We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Nutanix Unified Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a stable solution."
"This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The tool is easy to use."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"The scalability is good."
"This product is very competitive."
"What I found to be the most valuable features were better performance and uptime."
"I appreciate its storage licensing model, as it offers flexibility."
"We can utilize mixed storage block-sized objects and combine various databases within a unified interface."
"The scalability, ease of use, and technical support are the most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage."
"Unified Storage's centralized management features enable us to accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migrations."
"I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page."
"Nutanix Unified Storage does a very good job of unifying our organization's block, file, and object storage. It puts it all in one place. From one platform, we can deploy S3-type buckets. We can provide iSCSI-level block storage if we need to. It does a great job with home folders and departmental shares, which is what we mostly use Nutanix Unified Storage for."
"The inclusion of it in the Nutanix Objects Storage platform simplifies my process as I am no longer required to acquire a separate platform. Instead, I can simply purchase additional licenses as needed. All management can be performed from a single unified interface, making it a convenient and streamlined experience."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"Dell ECS needs to improve its performance."
"You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%."
"They need to ensure that the system will work if a site goes down."
"The disaster recovery could be improved because there should be something in-built within the ECS. Search and recovery should be in-built. Right now, we have to use some external tools for performing the recovery itself. For example, we're using Atempo or deploying Golden Superna, so it has dependency on the external third party vendors."
"The setup is very complex."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."
"I would like to see the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. That could definitely be a major breakthrough in providing a unified, seamless experience for end-users. It could reduce costs as well as human effort."
"One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered."
"The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail."
"From a management side, the one thing I would prefer is if it were a bit less expensive for smaller enterprises. It's a bit costly. If they provided flexible modules where you could pick and choose features, and only pay for what you use, that would be an improvement."
"We would love to see the analytics and ransomware protection extended beyond just file servers to virtual machines, but they have a different product that covers that."
"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."
"It is challenging to configure access control settings."
"The solution should increase its storage capabilities."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Quantum ActiveScale, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Qumulo and VAST Data. See our Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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