We performed a comparison between Nutanix Unified Storage and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MinIO, Dell Technologies, Red Hat and others in File and Object Storage."The reliability and availability are the most valuable features. Reliability is important because it can run my workloads. I need to be able to take advantage of the VMs that are executing on the storage. It has to be reliable. It's also important to have the storage available for scaling VMs on demand."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward. With a few clicks, you can stand up your storage. It reduces the overall life cycle of deployment within the ecosystem."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage are the unified dashboard and the ease of administration."
"I appreciate its storage licensing model, as it offers flexibility."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"Nutanix Objects is reliable."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is easy to use. New employees are able to come up to speed fairly quickly with regard to the day-to-day administration processes."
"The Nutanix block files are the most valuable feature."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"If they can add an integrated DLP feature, it would be great."
"The interface could be improved."
"The documentation on the support site needs to be improved."
"Security is an area for improvement. When there are vulnerabilities, there needs to be a faster approval process. The solution needs to automatically target the vulnerabilities and not waste too much time."
"The interface is not logical. It should be a little simpler."
"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."
"One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered."
"Nutanix needs to improve their cybersecurity options at the storage level."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 12th in File and Object Storage with 2 reviews. Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS and NetApp StorageGRID, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo and Dell PowerScale (Isilon).
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