We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Nutanix Unified Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"The performance is good."
"Competitive object storage platform that's stable and scalable."
"We face very few hardware failures."
"It is a stable platform."
"The tool is easy to use."
"I like that the solution is easy to scale and that's its stable."
"The customer service executives of all Nutanix products are active and responsive."
"What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs."
"The real-time alerts generated by this system enable us to swiftly address and mitigate such threats."
"The solution is stable and extremely easy to calibrate."
"They have well-documented best practices and the interface is good."
"The solution is very easy to manage."
"Nutanix Volumes is a perfectly stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the easy interface."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"If Dell ECS would be available as standalone software, so you can use any hardware with it, would make the solution better. It would also be good if Dell ECS had more integrations with other products."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"The troubleshooting feature of this solution needs to be improved, to allow organizations to fix issues without having to contact the support team."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"In Taiwan, they don't have professional technical support."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The documentation on the support site needs to be improved."
"The interface could be improved."
"The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves."
"Another aspect that needs improvement is continuous protection against security threats such as ransomware and potential data leakage."
"Nutanix should improve the one-click upgrade. There are a lot of dependencies on third-party licenses and HP hardware we use internally. The one-click upgrade fails sometimes."
"The GUI is not user-friendly for new users and has room for improvement."
"The feature request I have is for the consistent improvement of how user account permissions are assigned in Nutanix Unified Storage."
"Managing other storage infrastructure on Nutanix Files Storage is an area for improvement. In particular, I want to add other forms of storage from different vendors not currently in Nutanix Files Storage, to the file server, for better management."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, MinIO, NetApp StorageGRID and Qumulo, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Qumulo and VAST Data. See our Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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