We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, VMware, Nutanix and others in HCI."Ten gigabit Ethernet compatibility, support, ease of use, and management are some positive features."
"The ability for us to manage all of our nodes from the same console makes systems administration very easy."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"The most valuable feature is the managed service, which has been an important part of monitoring our critical infrastructure."
"The product gave us a cost-effective way to deploy a highly available server environment."
"It has allowed us to save a lot of time and money by letting us create a vSAN within a Windows VM on the environment it controls."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"High Availability is the best feature of product."
"Ability to create multiple VMs."
"The solution is easy to use and the pricing is affordable."
"Acropolis AOS's networking concept is excellent."
"We are suggesting Nutanix to the management because of scalability and time efficiency."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"The fact that there is only one interface to deploy a complete solution for maximum storage is fantastic."
"One major thing that comes up again and again is stability. Our downtime is literally based on hardware upgrades that need to be done. Acropolis is very, very user friendly. You don't have to physically have a super IT guy to manage the system. You can actually give it to a younger guy to manage and there won't be problems. And if he makes a mistake, it's very, very easy to fall back and sort out the mistake."
"This is a very flexible solution that you are able to run however you want."
"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"They need to improve the speed of the interfaces, thus allowing for better traffic on the network."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"If there was one feature I would like to see it would be a built-in subsystem for managing UPS backups shutdown procedures providing a way to initiate VM shutdown on all host servers, shut down the host servers, then put the fault-tolerant mirroring in standby, and finally shut down the StarWind SANs."
"Regular updates to the software are required, and subtle design changes would be welcome."
"I had issues locating the documentation that applied to my version of StarWind vSAN."
"I would like them to update their licensing to provide more features with their basic license."
"Native File-Services are under heavy development and Container Services just came out."
"The ability to create clusters faster would be nice to see in a future release."
"The pricing model for software and hardware subscription renewals can be improved."
"There is a need is to be able to consume Nutanix storage from outside the cluster for other, non-Nutanix workloads."
"The documentation could be improved."
"The patch updates of Nutanix Acropolis could be improved. I'm work on the corporate side, but I get feedback from our IT team that patch updates and other updates are taking a significantly longer time. This definitely needs to be resolved. We are in discussion with Nutanix regarding certain configuration issues we are having, so maybe something can be changed to ease these patch updates."
"The file services that they also provide need some more features, like on the Windows file server."
"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is ranked 8th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is rated 7.6. 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 Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance writes "A stable unified storage system that enables quick access to data". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, IBM FlashSystem, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
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