is an easy process. Depending on the infrastructure, which may consist of a small node or a cluster of nodes, the time frame to deploy the product can be a subjective matter, especially since it also depends on different kinds of parameters. Sometimes, the deployment takes time if something is related to the customers' end, where they may want some certain connectivity, but they don't have it. If discussing the product's installation part alone, the deliverables are present to meet the deployment requirements. In general, it takes less than a day to get the product up and running.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is an expensive software. One of the challenges I have seen is that the subscription-based licensing model comes across as a recurring cost, which makes it an area of concern for our company's customers. There are some SKUs for which, depending on the requirements of our customers, we propose ideas.

I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap.

What other advice do I have?

Our company does have plans to opt for the maintenance services for the solution, but presently, we are in the process of hiring a technical team that can take care of the post-sales area, along with the management and maintenance of the new clusters in Nutanix.

Our company has a team in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. There are four to five people in Abu Dhabi and around four to five people in Dubai. Overall, our company has a team of ten to fifteen engineers to take care of the product. As my organization is a huge company in the UAE, we have different entities working on different solutions. Along with MDS Dubai, another entity works on different solutions from Dell, so our company has engineers from Dell as well. Combined, our company has a good amount of resources when it comes to the technical team.

I rate the overall tool a seven and a half out of ten.

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Manager IT Security & Infrastructure at Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd.
Real User
Great dashboards, helpful support, and good reliability
Pros and Cons
  • "It is stable and reliable."
  • "The pricing could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We have been using Nutanix Prism to manage a whole cluster to manage old VMs and the object inside the Nutanix and it has been very easy since we have a very beautiful dashboard that gives quite a lot of information about the CPU replacement or storage use. 

What is most valuable?

The main dashboard itself has been very helpful. If we ever have any issues, we are able to get back on the dashboard to take a look. The management is very easy with Nutanix. With such a dashboard where you have all the visibility you need - including access to alerts or issues, you have great control. 

The setup is simple. 

The solution is scalable. 

It is stable and reliable. 

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be improved. We'd like it if they offered some sort of discount for returning users. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for six or seven years at this point. It's been a while since we began using it. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable and reliable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. It's no problem if you want to expand it. 

We have about six users on the solution. They are from the IT department. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good. Once you initiate contact, they will work with you and sort out the issue. They are responsive and knowledgeable. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Beforehand, we used VMware. We had been using VMware for nine years or somewhere around that length of time. Then, we shifted from VMware to Nutanix.

How was the initial setup?

It is a straightforward setup. It's not overly complex or very difficult to manage. 

We had some engineers manage the process. Having it done by a professional engineer ensures everything runs quite smoothly. 

For the deployment, there was only one or two staff involved. We now have five staff members who are well trained on Nutanix we are able to do some daily management duties every day. They are engineers. 

What about the implementation team?

We did have outside help from an integrator during the setup process. 

We did buy the software with that integrator. We had the installation and configuration, et cetera, handled with their help.

What was our ROI?

I don't have any details in regard to any ROI. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay for the solution on a yearly basis. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a customer and end-user. 

We are using the latest version of the solution. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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Assistant Vice President at IndusInd Bank ltd
Real User
Top 10
A very user-friendly UI with a centralized console; offers a lot of features and software
Pros and Cons
  • "Has a user-friendly UI with a centralized console."
  • "Performance metrics and analytics could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I'm the assistant vice president and we are Nutanix partners.

What is most valuable?

Prism has a user-friendly UI with a centralized console. It offers a lot of features and software. 

What needs improvement?

Performance metrics and analytics could be improved. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not faced any stability issues from the Nutanix side. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is easily scalable, we have around 200 IT users. 

How are customer service and support?

We have engagement with the India support team, which is a dedicated team and we have a weekly scheduled call with the ITM. We go over any tech issues or additional services they suggest and can apply. This helps us with our regulatory reporting. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple because we had an ESX deployment at the hypervisor level. It was simple because of DVR and we use a private cloud environment that is a VRA. We now have around 60 nodes in our production setup.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We compared Nutanix with VMware. VMware has the VRA as an automation tool and Nutanix has an ERA cloud automation tool. Nutanix offers a lot of software including the automation cloud tool and networking tools as well. It's good for Microsoft segmentation and very competitive with VMware.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution nine out of 10. 

