We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Frame-Based Disk Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The process of reallocating data from fast disks (SSD or SAS) to slow disks (SATA) gives you better performance and better use of resources."
"The Dell support is helpful and the response is quick. The agents' knowledge is very good."
"We replicate between SAN to SAN for a lot of features and supportability. It also helps us when we want to upgrade to a newer SC Series or move the data from one data center to another."
"The solution has a wide variety of valuable features. The data progression works well. We use the snapshot functionality quite a bit and really like it."
"Technical support is very good. I do use it from time to time and it's always excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the speed for the end-user."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replicate. We are running a financial company and it needs to be available 24/7. We can't afford any downtime."
"The setup and installation is much simpler now, because Dell has standardized the configure process."
"We really love the Lifecycle manager and one-click upgrades."
"One-click setup is a valuable feature because it allows us to set up a server automatically with a single click."
"Ease of deployment"
"Its low maintenance is a key feature. It is easy to install, upgrade, and scale by adding more blocks."
"The interface is very good. Before we used this solution, we had separate storage and switches, but with the hyper convert, it's all in one."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is flexible and has helped people to work from home during the pandemic."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is easy to use, integrates with other hardware configurations, and is simple to manage."
"One-Click Upgrade and Foundation is the most valuable feature. One-Click Upgrade makes upgrades and LCM a breeze. Prior to Nutanix One-Click Upgrade, upgrades and LCM were overly cumbersome and time-consuming. Foundation provides an easy, yet very structured, approach to cluster modification (adding or removing nodes)."
"In some customer cases, customers experienced more performance or latency."
"The cost of the solution could be better."
"This solution could be improved if overall performance was improved and operated with a higher speed and supported a higher volume of RAM."
"There's always room for improvement in the operating code."
"I don't think the solution is very scalable."
"Dell could improve the upgrading process."
"Licensing, especially on the storage line, could use some simplification. It's not terrible, but, for example, with the Isilon series, they've gone to completely a la carte. A la carte is very difficult to traverse, as to what you need. It would be more beneficial, at least from my point of view as a customer, if they did it more like car companies do, where there are package lines"
"Technical support should respond more quickly because the turnaround time is very high."
"In terms of what I would like to see improved, I would say the life cycle management. I don't know if it is because they changed to an LCM from the previous way of upgrading the hardware or software but sometimes it feels that it needs a wizard that says, "Check this, check this," telling you your options. The only thing that's a bit frustrating for me is the life cycle management interface. That's the only thing on the entire system that frustrates me."
"I would like better integration of XenServer into the AOS and Prism Central."
"AHV is a great hypervisor but still limited compared to VMware. AHV is the one product they must improve."
"This product would be improved if it included a hybrid cloud solution."
"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."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"I would like to see more Kubernetes and container-related workflows and multiple cloud-partner management. I would also like to see how they will synergize all these AI/ML functionalities that are available on other platforms."
"The GUI for this solution needs improvement."
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Dell SC Series is ranked 3rd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 49 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Huawei OceanStor and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V. See our Dell SC Series vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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