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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.
To learn more, read our detailed Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"This product is very competitive.""It is a stable platform.""This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable.""I have found Dell ECS to be scalable.""Dell's technical support team is good.""I like that the solution is easy to scale and that's its stable.""The performance is good.""The performance is good."

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"The solution is stable and extremely easy to calibrate.""Unified Storage's centralized management features enable us to accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migrations.""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.""My opinion is that this solution has very good stability.""What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs.""The most valuable feature is that it is highly available, solving the pain-point of delaying updates to Windows-based file servers during production hours. And then the second one would be ransomware protection and analytics. It gives you great visibility and protection on your file shares that are otherwise the most common sources of vulnerabilities.""Nutanix Volumes is a perfectly stable product.""Nutanix Objects is reliable."

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Cons
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly.""Dell EMC ECS should support segregation of duty, particularly for role-based access controls. Having a single pane of glass for smarter observation and better control mechanism would also make this solution better.""They could provide centralized reports.""In Taiwan, they don't have professional technical support.""You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%.""We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service.""It is a good solution, except for the cost.""The major weakness in the solution is that there is no cloud version for Dell ECS."

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"The interface could be improved.""The implementation is a little bit complex and should be made easier.""Managing other storage infrastructure on Nutanix Files Storage is an area for improvement. In particular, I want to add other forms of storage from different vendors not currently in Nutanix Files Storage, to the file server, for better management.""If they can add an integrated DLP feature, it would be great.""The GUI is easy to use, but it's complex to do tasks from the command line. That is one way they could simplify things for the engineers. People tend to use a graphical interface more than the command line interface. If anything goes wrong, we need to do troubleshooting from the CLI. It would be nice if there were more ways to fix issues within the GUI.""The solution should increase its storage capabilities.""The solution should keep adding new features to be competitive in the market.""With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Dell EMC ECS is too expensive."
  • "We are not paying for the license at this stage."
  • "The solution could be cheaper."
  • "It's a lease-based model, so it's capacity-based. We already negotiated the price a lot, but we're still doing that with Dell because somehow the product was not installed successfully, so there was a lot of struggle in the distributor territory between Dell and the environment itself. I would give the solution a 6 out of 10 for the pricing. There's a little room for improvement."
  • "We initially purchased all of the licenses at the same time."
  • "The price of Dell ECS should be reduced."
  • "The price of Dell ECS should be reduced."
  • "The charges for this solution are made in blocks of models, which are purchased depending on what features an organization requires."
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  • "The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
  • "I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."
  • "If we compare the cost of Nutanix Objects Storage to other solutions such as VMware licenses, our current choice is Nutanix Objects Storage. This solution is more cost-effective. However, adding VMware to Nutanix would not be a cost-efficient decision, which is why we do not use it anymore."
  • "It is quite expensive otherwise as it comes with three-tier peer underlying hardware."
  • "For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."
  • "With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."
  • "It's not the cheapest solution. It's in line with other solutions, but it offers features that the competitors don't have at any price point, especially with regard to analytics and ransomware prevention. No one else has any sort of object-based storage available. Nutanix Unified Storage is a lot more feature-rich. This is a situation where you get what you pay for."
  • "The product is pricey."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:More features for remote management and administration could be included in the product. They could provide centralized reports.
    Top Answer:Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality.
    Top Answer:Unified Storage is reasonably priced compared to other platforms. The license is neither costly nor cheap, but it's reasonable.
    Top Answer:One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered. With VMware, I could download a separate client program onto my computer, allowing me to log in directly rather… more »
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    Also Known As
    EMC ECS, Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage, EMC Elastic Cloud Storage
    Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
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    Overview

    Enterprise-ready. Future-proof. Data-first.

    Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) is a file and object storage solution from Dell EMC. ECS has been created to support both traditional and next-generation ecosystems equally. ECS boasts unrivaled economics, manageability, resilience, and scalability to satisfy the demands of today's next-gen, robust business enterprise ecosystems. ECS can easily be deployed in a software-defined model or as a turn-key appliance. ECS is software-defined and multi-layered for unlimited scalability. Every layer is abstracted and scalable with no single point of failure.

    • Data service layer: Provides S3 access along with access to SWIFT, CAZ, NFS, HDFS.
    • Storage service layer: Stores, retrieves and protects data.
    • Fabric layer: Provides clustering, configuration management, health monitoring.

    Everything is done within the software, which is containerized, using docker.

    ECS is currently deployed using basic commodity hardware, which can easily be federated across as many as eight different locations and managed as a single resource. Additionally, ECS can also protect data at the site level, locally, disk, node, and rack levels. The federation enables a single global namespace with everywhere access to content. Applications can quickly rewrite in an active/active or everywhere active manner.

    ECS is also able to be used as secondary storage or archival storage. This will free up valuable primary storage of data that is stale, redundant, or used infrequently, and the data will remain easily accessible. ECS uses policy-based tiering such as Data Domain, Cloud tiering, Isilon using cloud polls, and Geodrive, which give Windows systems direct access to ECS. Windows users can still use server message block (SMB) while leveraging the more expansive ECS storage.

    ECS is enterprise-grade and offers valuable features such as retention, multi-tenancy, metering, monitoring, quotas, and more. ECS builds in robust security from the ground up and encrypts data. ECS is compliant with STIG guidelines and adheres to SEC rule 17A-4F.

    ECS is an enterprise-ready solution that allows organizations to easily simplify object storage management and visualize information in intuitive new ways, and empowers your business to do even more with data. With ECS, enterprise organizations can deliver cloud-scale economics in-house that will lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and scale, creating greater levels of productivity and profitability.

    Reviews from Real Users

    One user, who is a deputy director at a tech service company, says ECS offers “good performance, reliability, and technical support”.

    Dell EMC ECS is “a stable solution which is easy to scale, install and manage”, relates another user, who is a senior buyer at a tech service company.

    "What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor," summarizes a system engineer at a tech services company. 














    Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

    Sample Customers
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    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm30%
    Government10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Government8%
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    Healthcare Company16%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Construction Company9%
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    Educational Organization33%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise40%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise39%
    Large Enterprise49%
    Buyer's Guide
    Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 24 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 38 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Scalable and stable object storage platform, with good storage group functionality". 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 Qumulo, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Qumulo and NetApp StorageGRID. See our Dell ECS vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.

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