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."The most valuable feature is the reliable storage replication, which enables me to create a robust infrastructure to run our business."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"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 for us is having the ability to configure our local storage using a limited number of disks and using the StarWind VSAN software to keep the cluster nodes in perfect sync."
"StarWind Virtual SAN is a highly flexible solution, as it can be deployed on physical servers or on top of virtual machines running on hypervisors such as VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The most valuable features are high availability and real-time replication between two servers."
"StarWind support has been great in helping resolve other issues not caused by their software."
"It has allowed me to effectively and confidently manage the maintenance of hosts where I can power off a host and have its VMs migrate to another one."
"We like that the size of the box is 1U or 2U only, and all the servers are fit into that box. The ease of operation is there. All the servers and the SAN storage are inside the box."
"Single-click upgrades are the most valuable feature. In the sector in which we work, it is tough to have downtime and arrange firmware upgrades."
"A great feature involves real-time hardware changes."
"One-click setup is a valuable feature because it allows us to set up a server automatically with a single click."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is its low cost, guaranteed to failover and failback with only a few clicks."
"It has a user-friendly dashboard and interface."
"The most valuable features are its ease of use and its good performance."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is stable. We didn't receive any concerns regarding any problems, The customers have no concerns about the reliability."
"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."
"The system performs as expected, but we're always looking for performance improvements regarding the best utilization of NVMe disks."
"It should reclaim white spaces after big files are deleted."
"A great feature would be a wizard and to include a new disk in the SAN. At the moment, including a new disk requires several steps - some that must be done at the OS level and others in each node."
"The product can include a more simple way of synchronization after a forced shutdown as the current process has a few more steps to check that hosts have synchronized and this can be automated."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"Security on the ISCSI protocol could be improved by adding features like OS-type control access, especially for the data center environment."
"The configuration can a bit cumbersome."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"In the future, I would like to see multi-tenancy in Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"The licensing cost could be lower."
"It would be great if they could improve the GUI features."
"They should support more VM, which is not currently supported."
"There is a lot of functionality in Prism Central, but sometimes you want to see those features in Prism Element."
"It would be great if it could emulate some of the features that their competitor VMware has, for example port mirroring or Netflow output at hypervisor level."
"One disadvantage of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is it doesn't support external storage. Connecting external SAN storage to Nutanix, it's not supported."
"The latency needs improvement"
"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 9th 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 VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V, whereas Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA.
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