We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV Virtualization based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Hyper-V came out on top in this comparison. It is easy to manage and customize, and has very low resource usage, resulting in very little downtime. It is robust, stable, and provides many desired next-generation features. As a Microsoft product, it integrates well with many solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem, in addition to many other popular third-party solutions.
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from how my company uses Hyper-V for replication."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use."
"It helps us build servers."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"We chose this solution because of the pricing and the simplicity of the product."
"Hyper-V deployment is very user-friendly. It supports partial scripting and offers a UI for a smooth experience. There's also PowerShell scripting available for advanced users."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is that it can be managed through Hyper-V, which is Microsoft's hypervisor, VMware, and Citrix XenServer."
"The most valuable feature is the integration between storage and compute services."
"The entirety of the infrastructure resides in the same product, which makes it easy to troubleshoot and investigate problems."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"Nutanix AHV's most valuable feature is NetFlow."
"The support is excellent."
"The interface is very good, and quite user-friendly."
"For our markets here in Morocco, we are mainly working with server virtualization, and the most valuable feature is the software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure."
"We've had many issues with Hyper-V's stability, including resource crunches and memory leakage."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"The weakness of Hyper-V is in its interaction with iSCSI protocols."
"There needs to be more functionality overall in the Hyper-V manager."
"We have our scientific network, and it's run off the university sever, and we need two servers to optimize our scientific work, such as the mathematics work. Then you have to work with Python and Java, and Microsoft isn't the best option for this kind of work"
"ometimes a server or machine shuts down and doesn't automatically restart."
"The solution is lacking in numerous features and lacks flexibility."
"When one server or one virtual machine fails, or one is turned off, the virtualization stops, and we have to initiate again with human intervention."
"In terms of improvement, I think that they could have more partnerships with providers."
"There is room for improvement in the USB mapping."
"The solution can be pricey."
"Adding even more integrations would be an improvement."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"If you have the need for special hardware like FibreChannel-Cards or such and there is no networked-way around it (such as you could work with USB Dongles via an HW-Dongle-Server of network), you have to use a separate hypervisor."
"It's not a very scalable product."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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