We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its most valuable feature is simplicity. It is so easy to use. Upgrades are easy. It is easy in terms of disaster recovery, failover, database provisioning, and reporting. Everything about it is just simple."
"Nutanix has the best virtual desktop infrastructure."
"Management is simple"
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS makes it easy to use and manage projects and it has a good reputation."
"One of the most valuable features is the One-Click Upgrade. When I need to update the system, I do it with one click. This product is amazing because everything is easy to manage, from network management to snapshots."
"It is 100% stable. It's the most stable infrastructure that we have."
"I can use VMware or Hyper-V license, if I already have. But if I use a similar solution as Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor (AHV) that comes embedded in Nutanix solution, I can manage all my virtual environments with everything I need without spend more money on licenses."
"It consolidates our servers, and improves our electricity consumption and cooling as well."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"The product only requires two VMWare ESXi host servers versus three host servers for VMware's comparable solution."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"User friendly interface and straight forward implementation."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"Active-active work mode leads to true redundancy of storage and allows us to distribute the load between multiple nodes."
"It integrates (fully) with VMware and Veeam, my hypervisor, and backup vendors, so for me, all the puzzle pieces simply fit and work smoothly."
"Deployment could be more user-friendly - currently, it requires certain skills with the network and nodes."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
"There is a need is to be able to consume Nutanix storage from outside the cluster for other, non-Nutanix workloads."
"The scalability of the solution had some issues because there were many VMs and the replication ran into some bottlenecks. It was an issue that was known to Nutanix and it was not disclosed to the customer."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's LTS version needs to be more reliable."
"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."
"Native File-Services are under heavy development and Container Services just came out."
"In the future, I would like Acropolis to add support for publishing external storage."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
"You have to do a "full" sync on write-back cache disks instead of a quick sync if there is an issue."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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