We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) 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."StarWind vSAN has allowed us to leverage our server infrastructure more completely without the need to add more hardware."
"They offer top-tier support."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"The ease of deployment is very good."
"The most valuable features are simple management and one-click upgrades."
"I like NCI's dashboard. If there are any infrastructure issues, we'll get alerts inside the dashboard. NCI provides a single platform for managing all of our databases. We are running SQL and Linux databases."
"You can be sure that whatever you patch is already compatible with the current firmware and the current version of the Acropolis that you're using."
"Prism Central allows managing the cluster from a single pane of glass, and it allows a deeper dive into the solution."
"One of the most valuable features is that it can be applied at any scale."
"The snapshots, cloning, and replication are all effective in helping to reduce downtime. It can replicate cluster data for disaster recovery and it provides high availability in case a node or a disk fails."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is its low cost, guaranteed to failover and failback with only a few clicks."
"Prism Pro has given us a central administration of our entire virtual environment. Everything can be managed and updated through Prism. Being able to turn features on and off with one slide of the mouse is such a great feature. It allows us to manage storage and containers as well as the actual machines through one pane of glass. No need for any additional software. Pulse is in my opinion is one of the best features. Having the cluster monitor itself and notify support of any issues is a plus plus."
"The solution's support for scripts... has reduced the man-hours it takes to deploy and support applications because we don't have to rewrite all the scripts."
"NCM gives us greater insight into our infrastructure because we have more reporting and alert capabilities. We can get a breakdown of VM efficiency and determine which ones are over-provisioned, constrained, or using up too many resources in an instance."
"The solution has automated reports and workflows. You can configure it to automatically send out reports to the business units responsible for managing cloud costs, so you don't need to log into the tool to get information. Cost Governance's user interface and dashboards are beautiful. The customers love it because it's easy to use. They can run it and get a report an hour later to immediately see the savings."
"One of the most valuable features is the hardware and how they have set it up to be pretty redundant. If something goes down, you can just swap it out and you're back online. If a drive or even a whole node goes down, it's pretty easy to get it back up and running."
"It is a stable solution."
"I also like the fact that the solution manages itself. It has one interface where you can basically see all your servers. So, you can manage your servers and see whether you are falling short on space or disc usage. Also, in case your RAM is only using four Gigabytes of memory instead of eight, you can extend out the over-provisioned mail and save your cluster for four Giga of RAM."
"The product is pretty intuitive and easy to learn."
"The main issue we ran into was the documentation. We attempted to set up the product in our test environment by ourselves and ran into several areas of the documentation that were unclear to us."
"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"Although minor, some of the documentation could be rewritten to be clearer."
"The management console of StarWind Virtual SAN is pretty complex."
"I'm sure it needs bug fixes..."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"I struggled when bit figuring out how to go about doing the evaluation."
"This product would be improved if it included a hybrid cloud solution."
"Storage utilization and optimization should be better."
"In the next release, I would like better and more competitive pricing."
"If we can have certified compatibility with other companies, such as Oracle, then it would let us know that they function correctly together."
"This solution offers excellent functionality but could use a stronger interface."
"Our client had some old Citrix Xen servers for which there is no direct migration. Nutanix has a move utility for Microsoft Hyper-V clusters or VMware clusters. You can easily migrate them using the move utility, but the Xen clusters cannot be migrated in a simple way. That is the only thing that is lacking, but nowadays, no one uses the Citrix Xen server for their clusters. Everything else is already there. Nutanix keeps on upgrading its hardware's or hypervisor's capability to be able to support new technologies."
"In the licensing, it needs to be clear about features because it is not clear whether Flow is integrated or not."
"They need to improve the look and feel of the interface. The functionality is fine, but the appearance could be better."
"In Brazil, Nutanix Cloud Manager is not cheap."
"Compatibility with multiple clouds and a single control would help us. We are also getting onto GCP, and there is limited compatibility with GCP in the areas we need. We are using GCP primarily for data analytics."
"I think the Prism Center needs to include more functions. I know that they're including the Nutanix Era, which is the database management and disaster recovery tool. I think that Era should include everything on a single tool where you can manage everything you need inside your organization."
"I think NCM's guest tools have some room for improvement. It's a minor pain point getting those installed and getting the virtual machines to recognize them. I know there are changes coming in the near future, but as it stands today, they could be improved."
"NCM's pricing structure is confusing and difficult to understand."
"There is room for improvement in making the solution easier still. If you don't know Calm, it's not so easy to use... It is a really good solution for doing simple tasks, but it's not a good solution for complex tasks."
"We would like to be able to provision virtual machines at the computing level, as that would give us an added value against the competition."
"The solution's virtualization could be even better."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is ranked 3rd in Cloud Management with 72 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is rated 8.8. 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 Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) writes "Highly scalable and stable, with one-click upgrade and analytics features, and provides excellent support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Scale Computing HC3, whereas Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is most compared with vCloud Director, Morpheus, Nutanix Prism, VMware Aria Operations and OpenNebula. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) report.
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