We performed a comparison between HPE Hyper Converged and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) 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."They offer top-tier support."
"Without the need for any downtime, enterprises can simply grow their storage infrastructure using StarWind Virtual SAN by adding new servers or disks to the current infrastructure."
"We are able to do maintenance by bringing down one node at a time, rather than having to schedule a complete shutdown."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"Having the ability to scale horizontally if needed is a huge plus for future growth."
"The user interface for this application is amazing."
"Hyper Converge is easier to manage and performs better than traditional infrastructure."
"The solution has good backup resolution updates."
"The product enables me to use any software or database."
"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."
"No concerns or issues with stability."
"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."
"I've found the data protection features the most valuable."
"It is a stable solution...Those who want flexibility, ease of use, and a simple support system can opt for HPE."
"The management interface of this solution is great."
"They have one of the best technical supports in my experience."
"Technical support is okay."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward."
"It's easy to use and has a very smooth onboarding process."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is it has centralized management."
"This operating system offers stability. Setup is straightforward."
"The speed of the operations and of creation of VM is fantastic."
"It would be good to have a little more access to control certain aspects within the UI."
"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."
"Pricing is a bit high."
"I would like them to invest time in reducing the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure."
"vSAN's free version does not have a graphical user interface."
"I struggled when bit figuring out how to go about doing the evaluation."
"Scaling the product is fairly easy except for the computing aspect. It would entail another appliance. While not a show stopper, it isn't as easy as dropping in a few extra SSDs."
"There is one issue as far as licensing goes and that is a lack of documentation online for users when transitioning from the free version to the paid version, or vice versa."
"In my country, the biggest issue is probably pricing."
"The solution needs to add a module or plugin of vCenter for clear monitoring and insights."
"The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases."
"The improvements could be customization and backup efficiency."
"The software version on the HC380s we are using is version 1. It does not support spanned vCenter which we use since we have multiple sites."
"I would like to see improvement in the hardware underneath it. Currently, it's a Gen9 DL380. One day, there will be a Gen10 DL380 and maybe they will have bigger or smaller sizes."
"Scalability requires using additional nodes."
"I think that OneView should be replaced by something else for the management."
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"As far as what could be improved, they have some built-in backup functions already, but any built-in isolation features like vision security features and free LAN features become a security concern."
"I feel like the flow chart and the automated processes have some room for improvement. They're nearly there, and the rest is fine. They've improved a lot over the past few years."
"It would be ideal if it was more secure."
"The storage and back-up facilities could be improved. We need day-to-day encrypting of the database."
"We did have some integration issues."
"To have internal stability, we needed to network the solution ourselves. Performance depends on the application. Performance could be the lack of IOPS, memory and CPU and configuration issues."
"Native File-Services are under heavy development and Container Services just came out."
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HPE Hyper Converged is ranked 10th in HCI with 34 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. HPE Hyper Converged is rated 8.2, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Hyper Converged writes " Ensures end-to-end data security with redundancy measures and provides visibility into the system but node expansion challenges". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". HPE Hyper Converged is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Dell PowerFlex, HPE SimpliVity and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex. See our HPE Hyper Converged vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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