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Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) pros and cons

Vendor: Nutanix
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

Nutanix Unified Storage offers excellent reliability and availability, ensuring that storage systems can scale dynamically to meet the demands of VMs.
It provides high scalability, allowing for easy management of large data volumes and system resources across multiple nodes.
The unified dashboard simplifies oversight and operations, providing a single pane of glass from which all storage functions can be managed.
Self-service capabilities minimize dependency on IT staff, enabling users to manage storage access and capabilities independently.
Its strong data protection features include ransomware protection and analytics that enhance the security of data storage and sharing.

CONS

Implementation is complex and requires improvement.
Technical support escalation process needs enhancement.
FTP protocol compatibility is missing.
Storage capabilities need to be increased.
Pricing is too high.
 

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Pros review quotes

reviewer2049372 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2023
The integration with Prism Central makes it a lot easier to manage, so we just have a single pane of glass location that we can go to. We do not have a separate admin console or anything that we have to use.
GK
Jul 29, 2023
What I found to be the most valuable features were better performance and uptime.
JJ
Jul 18, 2023
The scalability, ease of use, and technical support are the most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage.
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JF
May 21, 2024
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.
CA
May 22, 2024
Management-wise, it has made work a lot easier. It is all in one place physically. It is much better now.
reviewer2183802 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 13, 2023
Nutanix Unified Storage does a very good job of unifying our organization's block, file, and object storage. It puts it all in one place. From one platform, we can deploy S3-type buckets. We can provide iSCSI-level block storage if we need to. It does a great job with home folders and departmental shares, which is what we mostly use Nutanix Unified Storage for.
reviewer2059110 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 1, 2024
The real-time alerts generated by this system enable us to swiftly address and mitigate such threats.
Juan-Contreras - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality.
AG
Jul 19, 2023
The most important point is the simplicity of the API integration. We can leverage the API integrations and connect our hybrid-cloud network environment with Nutanix's cloud storage.
Vinicius Sondermann - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 9, 2024
I appreciate its storage licensing model, as it offers flexibility.
 

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Cons review quotes

reviewer2049372 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2023
While they are good and they do work, some of the snapshotting and tiering features are not as simple to set up as they could be.
GK
Jul 29, 2023
Another aspect that needs improvement is continuous protection against security threats such as ransomware and potential data leakage.
JJ
Jul 18, 2023
The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail.
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JF
May 21, 2024
The biggest thing for me, which is a pet peeve of mine, is the integration with the hardware platforms.
CA
May 22, 2024
When it comes to Nutanix Files, one thing that would be great is a slightly easier way of managing snapshots and restore points, especially when a third party is involved.
reviewer2183802 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 13, 2023
The current hardware is not as dense as it could be. In our deployment, we have 2 PB per site, and we have to have 24 nodes. That's a lot of cabling and network ports that we use up. More dense nodes would be better.
reviewer2059110 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 1, 2024
The feature request I have is for the consistent improvement of how user account permissions are assigned in Nutanix Unified Storage.
Juan-Contreras - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered.
AG
Jul 19, 2023
I would like to see the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. That could definitely be a major breakthrough in providing a unified, seamless experience for end-users. It could reduce costs as well as human effort.
Vinicius Sondermann - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 9, 2024
Improving quota policies would be advantageous, particularly by offering the option to implement blocking instead of just issuing warnings.