We performed a comparison between Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) 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."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."
"StarWind vSAN has a lot of great features and is a perfect solution for mirroring internal disks and flash between servers."
"The Windows-based StarWind GUI is easy to use and understand and integrates seamlessly with VMware's vSphere portal as well."
"It has reduced our overall maintenance and overhead by having to only maintain physical boxes for one cluster instead of having to manage physical boxes for two clusters."
"Integration with Microsoft clustering has been perfect, allowing us to leverage our investment in MS server licensing to the fullest."
"The ProActive support gives me peace of mind because I am a one man shop, but with the technical support behind me, I feel like more than just one person. We spent two to three hours, depending on what we have to do, always on the phone, and they do not push to end the call."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS has very good stability."
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"We are suggesting Nutanix to the management because of scalability and time efficiency."
"The virtualization environment is now much easier to manage and maintain, there is only one vendor to call in case of issues and one single console to manage everything."
"The cloud features in-site offering, which I found to be very interesting."
"It allows us to have a cloud-based ecosystem."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward."
"Acropolis has a great interface and lots of management features packaged with it at an affordable price."
"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."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"In the next release, they could make some graphs of the real-time loading, speed of storage, and interfaces. Of course, these can be viewed in other places. But, in the event of a malfunction or troubleshooting, this would be convenient."
"The documentation could be a little more concise, but, for the most part, it just works."
"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 wish there was online support because email return takes a long time and a faster solution should be found."
"There needs to be more visibility on how long the cloud replication will take as there is no current ETA."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
"We have a team that does the implementation of the solution for our customers, it is better to have professionals handle the process."
"There is room to enhance the micro-segmentation."
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"Deployment could be more user-friendly - currently, it requires certain skills with the network and nodes."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"The productivity and work efficiency of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve."
"The GUI for this solution needs improvement."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's cloud platform management software could be improved so that I can manage my load between the cloud and on-premises."
More Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Pricing and Cost Advice →
Earn 20 points
Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 23rd in HCI while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V. See our Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
See our list of best HCI vendors.
We monitor all HCI reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