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CEO at Orieta.tech
Real User
Works in virtualized environments with high performance requirements with hyperscale availability
Pros and Cons
  • "Nutanix Prism is popular in the Indian market, particularly in enterprises where they need a DR type of environment, and where they look for less than finite RPO and RTO. If you have this environment on-premises, and if you can just rent out some portion to any of the service providers, then you can easily set up a DR environment to give you a finite list versus RPO and RTO."
  • "Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with their licensing. Currently they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation."

What is our primary use case?

Nutanix Prism is used in a virtualized environment with high-performance requirements where people can have the VMs and run the databases with infrastructure as a given service, that has five nines or four nines uptime environments.

What is most valuable?

Nutanix Prism is popular in the Indian market, particularly in enterprises where they need a DR type of environment, and where they look for less than finite RPO and RTO. If you have this environment on-premises, and if you can just rent out some portion to any of the service providers, then you can easily set up a DR environment to give you a finite list versus RPO and RTO.

What needs improvement?

Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with its licensing. Currently, they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Nutanix Prism for two years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Nutanix Prism is a very stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Nutanix Prism is a scalable solution. It also has hyperscale availability.

How are customer service and support?

We contacted the support team for Nutanix Prism during the initial setup. There were some configurations we were not able to understand, but their support team was very helpful.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used VMware predominantly. We also used Cisco HCI before using Nutanix Prism. We didn't need to switch, but we wanted to have different flavors in our environment to cater to more customers.

How was the initial setup?

Nutanix Prism has a very straightforward initial setup. They provided very helpful guidance during the setup process. If one knows the basic setup criteria of the network, the solution can be easily deployed in any environment.

What about the implementation team?

Implementation of Nutanix Prism took a few weeks. We set up the environment in-house without using a consultant or integrator, but we had help from the Nutanix support team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The license we bought for Nutanix Prism is perpetual, so once you have it, you can keep on using it. It's a three-year license that you pay once for. The license we have covers the three-node cluster, but then you need to have the basic networking gear for the infrastructure to work in the type of environment we're in. For example, the only additional thing we need to do apart from getting the license is to plan the network connectivity.

What other advice do I have?

I use Nutanix Prism. It's a three-node solution for virtualization. It's an on-premise solution. I don't remember which version I'm using.

The solution is being used within our organization, but we also have customers hosted on top of that, so I don't remember exactly how many people are using Nutanix Prism. For deployment and maintenance of the solution, you'll need two people: one system administrator and one network L2 or L3.

I can recommend Nutanix Prism to others who want to start using it, but my advice is for them to get the POC done first. They have to understand the environment, use cases, and what they're looking for, then they can make their call.

I'm rating Nutanix Prism nine out of ten.

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Customer Success Engineer at Digital Network Solution (DNS)
Real User
Top 10Leaderboard
Can be used for building a private cloud solution, but its stability could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "Nutanix Prism's dashboard is very simple, and you don't need much knowledge to use it."
  • "Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware."

What is our primary use case?

We use Nutanix Prism for building a private cloud solution.

How has it helped my organization?

Nutanix Prism has made our organization's administration simple.

What is most valuable?

The dashboard is very simple, and you don't need much knowledge to use it.

What needs improvement?

Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware. The playbook or autopilot feature you can set on Nutanix should be decreased. The autopilot feature only runs every hour and doesn't fulfill most customers' requirements.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Nutanix Prism is not that stable. Once you install a VMware, it runs smoothly, and you don't need to upgrade it until two or three years. However, you might have to upgrade Nutanix Prism every year.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Nutanix Prism is a very scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

Nutanix Prism's technical support team is quite good, and they meet their SLAs.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

A big advantage of VMware is that it runs on everything and is not dependent on the hardware. You can install ESXi anywhere, which is a big advantage with VMware. However, Nutanix Prism needs SCI-supported hardware like an m2 drive.

How was the initial setup?

Nutanix Prism's initial setup is very easy.

What about the implementation team?

The whole deployment was completed in one or two days. Two people are enough to deploy the solution.

Nutanix Prism does not require major maintenance, but the solution may sometimes face software-based issues. Sometimes, the DIMM might degrade, or SSD might go down, but such issues will be resolved in a day.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Nutanix Prism is quite an expensive solution compared to VMware. However, if you get all the products of VMware, then that would be provided on Nutanix at a lesser price.

