We performed a comparison between HPE Alletra dHCI and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The fact that we can expand our storage and add on to our compute nodes easily and how amazing the StarWind technical support team is really adding value to our purchase."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"The solution offers easy one-click PowerShell scripts that are ready to run."
"The product gave us a cost-effective way to deploy a highly available server environment."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"This solution has a very good user interface, with simple administration/management."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"It's quite easy to manage."
"Nimble Storage is a capable platform with high availability."
"The product provides zero downtime."
"The technical support services are good."
"We have the ability to increase the storage without any additional costs."
"Nimble DHCI is really user friendly and not complex"
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has the most valuable features for performance, resilience, and scalability."
"With regards to performance, configuration, and longevity it is upgradeable, which means it has a good TCO rate. These are valuable aspects to me."
"I love InfoSite. That gets you a lot of good detailed information."
"It is all-in-one. The compute processing, storage, and network altogether make it convenient. We don't have to have different modules for expansion."
"The ease of deployment is very good."
"The solution is easy to use and the pricing is affordable."
"Technical support is okay."
"The architecture of Nutanix is the best, and the virtualization we get, out of the box, is an advantage. Also, dedupe and compression are done natively, inside the platform, so there are no additional licenses. That adds value to it."
"Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
"It supports multi-cloud integration that includes AWS, Google, and Azure."
"The pricing is pretty good."
"They need to invest more in the support documents for real issues happening when integrating the solution with the hypervisor."
"StarWind Virtual SAN architecture is slightly complex and requires the team to carefully identify and study how the solution integrates with VMware vSphere."
"New versions of this solution should be tested more thoroughly before the release as we had a few problems with one version due to a bug."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"I found that certain browsers are not fully compatible with the administration web access portal."
"While StarWind.com excels in numerous areas, there are a couple of notable functionalities that it currently lacks. One of these is duplication, which could be an invaluable feature for data redundancy and backup purposes. The ability to duplicate data across different storage locations can be crucial for safeguarding against data loss, and its absence is a minor limitation in an otherwise stellar offering."
"It is hard to find adequate technical documentation on their support website."
"The StarWind Management Console is available only for Microsoft Windows/Windows Server, and should also be available for Linux and macOS, as it would reduce implementation costs."
"The initial setup is a little bit complicated."
"The product is expensive."
"They should improve just the support."
"The product's active controller feature needs improvement."
"Lacking integration to the cloud."
"The solution could improve by providing better file-level restoration and DVX system options."
"HPE Nimble Storage dHCI only works with a hypervisor like VMware. There are plenty of other hypervisors that HP doesn't support. This is an area for improvement."
"This year 2022, we have the possibility to include new kinds of storage with a high disk availability, such as Alletra 6000 and Alletra 9000. Those are the new storage available. If we would like to improve the quality and the capability and the high availability of these products, we can choose between different costs. This is another benefit from this HPE Nimble Storage dHCI solution of hyper-converged."
"The product requires a lot of resources."
"I would like them to update their licensing to provide more features with their basic license."
"Our client had some old Citrix Xen servers for which there is no direct migration. Nutanix has a move utility for Microsoft Hyper-V clusters or VMware clusters. You can easily migrate them using the move utility, but the Xen clusters cannot be migrated in a simple way. That is the only thing that is lacking, but nowadays, no one uses the Citrix Xen server for their clusters. Everything else is already there. Nutanix keeps on upgrading its hardware's or hypervisor's capability to be able to support new technologies."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"The price could be lower."
"The GUI of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved that can be done from the OEM side. It's a very basic stable web browser that they're using. It is not very inclusive."
"Some clients find the solution's cost to be too high."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
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HPE Alletra dHCI is ranked 13th in HCI with 23 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. HPE Alletra dHCI is rated 8.2, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Alletra dHCI writes "Independently scalable solution with the highest resiliency, low latency and intelligence ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". HPE Alletra dHCI is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Dell PowerFlex and VxRail, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM). See our HPE Alletra dHCI vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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