We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Having an intuitive user interface to get things running is great."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"Performance and deduplication. This is a very robust block storage option that offers both performance and data optimization."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"It is great for applications like Microsoft Exchange, ERP, SQL and VDI; basically saved the VDI buy-in from users, as now performance was seamless in comparison to a physical PC."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Snapshots are valuable because of their seamless nature, as well as the minimal space each snapshot takes."
"The maintenance software is straightforward because you do not need to do any configuration."
"There are a lot of things I really like. Perhaps the best part is taking a snapshot of a virtual machine. It's very quick. Another useful part is replication and creating a protection domain: using the protection feature to replicate a machine to a remote site for DR purposes."
"Flexibility. We're able to mix performance nodes with storage nodes easily. Unlike other vendors where, if we start a hyperconverged solution with them, we have to stick to a specific model, to a specific series with specific capabilities, with Nutanix it's very easy to mix and match the best solution, especially for a dynamic infrastructure like ours."
"One of the most valuable features that can be found, is the inclusion of a hypervisor for free."
"SRM capabilities for replication have been proven reliable and very useful for our organization."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's most valuable features are all the cloud facilities or benefits it provides for my data center."
"The ease of deployment is very good."
"Acropolis' main advantages are high performance and availability."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"The product could be improved by reducing the pricing and having better organization in their technical support team."
"Sometimes we don't get an immediate response from the support team. The initial POC also took a lot of resources."
"I would like hardware capacity additions to be a little more flexible. The upgrade path for the existing XTremIO units requires you to purchase 2 XBricks at a time and they need to be the same capacity as the existing XBricks."
"Scalability is something that can be improved because there is an issue when it comes to mixing versions."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"Management and reporting need improvement."
"In the next release, the solution could have better integration and if we can host assets on the cloud, such as NetApp has the NetApp volumes, which we can host on the cloud directly called NetApp CVO (cloud volume ONTAP). Dell EMC should come up with something purely on the cloud rather than manage services."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"If they can simplify the software slightly for the installation, that would make all the difference."
"While the customer support is truly incredible, for Spanish speakers it would be appropriate to have support in their native language to further improve problem-solving conditions."
"There is a need is to be able to consume Nutanix storage from outside the cluster for other, non-Nutanix workloads."
"The scalability of the solution had some issues because there were many VMs and the replication ran into some bottlenecks. It was an issue that was known to Nutanix and it was not disclosed to the customer."
"Notifications could be improved as they're not currently very useful."
"The process of migrating from old hardware to new could improve."
"The technology has a lot of room for improvement. For example, when they want to segment applications in conjunction with NSX, which VMware uses, Acropolis is not compatible with the competitors. The integration in the security layer is not compatible with NSX for the application segmentation that uses VMware."
"The licenses for Nutanix are very complicated."
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Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and INFINIDAT InfiniBox, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our Dell XtremIO vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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