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 offers amazing performance."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The solution is very reliable."
"It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"Having an intuitive user interface to get things running is great."
"The amount of throughput that we're getting is really nice."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"The Metro clustering and solid-state performance, are the most valuable features of this solution."
"XtremIO is very stable."
"The performance is good, which is important."
"Deduplication and cloning capability"
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs."
"Initially, we faced numerous issues with our analytical systems. However, we saw performance improvement after the implementation of the solution."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)."
"The most valuable feature is Move, which allows you to migrate virtual machines from VM to AHV."
"I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable. Another aspect I really like, when one compares Citrix to VMware, is the interface where you talk directly to your VM from the present software."
"The most valuable feature is the one-click to update the firmware and software."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"The hyperconvergence service, as well as the DR solution, are game-changers for Nutanix."
"It offers very useful data protection."
"Prism Central allows managing the cluster from a single pane of glass, and it allows a deeper dive into the solution."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"I believe having more replication options comparatively to VMAX (other than RecoverPoint) would be great."
"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."
"It needs a way to determine the deduplication of each LUN and what the impact would be if we were to move data from one LUN to another."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"If you are looking at flash storage solutions, XtremIO doesn't offer any unique features. Most of my customers are migrating their workload from XtremIO to other formats because of this."
"We've encountered challenges in integrating other products with Dell Xtremio, as it tends to be more vendor-locked. This means we can't easily explore other solutions that might work alongside Dell."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"They can improve the product by providing an HTML5-based interface instead of the Java GUI based application."
"AHV is a great hypervisor but still limited compared to VMware. AHV is the one product they must improve."
"This solution offers excellent functionality but could use a stronger interface."
"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."
"I feel like the flow chart and the automated processes have some room for improvement. They're nearly there, and the rest is fine. They've improved a lot over the past few years."
"NCI's pricing is expensive."
"The look and feel of the web GUI of this system needs improvement, when compared to other systems. Its hardware integration also needs improvement."
"The scalability of Nutanix Acropolis AOS needs improvement."
"The self-service side of the product needs to be improved. We should be able to add two-factor authentication and more security layers to it."
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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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