We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Scale Computing HC3 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"In our case, the cost and high availability are the two most important factors which we were looking for in a solution."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"I like the asynchronous replication and failover features. They are what I'm primarily using it for. The asynchronous replication is helpful because our servers are backed up continuously throughout the day. If anything goes wrong we just fail over immediately. That is a very nice feature to have."
"In addition to the main functions of the software, I want to note the excellent work of technical support."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."
"The administration console, automation, and the first cluster are all valuable features."
"Some of the most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis are that it's free from Nutanix and it's very stable."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"A lot of features are there, but for us, on the server administration side, creating a clone of the VM is valuable because many times, we have to deploy security patches. For deploying these patches, it helps to have a clone so that if something goes wrong, we can discard that VM and put back the clone VM. That is a very cool feature."
"We have had good feedback from our customers about this solution."
"One major thing that comes up again and again is stability. Our downtime is literally based on hardware upgrades that need to be done. Acropolis is very, very user friendly. You don't have to physically have a super IT guy to manage the system. You can actually give it to a younger guy to manage and there won't be problems. And if he makes a mistake, it's very, very easy to fall back and sort out the mistake."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"The most valuable features are the appliance-type feel and that you don't need additional licenses as everything is built-in."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the nice GUI."
"I like that Scale Computing HCR is slimmed down and gives me the features I need and not features that I don't need."
"The product's initial setup phase is too easy."
"The most valuable feature of Scale Computing HC3 is if one of the devices fails, you won't even notice, the service maintains operation. The customers don't have to waste two, or three days on delays. Additionally, you do not have to waste time with recovery software, it is a lot easier."
"The solution is scalable."
"I rate Scale Computing support 10 out of 10. They're accessible and responsive."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The initial setup got a little confusing at a few points with differences between the VMware version in documentation vs the latest, etc."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"I would love to see more vendor selection to be available for the HCA/vSAN appliances."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"I would definitely like to see quite a bit more on the monitoring side of things."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"As Nutanix Acropolis AOS is on the expensive side, one of its areas for improvement is the price. It would also be better if it can be integrated with other cloud providers, because currently, it's only for private cloud deployment."
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"The ability to create clusters faster would be nice to see in a future release."
"The file services that they also provide need some more features, like on the Windows file server."
"As of now, Acropolis and VMware cannot talk to each other. Until we have some kind of interface, it would be much better for Nutanix if they built an interface that can talk. Otherwise, if I have a VMware stack and I already have a Nutanix stack, I can create containers, I create clusters on VMware, I create clusters on Nutanix."
"The cost of the solution is too expensive. There are other options, such as VMware, that are offered for less money. In Latin America, it seems to be overpriced for the market."
"While their overall Nutanix Bible is good, they are lacking good descriptions for particular scenarios that might be helpful to many users."
"The snapshot technology takes up 500 times more space compared to other solutions."
"I would like bigger clusters with more than eight nodes."
"I've had so many issues with the sales team when I was looking to make some improvements, and improve the performance. They would create so many excuses to force me to buy new nodes all the time and not let me add more memory to each node."
"The product struggles to cope with bigger workloads. In the next release, I'd like some backup solutions to be added."
"Scale HC3 improvements would involve literally fixing up the replication."
"The product could use a better control center."
"Scale Computing HC3 said in an announcement they were going to integrate with a backup service which would be good. If they could do this it would be beneficial."
"On the fly, you cannot do anything on Scale Computing HC3, though it is a very rarely needed area."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Scale Computing HC3 is ranked 19th in HCI with 8 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Scale Computing HC3 is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Scale Computing HC3 writes "A reliable stripped-down solution that comes with excellent support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Rackspace OpenStack, whereas Scale Computing HC3 is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Scale Computing HC3 report.
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