We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and SteelFusion based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."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 most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"The ability to choose our own hardware and our own vendors for this was hugely beneficial, as we had pre-existing relationships with vendors we wanted to maintain."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"The scalability, performance, and licensing model are the most valuable features."
"The solution is very stable. We haven't had any issues."
"We are suggesting Nutanix to the management because of scalability and time efficiency."
"It has solid performance and provides data locality."
"Most beneficial feature is simplicity, ease of use."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"The solution offers impressive performance."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis AOS are storage and hyper-converged. The solution is easy to use and the administration is very good."
"Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices. All services that need to be local to the user exist on local servers. Users run applications and access data locally while the data is constantly being synced to Central, and protected. If an edge device fails, we can recover quickly."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"I'm sure it needs bug fixes..."
"The only thing that I have any difficulty with is that in order to perform upgrades, it is required that the SANs be detached from the Hosts before that can happen."
"The console is something that I believe could be enhanced."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"For improvement, I would like to see how the software determines which networks to use for which purpose. It seems like the naming terminology changes a bit from here to there."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"The pricing of the solution is too high. It needs to be adjusted or lowered to be more competitive."
"It does not have good backup feature tools, like having templates or being able to back up every two or three days."
"In terms of automation, I know there are ways to do it, but it's not very user-friendly. I've been working for the last three years with Nutanix and I've managed to automate certain things, but it's a somewhat more complex job than it should be. I would like to see more documentation or knowledge base articles."
"The only problem is that not many operating systems are supported on the AOS hypervisor. They need to probably increase the support on multiple operating systems. As of now, a very limited number of operating systems and patch levels are supported on AOS."
"There is a lot of functionality in Prism Central, but sometimes you want to see those features in Prism Element."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with external storage using the fiber channel"
"Deployment could be more user-friendly - currently, it requires certain skills with the network and nodes."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"Setting up disks for use is a multi-step process that could use some refinement. Setting up a core-to-core replication or DR strategy is also cumbersome."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while SteelFusion is ranked 26th in HCI. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while SteelFusion is rated 9.0. 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 SteelFusion writes "Sync to Central and edge protection mitigate my risk in our branch offices". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas SteelFusion is most compared with .
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