We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind HyperConverged Appliance 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."Quick setup, great support, stability is great"
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"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 software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"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 most valuable feature for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a highly flexible solution, as it can be deployed on physical servers or on top of virtual machines running on hypervisors such as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"The most valuable features are its ease of use and its good performance."
"It is a good solution and it is easy to work on their platform."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"The maintenance software is straightforward because you do not need to do any configuration."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is easy to use, it is a great platform."
"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."
"The solution remains stable across versions."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"High-availability is what I bought it for."
"The StarWind array has greatly improved our workflow internally as it is quite easy to use and provides robust features that allow us to provide anything our clients need quickly and efficiently."
"Having this all backed up by pro-active support gives us good peace of mind."
"The presence of built-in storage saved the company from having to purchase a separate storage array and related network equipment."
"The solution has easily deployed instances for multiple fast-paced projects."
"It is a safe, fast, and cost-effective storage system that improved our systems to have zero downtime."
"The most valuable aspect of StarWind is the all-in-one solution that they provide."
"We have found the live migration to be the most valuable feature. It allows us to seamlessly maintain our servers, as well as have peace of mind if something goes wrong."
"It is not very clear within the StarWind Management Console or the StarWind support documentation how to perform maintenance on a single node in a two-node HA cluster."
"Updates seem to be non-existent."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"We just need more integration with Veeam."
"When we have issues with the solution, they tend to be around networking."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"Nutanix should improve AHV to support migration VMs between clusters and storage containers. Migration between containers is possible, but it requires shutting down the VM. The procedure is long and there is no migration between clusters at all."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"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."
"We had a few problems with the foundation machine that you can use to build your systems out. We've got it working now, but it should be improved."
"One thing to keep in mind is that only experts can use it. It has to be in the proper hands, instead of going to XYZ people just for some cost savings. So lift-and-shift and migrations might be tricky, because it is not like a VMware."
"We were slightly disappointed with the hardware footprint. We were led to believe, and all the pre-sales tech information requirements pointed to the fact, that it was coming on Dell hardware. Then it came on bulk servers."
"Product shipments did have a few bumps along the way, but that's to be expected when using any shipping company."
"I think some performance metrics would be nice to see, especially on the storage side."
"The only thing my team has recommended improving on is possibly a StarWind-customized GUI to monitor the overall system health, similar to 5nine Manager."
"What would have to be done urgently is the adaptation of the hardware to the configuration."
"The truth is that the operation and support offered is good, but we consider that the product's usability could improve, as well as the data resynchronization time after an unexpected closure."
"It would be nice if it were possible to do the ISCSI setup that you do on Windows directly in the management GUI of StarWind."
"I would request that the terms and conditions be reviewed and made more acceptable to corporate security so that we could finally turn on the proactive support feature, as it is included with our support agreement."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is ranked 6th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 65 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind HyperConverged Appliance 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 HyperConverged Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good remote management and a simple GUI". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V, whereas StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, VMware vSAN, StorMagic SvSAN, VxRail and Red Hat Ceph Storage. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind HyperConverged Appliance report.
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