We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers impressive performance."
"I have found the solution to be stable."
"The tool is simple, stable, and easy to upgrade. It also requires few resources to manage, which simplifies our work. The solution's ease of upgrading is its valuable feature. AHV, provided by Nutanix, is excellent in performance and ease of use. It's based on an open-source product called KVM, which I also use for other services."
"The configuration is easy, and it's flexible."
"It is less expensive than VMware products. It is also a little bit more flexible, but it really comes down to price for us."
"It allows us to have a cloud-based ecosystem."
"You can be sure that whatever you patch is already compatible with the current firmware and the current version of the Acropolis that you're using."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"The main benefit is that StarWind is almost maintenance-free."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"They offer top-tier support."
"This was a great implementation for a small to mid-size business."
"The support team is available to solve any problem efficiently."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"It has great free trials that allow end users to test a large variety of their products before deciding to buy the full product."
"It includes every feature that a traditional SAN offers and so much more."
"It would be fantastic if there was a built-in layer, in Nutanix, that acted like a cloud interface. So far, we need to integrate a cloud interface on top of Nutanix for billing the usage for specific customers' domains. It would be great if a cloud gateway was built-in, inside Nutanix."
"I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
"They could improve the graphical user interface."
"Nutanix needs to improve network features like Passthrough – SR-IOV. It could be improved by supporting SR-IOV, if they had that support, I would not have needed to implement the VMWare vSAN."
"I would enjoy an advanced mode where experienced users can leverage their knowledge to do advanced things currently only allowed using the command line tools on the CVM."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure lacks compatibility with certain older processors."
"The pricing of the solution is too high. It needs to be adjusted or lowered to be more competitive."
"The one note of improvement I have for Nutanix is that the installation should be easier."
"Sometimes documentation on their site can be out of date."
"One main thing this product needs to work on is reporting."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see more monitoring and alert tools."
"Initially, when we first started, the sync was horrible."
"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."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. 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 StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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