What other advice do I have?

We use the solution's features like micro-segmentation, NSX, and SRM. The solution has a self-service provisioning system where you can create a separate cloud where people will login and use resources as per their needs and as we provide them. It's like a private cloud experience where you can build a cloud as well.

Nutanix Prism's performance is quite good. One of our customers is using Nutanix Prism, and they also did a case study for the solution describing how much it has improved.

Nutanix Prism offers a single pane of glass user experience for us. The administrators or anyone using a product want it to be simple, and Nutanix Prism is a simple solution.

It's very easy to utilize the Nutanix Prism user interface for compute, storage, and networking. Once you walk through it, it's much easier than any virtual box.

We use Nutanix for automation. The solution's no-code process for visually building automation is a very good feature. Autoscaling the VM, taking snapshots, generating any info, and acting upon that is very easy with Nutanix Prism.

The network visibility and micro-segmentation of Nutanix Prism work quite well, and it's also easy.

Its ability to optimize performance with machine learning and AI is quite good. The capacity planning and forecasting features of the solution are very handy. Capacity planning can be used, and you can see all the forecasts of what is happening with the resources and how many resources we might need in the future. It would recommend how much more resources would be needed if the workloads were increased.

Nutanix Prism has helped improve the efficiency of our customer's IT management environment.

It has helped improve the efficiency of our organization’s help desk operations.

Nutanix Prism has helped improve the efficiency of our organization's data protection teams. The local snapshot is really good in Nutanix Prism and can be used as a backup. VMware's snapshot is not a backup, but Nutanix Prism's snapshot is a backup, which is quite useful.

Nutanix has released many security patches, but attacks usually come on the ESXi environment. We haven't faced any kind of security vulnerability risk on Nutanix Prism. Every time something comes up, we check it, and there might be some vulnerability on ESXi that we need to patch. Nutanix should work on its security more because, often, the attacks on any server system would be on the ESXi.

The best thing would be for users to first try out what they need before getting the solution.

Overall, I rate Nutanix Prism a seven out of ten.

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System Administrator at a government with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
A scalable, fast, and effective solution with fast support
Pros and Cons
  • "Its scalability is valuable. It's scalable and fast."
  • "The VM backup could be better, and its licensing could be better. We have had some licensing issues with Nutanix Files. The default license should be 1 TB or more. Currently, for Nutanix Files sharing, we can only use 500 Gigabytes."

How has it helped my organization?

We are running our workloads or applications on the data center. It's very effective.

It saved our time. It has improved the efficiency of our organization’s IT management by 40% to 50%. It has also improved the efficiency of our organization’s data protection teams, but it hasn't improved the efficiency of our organization’s help desk operations.

It has improved the productivity of our organization’s application developers by 40%.

It has reduced the management overhead costs through self-service. It also has had an effect on our security posture.

It hasn't offered a single-pane-of-glass user experience.

What is most valuable?

Its scalability is valuable. It's scalable and fast.

The Nutanix Prism user interface is also good.

What needs improvement?

The VM backup could be better, and its licensing could be better. We have had some licensing issues with Nutanix Files. The default license should be 1 TB or more. Currently, for Nutanix Files sharing, we can only use 500 Gigabytes.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Its scalability is good. We are currently using it at one location. We have plans to increase its usage.

How are customer service and support?

They are helpful. When we open a ticket, they respond very fast. If needed, they send us RAM or hard disk, and we then change it. I'd rate them a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Microsoft Hyper-V. We moved to Nutanix because of more flexibility and stability. 

The onboarding experience of Nutanix Prism is better than our previous solution. Nutanix is also fast. We can create a virtual machine in a second. It's a very fast solution.

How was the initial setup?

Its configuration took two to three days. It does require maintenance. Without maintenance, it wouldn't work.

What about the implementation team?

It was installed by another organization. There were two engineers involved in its deployment. One was from the network side, and the other one was from the systems side.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft Hyper-V is free, whereas Nutanix isn't. Nutanix isn't so expensive. VMware is more expensive than Nutanix, but with VMware, there aren't many licenses, whereas, in the case of Nutanix, we need to upgrade the license periodically. It could be every three years or five years. It depends on your license.

There are no costs in addition to the licensing fee.

What other advice do I have?

I'd recommend this solution. I'd rate it a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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