We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Scale Computing HC3 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.
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very easy-to-use solution that can be quickly and easily deployed and configured without intimate and specific knowledge in the virtualization sphere."
"The ability to run a two-node cluster without a dedicated witness has made this an excellent product for small deployments, which is right on target for our needs in regional offices."
"The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"StarWind saved us about 80% of our storage costs over our old solution."
"The virtualization environment is now much easier to manage and maintain, there is only one vendor to call in case of issues and one single console to manage everything."
"The solution remains stable across versions."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is flexible and has helped people to work from home during the pandemic."
"It has centralized management. It is easy for an engineer to manage. More work goes to patching, upgrades, and maintenance. Nutanix is very easy to upgrade. It takes one click. Engineers do not need to spend additional time with Nutanix for upgrades. With one click, it will complete the upgrade and show the results. Other hypervisor solutions are not like this, specifically since you must do all the components one by one."
"One of the most valuable features of Nutanix is that it's easy to use. I love this solution—it's easy to maintain and update, and I think it's almost perfect."
"It has a single pane of glass and you don't have to jump around various toolsets."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the appliance-type feel and that you don't need additional licenses as everything is built-in."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the nice GUI."
"The most valuable feature of Scale Computing HC3 is if one of the devices fails, you won't even notice, the service maintains operation. The customers don't have to waste two, or three days on delays. Additionally, you do not have to waste time with recovery software, it is a lot easier."
"The product's initial setup phase is too easy."
"I like that Scale Computing HCR is slimmed down and gives me the features I need and not features that I don't need."
"The solution is scalable."
"I rate Scale Computing support 10 out of 10. They're accessible and responsive."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation area."
"It would be helpful to have a little more insight into what kind of performance the VSAN cluster is utilizing; something that would be more proactive on our side, versus their ProActive Support."
"Management of VSAN itself could be improved. A Web UI for management would be great rather than an application installation. StarWind is testing a command center virtual appliance that I have installed in my environment."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"There should be some kind of active monitoring connected to StarWind vSAN, so you will be able to act when needed."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with external storage using the fiber channel"
"Reduce its power consumption."
"Some clients find the solution's cost to be too high."
"They need to improve the look and feel of the interface. The functionality is fine, but the appearance could be better."
"The solution doesn't support older systems, which can be a problem for some organizations who wish to implement it. It became a problem for us due to the fact that some of our systems are older."
"I would like them to update their licensing to provide more features with their basic license."
"In Thailand, there really isn't a cloud version of Nutanx available to us."
"AHV is a great hypervisor but still limited compared to VMware. AHV is the one product they must improve."
"The product struggles to cope with bigger workloads. In the next release, I'd like some backup solutions to be added."
"The product could use a better control center."
"Scale HC3 improvements would involve literally fixing up the replication."
"On the fly, you cannot do anything on Scale Computing HC3, though it is a very rarely needed area."
"I would like bigger clusters with more than eight nodes."
"Scale Computing HC3 said in an announcement they were going to integrate with a backup service which would be good. If they could do this it would be beneficial."
"I've had so many issues with the sales team when I was looking to make some improvements, and improve the performance. They would create so many excuses to force me to buy new nodes all the time and not let me add more memory to each node."
"The snapshot technology takes up 500 times more space compared to other solutions."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Scale Computing HC3 is ranked 19th in HCI with 8 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Scale Computing HC3 is rated 7.8. 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 Scale Computing HC3 writes "A reliable stripped-down solution that comes with excellent support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Pure Storage FlashArray, whereas Scale Computing HC3 is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Scale Computing HC3 report.
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